Teachers: Training

(asked on 28th October 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teacher training leavers there are in each local education authority level.


Answered by
Nick Gibb Portrait
Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 4th November 2022

Table 1 shows the new entrants to postgraduate initial teacher training (ITT) for the academic year 2021/22 split by postgraduate and undergraduate trainees. The table presents the number of postgraduate and undergraduate trainees split by local authority and region, which are determined by the location of the provider, not where the trainee is located. The figures are based on data from the latest ITT census publication, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2021-to-2022. The data published for the 2021/22 academic year is provisional. Revised data will be published in December as part of the 2022/23 academic year publication.

Table 2 shows the outcomes for final year teacher trainees in England in the academic year 2020/21. The table presents the number of postgraduate and undergraduate trainees who were awarded qualified teacher status (QTS), and those who were not awarded QTS. Trainees who were not awarded QTS includes those who left the course before the end (excluding those who left the course within 90 days of the start) and trainees who did not meet the standards. There were a further 2,961 postgraduate and undergraduate trainees who were yet to complete their course the 2020/21 academic year who are not shown in the table. These trainees will either go on to be awarded QTS, leave the course before the end or complete without being awarded QTS in a later academic year. The table is split by local authority and region, which are determined by the location of the provider, not where the trainee is located. This data is the latest data that is published and covers a different cohort of trainees to that reported in the ITT census publication. The corresponding 2021/22 academic year data will be published in July 2023.

These figures are based on data from the latest ITT performance profiles publication which can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/initial-teacher-training-performance-profiles/2020-21.

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