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Written question asked by Lord Gove (Conservative) on Wednesday, 2 December 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 December 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Monday, 14 December 2009 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Teachers: Science

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) chemistry, (b) biology and (c) physics initial teacher training entrants were recruited by the Training and Development Agency for Schools in (i) 2004, (ii) 2006 and (iii) 2008.
Answer

The available information about recruitment to college and employment-based initial teacher training (ITT) in science subjects is given in the following table.

Initial teacher training: Recruitment to college and employment-based routes, Years: 2004/05, 2006/07 and 2008/09, Coverage: England
2004/05 2006/07 2008/09
College-based courses
Science 2,830 2,990 3,110
Biology n/a 930 1,090
Chemistry n/a 530 800
General sciences n/a 1,180 720
Physics n/a 350 510
Employment-based routes
Science 750 610 400
Biology n/a 90 70
Chemistry n/a 70 50
General sciences n/a 410 230
Physics n/a 50 50
Total
Science 3,580 3,600 3,510
Biology n/a 1,020 1,160
Chemistry n/a 600 850
General sciences n/a 1,590 950
Physics n/a 400 550
n/a = not available. Notes: 1. Recruitment figures for 2008/09 were provisional and subject to change. College-based recruitment for 2008/09 includes actual registrations and forecast trainees who are expected to enter ITT during the academic year. Employment-based recruitment figures for 2008/09 were for the autumn term only. A further 160 trainees were expected to start on employment-based route courses in Science during the academic year 2008/09. Vocational subjects such as applied science are excluded from the table. 2. College-based ITT recruitment includes universities, other higher education institutions, school centred ITT (SCITT) and Open University. In 2004/05 college-based ITT recruitment included 310 secondary trainees on the Fast Track programme. The Fast Track programme ended in 2005/06. 3. Employment-based ITT recruitment includes Teach First. The first year of the Teach First programme was 2003/04. 4. Recruitment numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Total may not sum due to rounding. Source: TDA's ITT Trainee Numbers Census and Employment-Based Database.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
502 c707-8W; 304899
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Teachers Science
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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