Information about students training to become teachers on courses of initial teacher education that lead to qualified teacher status for September 2016 to August 2017.
This is not the latest release in the series: Initial teacher education
Series information:
Main points
- The number of new secondary school trainee teachers missed the target by over a third in 2016/17. The number of new primary school trainees stayed slightly below the target for a second year.
- The target for primary courses was 750, but only 700 students enrolled. The target for secondary courses was 871, but only 545 students enrolled.
- There has been a small fall in students able to teach in Welsh, which is at its lowest point since 2008/09.
- Science, Maths and English are the most common subjects for entrants to secondary school ITE courses.
- 9 out of every 10 new ITE students training in Wales were living in Wales before they started their degree.
- There were more than double as many females as males starting to train as teachers in Wales in 2016/17.
Reports
Initial teacher education, September 2016 to August 2017 , file type: PDF, file size: 857 KB
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Initial teacher education, September 2016 to August 2017: infographic , file type: PDF, file size: 481 KB
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Contact
Lucy Teague
Telephone: 0300 025 6695
Email: post16ed.stats@gov.wales
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Media
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