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Written question asked by Lord Warner (Crossbench) on Tuesday, 14 May 2024, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 29 May 2024. It was answered by Baroness Barran (Conservative) on Friday, 24 May 2024 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Religion: Education

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the successful applicants for secondary teacher training for religious education in the current recruitment year received a subject knowledge enhancement grant (1) before 10 April 2023, and (2) after that date.

Answer

246 candidates have accepted an Initial Teacher Training (ITT) offer for religious education (RE) in this academic year 2023/24. 106 of those 246 candidates, or 43%, have been set subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) as a condition of their ITT offer. 58 of those started their SKE up to and including 10 April 2024 and 48 have started or are due to start from 11 April onwards.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL4653
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Education Grants Teachers Training Religion
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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