Information about students training to become teachers on courses of initial teacher education (ITE) that lead to qualified teacher status for September 2018 to August 2019.
This is not the latest release in the series: Initial teacher education
No data in this update covers the period of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Main points
The number of new secondary school trainee teachers was 44% lower than the target figure in 2018/19. The number of new primary school trainees was below the target for a fourth year (22% lower in 2018/19).
There were 1,065 entrants to ITE courses in 2018/19; 585 on primary school courses and 480 on secondary school courses.
There has been a fall in first year ITE students in Wales able to teach in Welsh for the fifth consecutive year, standing at 175 students in 2018/19. This accounts for 16% of the total number of first year ITE students in Wales.
Science, Mathematics and PE are the most common subjects for entrants to secondary school ITE courses in Wales.
Almost 9 out of every 10 new ITE students training in Wales were living in Wales before they started their degree.
Reports
Initial teacher education, September 2018 to August 2019 , file type: PDF, file size: 1 MB
Contact
Katherine Green
Telephone: 0300 062 2587
Email: post16ed.stats@gov.wales
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Media
Telephone: 0300 025 8099
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