Teachers: Recruitment

(asked on 30th June 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many trainee (a) English, (b) mathematics, (c) all sciences, (d) general science, (e) biology, (f) chemistry, (g) physics, (h) ICT, (i) design and technology, (j) modern languages, (k) geography, (l) history, (m) art and design, (n) music, (o) physical education, (p) religious education, (q) business studies, (r) citizenship, (s) 14 to 19 diploma subjects, (t) other subjects, (u) secondary and (v) primary school teachers were recruited through (i) Teach First, (ii) School Direct (salary), (iii) School Direct (fee), (iv) other EBITT, (v) HEI-led and (vi) in total in (a) 2011-12 and (B) 2012-13; and what proportion of his Department's supply targets the number recruited in each category represents.


Answered by
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David Laws
This question was answered on 3rd July 2014

The data held by the Department on initial teacher training (ITT) recruitment is contained within the ITT Census.

The ITT Census contains data on recruitment to courses and routes, but does not include Teach First (TF) for 2012-13.

Supply targets are included in the ITT Census publications, but are only generated at overall subject level and do not include TF numbers for the years in question.

The ITT Census for 2011-12 and 2012-13 is published online:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training#performance-data

Teach First recruitment for 2011-12 and 2012-13 was as follows:

2011/12

2012/13

English

199

226

Maths

175

191

Sciences

129

193

ICT

20

18

D&T

10

5

ML

45

77

Geography

14

26

History

30

40

Music

15

13

RE

19

15

Business Studies

22

13

Citizenship

9

6

Secondary

687

823

Primary

85

174

Total

772

997

Only those subjects listed above were included in the Teach First programme.

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