Education and Skills written question – answered at on 19 November 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many applications were received by the Graduate Teacher Training Register for postgraduate teacher training for the year 2001–02; how many applications were successful; how many applicants commenced training; and what was the cost per student of placing them on a graduate teacher training register scheme.
The Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR) received a total of 37,963 1 applications, for postgraduate initial teacher training courses starting in 2001–02 in England. Of those, 20,041 2 were accepted. The Teacher Training Agency's Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Trainees Numbers Census recorded a total of 21,140 3 new entrants on postgraduate ITT courses in England, for 2001–02. Not all entrants to postgraduate ITT courses apply through the GTTR.
The cost of placing a student on a GTTR scheme is not collected centrally.
1 This the provisional end of year figure for applications to postgraduate ITT courses in England, from GTTR.
2 This is the provisional end of year figure for accepted applications to postgraduate ITT courses in England, from GTTR.
3 This is the provisional total from the TTA's ITT Trainee Numbers Census.
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