Data set from Initial teacher training performance profiles

Table 1a) Trainee qualified teacher status and employment outcomes by characteristics

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Published 27 July 2023

Last updated 27 July 2023

This national level table contains the qualified teacher status and employment outcomes of postgraduate and undergraduate ITT trainees by characteristics. The data in this table covers 2017/18 to 2021/22. For 2021/22, employment numbers and rates are provisional, all other years are revised.

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Data set details

• Theme: Teachers and school workforce
• Publication: Initial teacher training performance profiles
• Release: Academic year 2021/22
• Number of rows: 60
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Total trainees
  • Total trainees percentage
  • Aged under 25
  • Aged 25 and over
  • Aged under 25 percentage
  • Aged 25 and over percentage
  • Female
  • Male
  • Other sex
  • Unknown sex
  • Female percentage
  • Male percentage
  • Other sex percentage
  • Unknown sex percentage
  • First class degree
  • Upper second class degree
  • Lower second class degree
  • Other degree
  • Unknown degree
  • First class degree percentage
  • Upper second class degree percentage
  • Lower second class degree percentage
  • Other degree percentage
  • Unknown degree percentage
  • Asian ethnicity
  • Black ethnicity
  • Mixed ethnicity
  • Other ethnicity
  • White ethnicity
  • Unknown ethnicity
  • Asian ethnicity percentage
  • Black ethnicity percentage
  • Mixed ethnicity percentage
  • Other ethnicity percentage
  • White ethnicity percentage
  • Unknown ethnicity percentage
  • Disability declared
  • No disability declared
  • Disability unknown
  • Disability declared percentage
  • No disability declared percentage
  • Disability unknown percentage
• Filters:
  • ITT level
  • QTS status
  • Employment status
• Time period: 2017/18 to 2021/22

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	course_level_recoded	qts_status	employment_status	n_total	total_age_u25	total_age_25andover	total_sex_m	total_sex_f	total_sex_other	total_sex_unknown	total_degreec_first	total_degreec_upper2nd	total_degreec_lower2nd	total_degreec_other	total_degreec_unknown	total_ethnic_asian	total_ethnic_black	total_ethnic_mixed_ethnicity	total_ethnic_other	total_ethnic_white	total_ethnic_unknown	total_disability	total_nondisability	total_disability_unknown	pct_n_total	pct_total_age_u25	pct_total_age_25andover	pct_total_sex_m	pct_total_sex_f	pct_total_sex_other	pct_total_sex_unknown	pct_total_degreec_first	pct_total_degreec_upper2nd	pct_total_degreec_lower2nd	pct_total_degreec_other	pct_total_degreec_unknown	pct_total_ethnic_asian	pct_total_ethnic_black	pct_total_ethnic_mixed_ethnicity	pct_total_ethnic_other	pct_total_ethnic_white	pct_total_ethnic_unknown	pct_total_disability	pct_total_nondisability	pct_total_disability_unknown
201718	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Postgraduate	Awarded QTS	Teaching in a state-funded school	20503	8964	11539	5670	14829	4	:	3771	11114	4087	560	971	1596	626	567	210	17008	496	1897	18550	56	80	81	80	76	82	80	:	82	82	78	79	68	78	81	82	79	81	78	77	81	93
201718	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Postgraduate	Awarded QTS	Total	25490	11024	14466	7495	17990	5	:	4609	13520	5223	712	1426	2058	769	692	267	21069	635	2456	22974	60	95	96	94	92	96	83	:	96	96	94	94	88	95	93	93	92	95	94	93	95	82
201718	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Postgraduate	Not awarded QTS	Total	1304	423	881	644	659	1	:	172	589	312	45	186	117	59	50	22	1012	44	197	1094	13	5	4	6	8	4	17	:	4	4	6	6	12	5	7	7	8	5	6	7	5	18
201718	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Postgraduate	Total	Total	26794	11447	15347	8139	18649	6	:	4781	14109	5535	757	1612	2175	828	742	289	22081	679	2653	24068	73	100	100	100	100	100	100	:	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
201718	Academic year	National	E92000001	England	Undergraduate	Awarded QTS	Teaching in a state-funded school	3706	3128	578	560	3146	0	:	z	z	z	z	z	169	46	78	15	3395	3	436	3268	2	78	79	75	74	79	z	:	z	z	z	z	z	76	79	81	71	78	33	74	79	67

