Asked by: Mark Reckless (UK Independence Party - Rochester and Strood)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teacher training bursaries for (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 have been allocated to high-priority subjects of physics and mathematics at each of the four bursary tiers.
Answered by David Laws
Provisional figures on the number of trainees and proportion with a first or second class honours degree by subject are published in the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Census in November each year. Finalised figures are published the following year. Provisional figures for 2013-14 are available at:
Asked by: Mark Reckless (UK Independence Party - Rochester and Strood)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the graduates receiving bursaries to teach mathematics in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 at each of the four tiers had (i) a mathematics degree, (ii) a relevant degree as defined by the School Workforce Survey and (iii) any other degree.
Answered by David Laws
Information in relation to 2013-14 is not held in the form requested and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.
Data on 2014-15 participants has not yet been collected.
Asked by: Mark Reckless (UK Independence Party - Rochester and Strood)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many places for initial teacher training starting in 2014 have been allocated to (a) Schools Direct and (b) higher education providers.
Answered by David Laws
We initially allocated 15,254 places to School Direct and 23,095 places to higher education institutions for the 2014/15 academic year.
Further details of the initial allocations have been published on the gov.uk website:
We will publish final allocation information reflecting any changes later this year.
Asked by: Mark Reckless (UK Independence Party - Rochester and Strood)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the graduates receiving bursaries to teach physics in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 at each of the four tiers had (i) a physics degree, (ii) a relevant degree in respect of physics as defined by the School Workforce Survey and (iii) any other degree.
Answered by David Laws
Information in relation to 2013-14 is not held in the form requested and could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.
Data on 2014-15 participants has not yet been collected.
Asked by: Mark Reckless (UK Independence Party - Rochester and Strood)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many School Direct initial teacher training offers in (a) 2013-14 and 2014-15 in each subject area were made conditional on completion of a subject knowledge enhancement programme.
Answered by David Laws
Since January 2014, we have allocated subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) places to 110 schools, supporting 151 applicants to commence their initial teacher training. One applicant relates to entry into initial teacher training (ITT) in 2013/14 and 150 relate to entry in 2014/15. We did not collect data on SKE courses requested by School Direct schools before January 2014. Because SKE can be delivered in parallel with ITT, the trainee does not necessarily have to complete SKE prior to starting ITT.
A full breakdown of SKE course data by subject will be available from October 2014.