The following tables show the total number of trainees on ITT courses between 2002/03 and 2006/07 with the break down of secondary figures by subject, for mainstream and Employment Based Routes (EBR) trainees.
Total number of trainees on ITT courses 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 Primary 28,240 29,740 30,720 31,030 30,890 Secondary 21,040 22,330 21,720 21,020 20,480 Secondary by subject Mathematics 2,160 2,440 2,470 2,370 2,400 English (inc. drama) 2,440 2,440 2,380 2,260 2,250 Science 3,250 3,330 3,260 3,330 3,390 Modern Languages 1,890 1,970 1,750 1,580 1,580 Technology1 3,340 3,540 3,350 3,190 3,230 History 1,000 1,020 940 870 760 Geography 1,090 1,080 970 860 810 Physical education 2,820 3,010 2,910 2,880 2,780 Art 910 960 880 800 660 Music 750 750 710 700 690 Religious education 620 630 680 720 850 Citizenship 190 220 250 230 240 Other2 500 540 580 540 500 Vocational subjects3 0 160 280 350 330 Fast Track4 90 240 310 330 0 1 Technology includes design and technology, information and communications technology, business studies, graphics, textiles and food technology. 2 Other includes classics, dance, economics, media, performing arts and social studies. 3 Vocational subjects include applied art and design, leisure and tourism, applied ICT, applied science, applied business, engineering, manufacturing, and health and social care. 4 The Fast Track recruitment programme ended in 2005/06. Notes: 1. Figures for mainstream trainees include universities and other HE institutions, SCITT and OU, but exclude employment based routes. 2. Figures for 2006/07 are provisional and are subject to change. 3. Figures include trainees who are re-sitting all or part of their ITT programme. 4. Figures are for the total number of trainees on ITT courses therefore includes all trainees at all stages on courses of 1-5 year durations. 5. Figures are individually rounded to the nearest 10 and may not sum. Source: ITT Trainee Number Census.
Total number of trainees on ITT courses 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 Primary 1,790 2,650 2,900 2,890 2,810 Secondary 3,180 4,370 4,800 4,610 4,520 Secondary by subject Mathematics 400 580 570 530 480 English (inc. drama) 670 880 950 960 940 Science 530 670 750 680 600 Modern Languages 230 320 290 260 230 Technology1 680 820 860 780 690 History 90 140 160 170 190 Geography 60 100 110 90 100 Physical education 150 310 450 430 510 Art 90 110 150 160 160 Music 80 140 130 150 170 Religious education 80 90 110 130 150 Citizenship 20 40 40 40 50 Other2 110 150 190 170 180 Vocational subjects 0 20 50 60 60 1 Technology includes design and technology (including textiles), food technology, information communications technology and business studies. 2 Other includes dance, humanities, law, media studies, PHSE, psychology, classics, economics, social sciences and social studies. The category also includes recruits to Key Stage 2/3 with no subject specialism from 2002/03 to 2005/06. Notes: 1. Numbers shown are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Figures include trainees through the Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP), the Registered Teacher Programme (RTP), the Overseas Trained Teacher Programme (OTTP) and Teach First (TF). 3. Figures are taken from the employment based routes data management system (EBRDMS). 2006/07 figures are as at 23 July 2007 and are subject to change. Teach First began in 2003/04 and TF data has been included on EBRDMS since 2005/06. Figures for TF for 2003/04 and 2004/05 are taken from the Teach First organisation. 4. Trainees who withdrew before their programme start date are removed from the aforementioned data. 5. The aforementioned table is based on the assumption that all RTP trainees complete their training within two academic years. Therefore RTP trainees are counted in both the academic year in which their programme starts and in the following academic year. It should be noted that some courses may in fact be spread over three or more academic years. 6. The aforementioned table is based on the assumption that all GTP and OTTP trainees complete their training within one academic year. Therefore GTP and OTTP trainees are counted only once, in the academic year in which their programme starts. It should be noted that some courses may in fact be spread over two or more academic years. 7. TF is a two year programme, which includes one year’s initial teacher training. Therefore TF trainees are counted once in the academic year in which their programme starts. Source: TDA Employment Based Routes Database and the Teach First organisation.
The main source of university funding for initial teacher training (ITT) is mainstream grant funding allocated and paid to them by the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA). The allocations to these two institutions were as follows:
£ million Number of places 1996/97 College of Ripon and York St. John 2.2 1771 University of York 0.5 156 2006/07 College of Ripon and York St. John 3.8 827 University of York 0.8 134 1 ITT places.
The TDA does not hold or collect information on how much either of these two universities spends directly on ITT. Although mainstream grant funding represents the single biggest source of funding for ITT, there are other sources such as tuition fees; and individual universities have discretion about how they allocate their total resources between ITT and non-ITT activities.
The Training and Development Agency for Schools in England (TDA) allocates grant funding to accredited initial teacher training (ITT) providers for the purpose of delivering initial teacher training courses. The amount of funding is based on the number of ITT trainees recruited and registered on courses. The unit of funding varies according to the type of ITT. The TDA does not collect information on how providers use that funding as the cost is only a comparatively small part of the total cost of ITT. Therefore, the Department does not hold comparable information on the average cost of training primary and secondary teachers.