Education written question – answered at on 3 December 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many places available for the training of teachers on the School Direct system are unfilled.
In allocating places each year for initial teacher training (ITT) the Department for Education models the likely fill rate. We over-allocate to ensure we train enough teachers, taking account of the likely level of recruitment in each subject. The allocated numbers for individual training programmes are not targets and should not be regarded as such.
For 2013/14, we allocated 113% of the overall estimate of required teachers, including 9,586 School Direct (SD) places1. Provisional figures in the ITT census2, published on
Allocations for the academic year 2014/15 have just been made. We do not yet hold data on recruitment to these places.
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No1 person thinks not
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