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.
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.