Teachers: Training
(asked on 19th April 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of people who started teacher training courses did not finish the course in each of the last five years.
Trainees not awarded qualified teacher status (QTS) includes those who ended their training during the year and either left the course before the end (excluding those who left the course within 90 days of the start) or did not meet the teacher standards.
These statistics refer to the academic year in which trainees finished or withdrew from their initial teacher training (ITT) courses, rather than the year in which they began their courses. At this time, statistics on ITT trainee outcomes based on the year of entry are not available.
Academic Year | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
Trainees not awarded QTS | 1,304 | 1,348 | 1,172 | 1,597 | 2,236 |
Percentage of all trainees with course outcomes | 5% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 7% |
Source: DfE ITT Performance Profiles statistical publications
Footnote: Academic year refers to the year in which the trainee had a course outcome.
The ITT Performance Profiles publication is published here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/initial-teacher-training-performance-profiles/2021-22#releaseHeadlines-tables.