There are a total of 134 accredited initial teacher training (ITT) providers offering post-graduate and under-graduate routes to qualified teacher status (QTS). In the 2006/07 academic year these providers have been allocated a total of 15,253 primary ITT places and 18,450 secondary ITT places.
There are also 102 providers of Employment Based Teacher Training Scheme (EBTTS) courses leading to QTS. In 2006/07 these providers have been allocated a total of 7,289 EBTTS places.
The Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) announced ITT allocations to all training providers for the academic years 2006/07 and 2007/08 on 21 December 2005. Details of allocated places are included in the annexes and are available at http://www.tda.gov.uk/partners/funding/allocations/allocations0708.aspx
The following information is shown in the table:
applications to under-graduate (UG) and post-graduate (PG) initial teacher training (ITT) courses,
applicants accepted on to a course leading to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS),
acceptances to Employment Based Teacher Training Scheme (EBTTS) courses.
Potential EBTTS trainees apply directly to individual providers of these courses and it is therefore not possible to track the total number of applicants to these courses.
Academic year PG and UG applications PG and UG accepted applicants EBTTS recruitment 2000/01 42,035 28,393 — 2001/02 45,235 28,327 3,143 2002/03 51,124 28,107 3,954 2003/04 55,103 31,044 5,417 2004/05 56,674 31,460 7,106 2005/06 58,275 31,272 7,010 Source: UG data from UCAS, PG data from GTTR, EBTTS data from the TDA EBTTS database.
Comparative data on applications to ITT courses are not available for the academic year 1999/2000. Accepted applications differ from those given in the Training and Development Agency for School’s (TDA) ITT Trainee Number Census as they do not include forecast trainees.
The information requested is not collected centrally.
Commonwealth and other foreign teachers who choose to come to our schools are welcome, although not recruited or solicited by the Government. They are well qualified and greatly valued, making an important contribution to schools in England. We know that many stay for one or two years, and can in any event teach for no more than four years here without acquiring Qualified Teacher Status.
The following table provides the number of foreign teachers recruited to the overseas trained teacher programme in each year from 2000-01 to 2004-05, the latest year for which full details are available.
Primary Secondary Total 2000-01 110 80 190 2001-02 310 440 760 2002-03 330 510 830 2003-04 510 710 1,210 2004-05 610 940 1,540 Source: Teacher Development Agency (TDA)
The total number of under-graduate and post-graduate places made available to accredited ITT providers for September 2006 is 33,703. A breakdown of these places by UK and overseas trainees is not available. A further 7,289 places have been made available to providers of Employment Based Teacher Training Scheme (EBTTS) courses, including 1,559 places for the Overseas Trained Teacher Programme (OTTP).