HC Deb 18 June 1997 vol 296 cc196-7W
Mr. Coaker

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate he has made of the number of people whom it will be necessary to recruit for teacher training in 1997–98 for the proper future staffing of schools. [4031]

Ms Estelle Morris

The targets for recruitment for teacher training in 1997–98, which were published in November 1996, are shown in the following table. Targets for future years will be reviewed in the autumn.

Initial teacher training intake targets in England 1997–98
Subject Number
Mathematics 2,250
English 1,950
Drama 200
Science 3,300
Modern Languages 2,650
Technology 3,200
History 900
Geography 900
Physical Education 1,550
Art 950
Music 600
Religious Education 700
Other 350
Total secondary 19,500
Total primary 11,000

Mr. Coaker

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many people were recruited for teacher training in all main subject areas in each of the last five years; and what are the projected figures for the 1997–98 academic year. [4030]

Initial teacher training actual intake in each subject area since 1992
England only
1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97
Primary 16,658 15,775 13,743 13,603 12,465
Secondary
Maths 1,699 1,790 1,950 1,795 1,653
English 1,368 1,483 1,829 1,877 2,093
Science 2,148 2,397 2,918 2,794 2,937
Languages 1,384 1,550 1,789 1,790 1,720
Technology 2,216 2,160 2,133 1,854 1,963
History 598 680 927 872 937
Geography 474 600 636 696 842
PE 1,153 1,084 1,309 1,311 1,384
Art 579 704 754 818 904
Music 422 461 490 548 507
RE 353 368 448 494 647
Other 457 415 327 378 378
All Secondary 12,849 13,689 15,509 15,226 15,965
Total 29,507 29,464 29,252 28,829 28,430

From 1993–94 includes School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SC1TT). English includes Drama.

Technology includes Business Studies and Home Economics.

Other includes Classics, Economics and Social Sciences.

Source:

1992–93 to 1993–94 DfE Recruitment Survey, 1994–95 HESES, 1995–96 to 1996–97 TTA Survey of ITT Providers.