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) 2009-10 and (B) 2010-11; and what proportion of his Department's supply targets the number recruited was 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 is published online:

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

The data for 2009-10 recruitment is published in: ‘Additional tables 2: SFR06/2011':

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2010-provisional

These data do not contain supply target figures.

Teach First recruitment was as follows:

2009/10

2010/11

English

119

161

Maths

90

129

Sciences

103

84

ICT

15

12

D&T

7

3

ML

25

36

Geography

17

20

History

20

22

Art & Design

7

3

Music

7

7

RE

12

14

Business Studies

10

23

Citizenship

26

27

Secondary

458

541

Primary

27

19

Total

485

560

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

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