HC Deb 04 December 2002 vol 395 cc829-31W
Mr. Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many undergraduates started full-time teacher training courses in England in the academic year 2001–02 in each subject. [84569]

Mr. Miliband

The number of undergraduates who started full-time teacher training courses in England in the academic year 2001–02 by subject is shown in the table.

Table 1. The number of full-time undergraduate teacher trainees who entered in 2001–02
> Number
Primary 6,368
Secondary
Mathematics 149
English 128
Science 150
Modern Foreign Languages 16
Total Technology 386
History 0
Geography 11
Physical Education 564
Art 0
Music 29
Religious Education 7
Citizenship 0
Other 0
Secondary total 1,440
Grand total 7,808

Source:

TTA ITT Trainee Number Census 2001–02.

Mr. Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people entered initial teacher training courses for(a) primary and (b) secondary subjects through (i) undergraduate, (ii) postgraduate and (iii) employment-based routes in the academic years (A) 2001–02 and (B) 2002–03. [84570]

Mr. Miliband

[holding answer 2 December 2002]: The information is shown in the tables.

Recruitment to courses of initial teacher training and employment based initial teacher training programmes in England in 2002–03
Postgraduate ITT recruitment Undergraduate ITT recruitment Total ITT recruitment GTP recruitment RTP recruitment OTT recruitment 1 Total ITT and EBR recruitment
Primary 7,988 6,488 14,476 684 16 34 15,210
Secondary
Mathematics 1,545 144 1,689 135 1 11 1,836
English and drama 2,386 109 2,495 233 2 19 2,749
Science 2,537 133 2,670 198 0 19 2,887
Modern foreign languages 1,742 7 1,749 128 1 0 1,878
Total technology 2,055 347 2,402 272 1 7 2,682
History 995 3 998 33 0 3 1,034
Geography 1,025 6 1,031 12 0 2 1,045
Physical education 771 554 1,325 48 0 7 1,380
Art 880 0 880 42 0 0 922
Music 604 7 61 1 31 0 3 645
Religious education 573 3 576 35 0 0 611
Citizenship 185 0 185 0 0 0 185
Other 174 0 174 53 0 4 231
Secondary total 15,472 1,313 16,785 1,220 5 75 18,085
Grand total 23,460 7,801 31,261 1,904 21 109 33,295

Source:

Teacher training agency

1 Entrants to date. There will be further intakes in the spring and summer 2003 terms.

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