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) EBITT, (iii) HEI-led and (iv) in total in (A) 2010-11 and (B) 2011-12; and what proportion of his Department's supply targets the number recruited in each category in each year 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.

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

The ITT Census for 2010-11 and 2011-12 is published online:

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

Teach First recruitment was as follows:

2010/11

2011/12

English

161

199

Maths

129

175

Sciences

84

129

ICT

12

20

D&T

3

10

ML

36

45

Geography

20

14

History

22

30

Art & Design

3

Music

7

15

RE

14

19

Business Studies

23

22

Citizenship

27

9

Secondary

541

687

Primary

19

85

Total

560

772

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

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