The Department for Education publishes information on the number of trainee secondary school chemistry, physics and mathematics teachers as part of the initial teacher training (ITT) statistical first release[1] at a national level on an annual basis.

The Department intends to publish this information at provider level, which will include an aggregation at the regional level, in the summer. This information will then be incorporated into future ITT statistical first releases.

[1] www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2014-to-2015

The latest data on School Direct applications¹ shows that there were 5,820 mathematics applications and 1,150 physics applications at English providers.

Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR) data² shows that 2,480 mathematics and 660 physics applications were made in 2013. This includes higher education providers as well as school-centred initial teacher training consortia.

Other initial teacher training routes are available but records via these routes are not held centrally. The final position for 2013/14 enrolments and entrants will be published in the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) census on 26 November. That data will include not just the numbers recruited by GTTR and School Direct, but also the small number of providers who do not use GTTR to recruit and also projections of late, in-year starters.¹http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/s/school%20direct%20managennent%20information%209% 20september%202013.pdf²http://www.gttr.ac.uk/documents/stats/2013_gttr_ applicant_figures_October_to_august_exceptional_ england.pdf