Data set from Initial Teacher Training Census

7) ITT new entrants by course level and trainee characteristics time series

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Published 1 December 2022

Last updated 1 December 2022

This national level table contains the number of postgraduate and undergraduate new entrants to ITT by trainee characteristics (eg. age, gender, etc.) for 2015/16 to 2022/23 (provisional for 2022/23 and revised for previous years).

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Data set details

• Theme: Teachers and school workforce
• Publication: Initial Teacher Training Census
• Release: Academic year 2022/23
• Number of rows: 16
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Aged under 25
  • Aged under 25 percentage
  • Aged 25 to 29
  • Aged 25 to 29 percentage
  • Aged 30 to 34
  • Aged 30 to 34 percentage
  • Aged 35 to 39
  • Aged 35 to 39 percentage
  • Aged 40 to 44
  • Aged 40 to 44 percentage
  • Aged 45 to 49
  • Aged 45 to 49 percentage
  • Aged 50 to 54
  • Aged 50 to 54 percentage
  • Aged over 55
  • Aged over 55 percentage
  • First class degree
  • First class degree percentage
  • Upper second class degree
  • Upper second class degree percentage
  • Upper second or higher class degree
  • Upper second or higher class degree percentage
  • UK graduate upper second or higher class degree percentage
  • Lower second class degree
  • Lower second class degree percentage
  • Other degree
  • Other degree percentage
  • Disability declared
  • Disability declared percentage
  • No disability declared
  • No disability declared percentage
  • Asian ethnicity
  • Asian ethnicity percentage
  • Black ethnicity
  • Black ethnicity percentage
  • Mixed ethnicity
  • Mixed ethnicity percentage
  • Other ethnicity
  • Other ethnicity percentage
  • White ethnicity
  • White ethnicity percentage
  • Primary female
  • Primary female percentage
  • Primary male
  • Primary male percentage
  • Secondary female
  • Secondary female percentage
  • Secondary male
  • Secondary male percentage
  • EEA national
  • EEA national percentage
  • Other nationality
  • Other nationality percentage
  • UK national
  • UK national percentage
  • Total with known nationality
  • Primary
  • Secondary
• Filters:
  • ITT level
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2022/23

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	itt_level	primary	primary_male	primary_female	secondary	secondary_male	secondary_female	asian_ethnicity	black_ethnicity	mixed_ethnicity	other_ethnicity	white_ethnicity	aged_under_25	aged_25_to_29	aged_30_to_34	aged_35_to_39	aged_40_to_44	aged_45_to_49	aged_50_to_54	aged_55_and_over	disability_declared	no_disability_declared	uk_national	eea_national	other_nationality	total_known_nationality	first_class_degree	upper_second_class_degree	upper_second_class_degree_or_better	lower_second_class_degree	other_degree	primary_male_percentage	primary_female_percentage	secondary_male_percentage	secondary_female_percentage	asian_ethnicity_percentage	black_ethnicity_percentage	mixed_ethnicity_percentage	white_ethnicity_percentage	other_ethnicity_percentage	aged_under_25_percentage	aged_25_to_29_percentage	aged_30_to_34_percentage	aged_35_to_39_percentage	aged_40_to_44_percentage	aged_45_to_49_percentage	aged_50_to_54_percentage	aged_55_and_over_percentage	disability_declared_percentage	no_disability_declared_percentage	uk_national_percentage	eea_national_percentage	other_nationality_percentage	first_class_degree_percentage	upper_second_class_degree_percentage	upper_second_class_degree_or_better_percentage	lower_second_class_degree_percentage	other_degree_percentage	uk_graduates_upper_second_class_degree_or_better_percentage
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Postgraduate	12578	2722	9856	15183	5983	9200	x	x	x	x	x	15199	6763	2153	1339	1155	762	314	76	2297	25304	x	x	x	x	4984	15719	20703	6024	857	22	78	39	61	x	x	x	x	x	55	24	8	5	4	3	1	0	8	92	x	x	x	18	57	75	22	3	74
201516	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Undergraduate	4781	722	4059	719	215	504	x	x	x	x	x	4977	247	125	70	54	25	2	0	459	5041	x	x	x	x	z	z	z	z	z	15	85	30	70	x	x	x	x	x	90	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	8	92	x	x	x	z	z	z	z	z	z
201617	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Postgraduate	11288	2266	9022	15461	6241	9220	x	x	x	x	x	14164	6495	2189	1401	1116	863	408	113	2424	24245	23658	1295	506	25459	4767	14779	19546	6013	802	20	80	40	60	x	x	x	x	x	53	24	8	5	4	3	2	0	9	91	93	5	2	18	56	74	23	3	75
201617	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Undergraduate	4906	729	4177	241	91	150	x	x	x	x	x	4681	213	102	74	49	22	6	0	479	4668	x	x	x	x	z	z	z	z	z	15	85	38	62	x	x	x	x	x	91	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	9	91	x	x	x	z	z	z	z	z	z
201718	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Postgraduate	12500	2517	9981	14646	5831	8811	x	x	x	x	x	13847	6842	2306	1413	1259	899	407	173	2590	24451	24223	1294	532	26049	5002	14869	19871	6026	935	20	80	40	60	x	x	x	x	x	51	25	8	5	5	3	1	1	10	90	93	5	2	19	55	74	22	3	76

