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Teachers: Training

Volume 486: debated on Wednesday 21 January 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many places are available in the graduate teacher programme in this year; how many places he expects to be available under the programme in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. (247285)

The following table shows the number of places available on the graduate teacher programme for the current academic year and the number expected to be made available for future years for which allocations have been made.

Allocation of new initial teacher training places via the graduate teacher programme 2008-09 to 2010-11, England

Places

2008-09

4,660

2009-10

4,270

2010-11

4,260

Notes:

1. These allocations have been set by TDA and are based on overall targets set by DCSF.

2. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10