Department for Education written question – answered at on 9 February 2016.
Jess Phillips
Labour, Birmingham, Yardley
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many places were allocated to each Troops to Teachers cohort.
Jess Phillips
Labour, Birmingham, Yardley
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications were made for each of the Troops to Teachers cohort; and how many places in each cohort have been filled.
Nick Gibb
Minister of State (Education)
Initially the Ministry of Defence’s resettlement contractor was responsible for recruiting trainees to the programme. Recruitment for the programme has been the responsibility of the University of Brighton.
For Cohort One, 293 applications were received and 41 trainees began the programme.
For Cohort Two, 196 applications were received and 52 trainees began the programme.
For Cohort Three, 62 applications were received and 51 trainees began the programme.
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