The following table shows the number of students on undergraduate and postgraduate initial teacher training programmes gaining qualified teacher status (QTS) in academic years 1998/99 to 2006/07, the latest year for which data are available. Data for years prior to 1998/99 are not available in the format requested.
Undergraduate Postgraduate Total 1998/99 8,910 15,160 24,070 1999/2000 6,850 14,850 21,690 2000/01 6,490 16,150 22,640 2001/02 6,340 16,940 23,280 2002/03 6,250 19,180 25,430 2003/04 5,880 21,460 27,340 2004/05 5,360 21,780 27,150 2005/06 5,410 21,600 27,010 2006/07 5,900 21,080 26,980 Notes: 1. Includes trainees from universities and other higher education institutions, school centred initial teacher training and Open universities but exclude employment-based routes (EBR). 2. Excludes cases where QTS was granted on assessment without a course of initial teacher training. 3. Includes those trained through the Fast Track programme, which started in 2001/02. 4. Numbers are individually rounded to the nearest 10 and therefore may not sum. Source: TDA Performance Profiles.
The available information is given in the tables and shows the number of postgraduate applications and acceptances to Initial Teacher Training (ITT) courses in England for (a) mathematics, (b) English, (c) modern foreign languages, (d) physics, (e) chemistry, (f) history, (g) ICT and (h) primary teaching for each year since 2001/02 for which complete data are available.
2001/02 2002/03 Subject of ITT Number of applications Number of acceptances Proportion of applications which are accepted Number of applications Number of acceptances Proportion of applications which are accepted Mathematics 1,920 1,100 57 2,250 1,320 59 English 3,210 1,740 54 3,660 2,000 54 Modern Foreign Languages 2,560 1,440 56 2,510 1,490 60 Physics 340 210 60 430 250 59 Chemistry 730 410 56 760 440 58 History 1,930 1,020 53 1,890 1.090 57 ICT 860 450 52 1,390 620 45 Primary (excluding middle) 14,200 6,610 47 16,690 7,770 47
Subject of ITT Number of applications Number of acceptances Proportion of applications which are accepted Number of applications Number of acceptances Proportion of applications which are accepted Mathematics 2,610 1,660 64 2,920 1,710 59 English 3,770 2,020 54 3,830 1,930 50 Modern Foreign Languages 2,480 1,580 64 2,300 1,420 62 Physics 480 320 66 510 310 60 Chemistry 710 460 64 750 450 60 History 1.920 1,120 58 1,910 1,010 53 ICT 1,720 800 47 1,640 850 52 Primary (excluding middle) 19,450 8,850 45 20,180 9,320 46
Subject of ITT Number of applications Number of acceptances Proportion of applications which are accepted Number of applications Number of acceptances Proportion of applications which are accepted Mathematics 3,250 1,780 55 2,840 1,740 61 English 4.040 1,850 46 4,140 1,780 43 Modern Foreign Languages 2,220 1,330 60 2,060 1,310 64 Physics 520 300 58 490 300 61 Chemistry 770 430 57 730 460 63 History 1,960 910 46 1,760 740 42 ICT 1,620 870 54 1,440 840 58 Primary (excluding middle) 19,960 9,110 46 20,000 8,540 43
Subject of ITT Number of applications Number of acceptances Proportion of applications which are accepted Number of applications Number of acceptances Proportion of applications which are accepted Mathematics 2,590 1,680 65 2,400 1,460 61 English 3,810 1,730 45 3,240 1,450 45 Modern Foreign Languages 1,810 1,260 70 1,740 1,150 66 Physics 450 310 69 400 270 69 Chemistry 690 470 68 630 430 68 History 1,710 690 41 1,460 600 41 ICT 1,120 760 68 1,010 660 66 Primary (excluding middle) 19,070 8,330 44 17,980 7,990 44 1 Provisional end of year. Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Some applications for Postgraduate ITT courses are made independently of the Graduate Teacher Training Registry and are not included in the figures. 3. Figures above include trainees to secondary courses and do not include trainees to middle year's courses. 4. Data are as at the end of the application process so are subject to change. 5. Membership to the GTTR changes between years, therefore the higher education institutes covered may vary. 6. Modern languages include French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian and other modern languages. Source: Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR).
The figures are published on the GTTR website at:
http://www.gttr.ac.uk/stats.html
Finalised data relating to the number of applications and the proportion which have been accepted on courses in 2009 are not available until February 2010.
The same information is not available for ITT courses via undergraduate or employment based routes.
Figures for the number of people applying to join the Teach First programme, and those going on to become qualified teachers are as follows:
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Cohort 1 2 3 4 5 6 Number of applications in recruitment year 1,294 990 989 1,390 1,600 1,760 Number of acceptances/graduates beginning summer institute 186 197 183 265 272 373 Number of participants completing first year/achieving QTS 165 177 159 243 253 1364 Percentage of participants completing first year/achieving QTS 89 90 87 92 93 197 1 Provisional. Source: Teach First.