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Qualified Teacher Status

Volume 455: debated on Thursday 11 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of people successfully completing a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education went on to attain Qualified Teacher Status within one year in each of the last three years, broken down by subject. (113107)

The percentages of trainee teachers completing a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) in each of the academic years, 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06 and attaining Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) within one year, by subject specialism, are shown in the following table:

Table1: Percentage of trainee teachers completing PGCE and attaining QTS within one year of completion by academic year

Academic year

2003/04

2004/05

2005/062

Primary

91

91

86

Secondary by subject:

Mathematics

87

83

82

English (inc. Drama)

90

86

86

Science

88

86

83

Modern foreign languages

88

85

83

Technology

89

87

83

History

88

91

87

Geography

89

90

89

Physical education

97

95

92

Art

86

83

79

Music

89

86

85

Religious education

81

81

81

Citizenship

93

90

83

Other3

87

90

89

Vocational subjects4

83

83

Total

89

87

84

Primary and Secondary

89

88

85

1 Source—General Teaching Council for England (GTCE).

2 Data for 2005/06 are provisional and reflect the number of trainees who have achieved QTS as at 1 January 2007. The number achieving QTS will be updated during the course of the year.

3 Other includes classics, dance, economics, media, performing arts, social studies, general studies, social sciences, teacher training and humanities. It also includes a small number of cases where subject specification is not known.

4 Vocational subjects include applied ICT, applied science, applied business, engineering, manufacturing, and health and social care. The data for the academic year 2003/04 are not shown because of low number of cases.