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Teachers: Training

Volume 492: debated on Friday 15 May 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of Graduate Teacher Programme places made available by the Training and Development Agency for Schools in 2008-09 were eligible for a salary grant. (274584)

There were 4,335 salary and training grant places allocated by the Training and Development Agency for Schools and these represent 93 per cent. of all Graduate Teacher Programme places in academic year 2008/09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many trainees have failed initial teacher training in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. (275034)

Information about trainees who did not gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) is only available for trainees in their final year of training. The tables show the number of final year ITT trainees for each academic year between 1998/99 and 2006/07 who did not gain QTS in their final year of training and of these the number who left their course before completion and the number where the outcome of QTS is unknown for:

1. Postgraduate ITT trainees

2. Undergraduate ITT trainees

3. Employment Based Routes (EBR) trainees

Information relating to the number of trainees through mainstream courses gaining QTS is only available from 1998/99 onwards. The same information for trainees on employment based routes was only collected from 2001/02 onwards. Figures relating to 2007/08 will be available in July 2009.

1. Postgraduate ITT trainees

Number of postgraduate final year trainees who have not gained QTS

Total number of mainstream trainees in their final year

Number of mainstream final year trainees gaining QTS

Known not to have completed course

Undefined outcome

Other outcome

Total

1998/99

17,430

15,160

1,260

130

880

2,270

1999/2000

17,170

14,850

1,250

140

940

2,320

2000/01

18,680

16,150

1,310

250

970

2,530

2001/02

19,480

16,940

1,090

0

1,450

2,540

2002/03

21,590

19,180

1,020

*

1,400

2,410

2003/04

24,590

21,460

1,430

0

1,700

3,130

2004/05

25,200

21,780

1,390

20

2,010

3,420

2005/06

25,100

21,600

1,290

10

2,210

3,500

2006/07

24,660

21,080

1,210

*

2,370

3,580

* = Less than 5.

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. Numbers are individually rounded to the nearest 10 and therefore may not sum.

3. ‘Other outcome’ includes final year trainees who are yet to complete their course, those with withheld QTS (including those where their skills test were not met, their standards were not met and where both their standards and skills test were not met) and those where the skills test has not been taken (including those whose standards were met and those whose standards were not met).

Source:

TDA Performance Profiles

2. Undergraduate ITT traineesNumber of undergraduate final year trainees who have not gained QTSTotal number of mainstream trainees in their final yearNumber of mainstream final year trainees gaining QTSKnown not to have completed courseUndefined outcomeOther outcomeTotal1998/999,7708,910503404708601999/20007,4906,850402103906402000/017,0406,490402402705502001/026,8706,3404004905302002/036,9806,25040*6907302003/046,3805,8805004605002004/056,1605,3602007707902005/066,1205,41020106807102006/076,6905,900400750790 * = Less than 5.Notes:1. Includes trainees from Universities and other Higher Education Institutions, School and Open Universities but exclude Employment Based Routes (EBR).2. Numbers are individually rounded to the nearest 10 and therefore may not sum.3. ‘Other outcome’ includes final year trainees who are yet to complete their course, those with withheld QTS (including those where their skills test were not met, their standards were not met and where both their standards and skills test were not met) and those where the skills test has not been taken (including those whose standards were met and those whose standards were not met).Source:TDA Performance Profiles

3. Employment Based Routes (EBR) trainees

Number of EBR final year trainees who have not gained QTS

Total number of mainstream trainees in their final year

Number of mainstream final year trainees gaining QTS

Known not to have completed course

Undefined outcome

Other outcome

Total

2001/02

2,440

2,210

30

0

190

230

2002/03

4,030

3,670

340

0

20

360

2003/04

4,950

4,470

440

0

30

470

2004/05

7,220

6,600

260

0

350

610

2005/06

6,970

6,090

420

0

450

870

2006/07

7,840

7,120

350

0

380

720

Notes:

1. Includes trainees through Employment Based Routes (EBR) only.

2. Numbers are individually rounded to the nearest 10 and therefore may not sum.

3. ‘Other outcome’ includes final year trainees who are yet to complete their course, those with withheld QTS (including those where their skills test were not met, their standards were not met and where both their standards and skills test were not met) and those where the skills test has not been taken (including those whose standards were met and those whose standards were not met).

Source:

TDA Performance Profiles