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 45 variables

Variable name	Variable description
course_level_recoded	ITT level
employment_status	Employment status
n_total	Total trainees
pct_n_total	Total trainees percentage
pct_total_age_25andover	Aged 25 and over percentage
pct_total_age_u25	Aged under 25 percentage
pct_total_degreec_first	First class degree percentage
pct_total_degreec_lower2nd	Lower second class degree percentage
pct_total_degreec_other	Other degree percentage
pct_total_degreec_unknown	Unknown degree percentage
pct_total_degreec_upper2nd	Upper second class degree percentage
pct_total_disability	Disability declared percentage
pct_total_disability_unknown	Disability unknown percentage
pct_total_ethnic_asian	Asian ethnicity percentage
pct_total_ethnic_black	Black ethnicity percentage
pct_total_ethnic_mixed_ethnicity	Mixed ethnicity percentage
pct_total_ethnic_other	Other ethnicity percentage
pct_total_ethnic_unknown	Unknown ethnicity percentage
pct_total_ethnic_white	White ethnicity percentage
pct_total_nondisability	No disability declared percentage
pct_total_sex_f	Female percentage
pct_total_sex_m	Male percentage
pct_total_sex_other	Other sex percentage
pct_total_sex_unknown	Unknown sex percentage
qts_status	QTS status
total_age_25andover	Aged 25 and over
total_age_u25	Aged under 25
total_degreec_first	First class degree
total_degreec_lower2nd	Lower second class degree
total_degreec_other	Other degree
total_degreec_unknown	Unknown degree
total_degreec_upper2nd	Upper second class degree
total_disability	Disability declared
total_disability_unknown	Disability unknown
total_ethnic_asian	Asian ethnicity
total_ethnic_black	Black ethnicity
total_ethnic_mixed_ethnicity	Mixed ethnicity
total_ethnic_other	Other ethnicity
total_ethnic_unknown	Unknown ethnicity
total_ethnic_white	White ethnicity
total_nondisability	No disability declared
total_sex_f	Female
total_sex_m	Male
total_sex_other	Other sex
total_sex_unknown	Unknown sex

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Footnotes

1. Only trainees who have course outcomes are included. Previously, trainees who were 'yet to complete' were included so figures are not comparable with previous publications. Historical figures have been revised in this publication. See methodology for further details.
2. There were 961 trainees awarded QTS of 40,108 total trainees who were included in the 2020/21 release, for whom the end date has subsequently been revised to 2021/22. Figures for 2020/21 have been revised to reflect this.
3. There were 764 postgraduate trainees awarded QTS of 35,371 total postgraduate trainees who were included in the 2020/21 release, for whom the end date has subsequently been revised to 2021/22. Figures for 2020/21 have been revised to reflect this.
4. There were 197 undergraduate trainees awarded QTS of 4,737 total undergraduate trainees who were included in the 2020/21 release, for whom the end date has subsequently been revised to 2021/22. Figures for 2020/21 have been revised to reflect this.
5. This publication was produced using data extracted from the Register Trainee Teachers service for the first time. This is a move from the previous data source, DTTP (Database of Teacher Training Providers). See methodology for further details.
6. Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
7. Trainees who were not awarded QTS are those who ended their training during the year and either left the course before the end (excluding those who left the course within 90 days of the start) or did not meet the standards.
8. Teaching in a state-funded school is the number of trainees registered as employed in a state-funded school in England within 16 months of the academic year end. For 2021/22, figures are provisional (uplifted), previous years are revised. Due to rounding, the sum of constituent parts may differ from the reported total. See methodology for further details.
9. Percentage of those awarded QTS teaching in a state-funded school is the percentage of trainees awarded QTS who are employed in a state-funded school in England within 16 months of the academic year end. For 2021/22, employment rate figures are provisional (uplifted), all prior years are revised.
10. Trainees' age is as recorded on 31st July 2022.
11. Sex was previously reported as gender. This has been updated as it was previously mislabelled.
12. For 2021/22, trainees who chose not to provide data on sex have been included in an 'Unknown' category. Prior to this they were included in 'Other'.
13. Degree classes relate to postgraduate ITT trainees only. From 2021/22, where possible, the first UK degree awarded has been selected. If no UK degree was awarded, the first non-UK degree awarded was selected.
14. Those with non-UK degrees or degree-equivalent qualifications are assigned UK style classifications where known.
15. 'Upper second' degree class includes undivided second degree class.
16. Other degree class includes third class honours degrees, and ‘ordinary’ or ‘general’ degrees awarded after a non-honours course, and degrees awarded after a non-honours course that was not available to be classified. It also includes other categories from non-UK degrees.
17. Other ethnicity includes the Arab ethnic background.

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