HC Deb 01 March 1999 vol 326 cc587-9W
Mr. Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list for 1998–99 the current number of applicants for(a) primary and (b) secondary teacher training courses including PGCE by (i) gender, (ii) age and (iii) subject. [69902]

Ms Estelle Morris

As at 6 February 1999, the current number of postgraduate applicants to primary and secondary PGCE courses is as follows:

Current applicants to postgraduate initial teacher training courses, by gender, phase and subject, in England and Wales, academic year of entry 1999–2000
As at 6 February 1999 Male Female
Primary1 1,992 9,702
Secondary
Mathematics 223 228
English 343 1,114
Science 392 580
Languages 144 656
Technology 183 187
History 500 526
Geography 210 279
Physical education 589 502

Current applicants to postgraduate initial teacher training courses, by gender, phase and subject, in England and Wales, academic year of entry 1999–2000
As at 6 February 1999 Male Female
Art 124 373
Music 90 178
Religious education 91 244
Other 104 165
Total secondary 2,993 5,032
Overall total 4,985 14,734
1 GTTR have set a deadline on 1999–2000 primary applications of 15 December 1998. Applications received after this date will be considered if the institution still has vacancies for the named course.

Note:

Age of applicant is not available

Source:

Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR)

At the corresponding date in 1998, secondary applicants to 1998–99 PGCE courses made up about half of the final number of secondary postgraduate applicants. Over the last three years there has been a trend for postgraduate applications increasingly to be made later in the year.

Information is not available about applicants to undergraduate ITT, but the following table gives information about applications as at 5 February 1999. Undergraduate applicants can make up to six applications.

Current applications1 to undergraduate initial teacher training courses, by gender, phase and subject, in England and Wales, academic year of entry 1999–2000
As at 5 February 1999 Male Female
Primary 7,867 48,458
Secondary
Mathematics 102 145
English 22 98
Science 115 156
Languages 7 22
Technology 436 290
History 0 0
Geography 7 17
Physical education 2,767 2,613
Art 22 64
Music 14 6
Religious education 3 15
Other 578 553
Total secondary 4,073 3,979
Overall total 11,940 52,437
1 UCAS count up to six applications per applicant.

Source:

Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)

Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will develop fast track PGCE qualifications for British teachers who have taught with non-PGCE qualifications abroad. [73199]

Ms Estelle Morris

The new employment-based training routes—the Graduate and Registered Teacher Programmes—which began last year, enable trainees to work as teachers at the same time as following an approved training programme designed to enable them to gain Qualified Teacher Status. In the case of people with relevant teaching experience, which can include experience overseas, graduates can gain Qualified Teacher Status in as little as three months.