§ Mr WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent assessment he has made of progress toward his Department's targets for the recruitment of trainee teachers in 2002, broken down by subject. [81076]
§ Mr. MilibandProvisional figures published today by the Teacher Training Agency show that 31,261 people have been recruited to courses of initial teacher training in England in 2002–03, 2,067 more than in 2001–02. This third successive annual rise in recruitment vindicates the Government's decision, announced last December, to make 1,900 more training places available this year than in 2001–02.
The table shows numbers of trainees recruited as a percentage of the total number of training places available by phase and subject. Figures do not include the 1,904 new entrants to the Graduate Teacher Programme so far this year, of whom 935 are training in the priority subjects of mathematics, science, modern languages, technology and English.
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2002–03 ITT recruitment
ITT places
ITT recruitment as percentage of
ITT places
Primary 14,447 14,000 103 Secondary Mathematics 1,681 1,940 87 English & Drama 2,475 2,350 105 Science 2,648 2,850 93 Modern Foreign 1,733 2,050 85 Languages Total Technology 2,401 2,500 96 History 985 950 104 Geography 1,028 1,100 93 Physical Education 1,324 1,200 110 Art 880 850 104 Music 608 700 87 Religious Education 576 700 82 Citizenship 185 200 93
2002–2003 ITT recruitment
ITT places
ITT recruitment as percentage of
ITT places
Other 174 300 58 Secondary Reserve 100 Secondary Total 16,698 17,790 94 Total 31,145 31,790 98 Fast Track 116 Grand Total 31,261 — — Source:
Teacher Training Agency ITT Trainee Numbers Census 2002 (Provisional).
Notes
1. The recruitment figures by subject exclude the 116 entrants on the fast track teaching route, attending ITT in 2002–03 as part of the programme. Of these, 29 are train in primary, and 87 in secondary, (8 mathematics, 20 English, 22 science, 16 modern foreign languages, 1 technology, 13 history, 3 geography, 1 physical education, and 3 music).
2. The 2002–03 ITT target includes a margin of flexibility. The 100 places available under the margin of flexibility is used as a provision for the TTA to "vire" places between secondary subjects within certain parameters.
3. Other secondary subjects, includes classics, economics and other social sciences and other subjects.