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 59 variables

Variable name	Variable description
aged_25_to_29	Aged 25 to 29
aged_25_to_29_percentage	Aged 25 to 29 percentage
aged_30_to_34	Aged 30 to 34
aged_30_to_34_percentage	Aged 30 to 34 percentage
aged_35_to_39	Aged 35 to 39
aged_35_to_39_percentage	Aged 35 to 39 percentage
aged_40_to_44	Aged 40 to 44
aged_40_to_44_percentage	Aged 40 to 44 percentage
aged_45_to_49	Aged 45 to 49
aged_45_to_49_percentage	Aged 45 to 49 percentage
aged_50_to_54	Aged 50 to 54
aged_50_to_54_percentage	Aged 50 to 54 percentage
aged_55_and_over	Aged over 55
aged_55_and_over_percentage	Aged over 55 percentage
aged_under_25	Aged under 25
aged_under_25_percentage	Aged under 25 percentage
asian_ethnicity	Asian ethnicity
asian_ethnicity_percentage	Asian ethnicity percentage
black_ethnicity	Black ethnicity
black_ethnicity_percentage	Black ethnicity percentage
disability_declared	Disability declared
disability_declared_percentage	Disability declared percentage
eea_national	EEA national
eea_national_percentage	EEA national percentage
first_class_degree	First class degree
first_class_degree_percentage	First class degree percentage
itt_level	ITT level
lower_second_class_degree	Lower second class degree
lower_second_class_degree_percentage	Lower second class degree percentage
mixed_ethnicity	Mixed ethnicity
mixed_ethnicity_percentage	Mixed ethnicity percentage
no_disability_declared	No disability declared
no_disability_declared_percentage	No disability declared percentage
other_degree	Other degree
other_degree_percentage	Other degree percentage
other_ethnicity	Other ethnicity
other_ethnicity_percentage	Other ethnicity percentage
other_nationality	Other nationality
other_nationality_percentage	Other nationality percentage
primary	Primary
primary_female	Primary female
primary_female_percentage	Primary female percentage
primary_male	Primary male
primary_male_percentage	Primary male percentage
secondary	Secondary
secondary_female	Secondary female
secondary_female_percentage	Secondary female percentage
secondary_male	Secondary male
secondary_male_percentage	Secondary male percentage
total_known_nationality	Total with known nationality
uk_graduates_upper_second_class_degree_or_better_percentage	UK graduate upper second or higher class degree percentage
uk_national	UK national
uk_national_percentage	UK national percentage
upper_second_class_degree	Upper second class degree
upper_second_class_degree_or_better	Upper second or higher class degree
upper_second_class_degree_or_better_percentage	Upper second or higher class degree percentage
upper_second_class_degree_percentage	Upper second class degree percentage
white_ethnicity	White ethnicity
white_ethnicity_percentage	White ethnicity percentage

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Footnotes

1. Percentages exclude trainees where information was not supplied, or where characteristics were reported as ‘unknown’.
2. Other degree class: includes international degrees which have different grading classes, degree classes below 2:2, and other. It excludes trainees whose degrees classed as not known or not applicable.
3. Data was extracted on 14 November 2022.
4. it should be noted that a greater number of new entrants reported their ethnicity in the 2022/23 data (97%) compared to the 2021/22 data (90%).
5. Ethnicity: Data is based on known cases and exclude those where ethnicity is unknown or not declared, therefore please consider the impact of the number of unknowns when considering data trends.
6. Figures for 2022/23 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2021/22 and all previous years have been revised.
7. Breakdown of ITT new entrant data by disability, for both 2022/23 and revised 2021/22 figures will be published after this initial publication. This is due to issues with the quality of the data. We will be updating the publication to include disability status data once the issue is rectified.
8. Age groups: are based on the ages of new entrants on the day of the census, 12 October 2022. Ages are rounded down to the nearest year, for example, a trainee aged 29.5 is placed in the 25-29 age group.
9. Disability Status: Data is based on known cases and exclude those where disability status is unknown, therefore please consider the impact of the number of unknowns when considering data trends.
10. EEA National: here relates to individuals with a European Union, European Economic Area or included in the single market- this includes Swiss nationality. The UK is not included in these figures.
11. Prior to 2017/18, trainees who did not identify as Male or Female were reported as "Female". From 2017/18 onwards, they are not included as "Female".
12. Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
13. Other ethnicity includes Arab and Other ethnic background.
14. Asian ethnic group includes Chinese.
15. Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures before 2021/22.
16. Degree Class: 2:1 includes undivided 2nd.
17. Undergraduate: The majority of undergraduate provision is offered by higher education institutions, except for 95 trainees on undergraduate school centred ITT programmes in 2022/23 and 113 trainees in 2021/22.

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