Data set from Initial Teacher Training Census

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

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Published 7 December 2023

Last updated 7 December 2023

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 2023/24 (provisional for 2023/24 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 2023/24
• Number of rows: 18
• 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
  • Total known degree
  • Disability declared
  • Disability declared percentage
  • No disability declared
  • No disability declared percentage
  • Total known disability
  • 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
  • Total known ethnicity
  • Primary female
  • Primary female percentage
  • Primary male
  • Primary male percentage
  • Primary other
  • Primary other percentage
  • Secondary female
  • Secondary female percentage
  • Secondary male
  • Secondary male percentage
  • Secondary other
  • Secondary other percentage
  • Primary known sex
  • Secondary known sex
  • Total known sex
  • 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 2023/24

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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	primary_other	primary_known_sex	secondary	secondary_male	secondary_female	secondary_other	secondary_known_sex	total_known_sex	asian_ethnicity	black_ethnicity	mixed_ethnicity	other_ethnicity	white_ethnicity	total_known_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	total_known_disability	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	total_known_degree	primary_male_percentage	primary_female_percentage	primary_other_percentage	secondary_male_percentage	secondary_female_percentage	secondary_other_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	x	12578	15183	5983	9200	x	15183	27761	x	x	x	x	x	x	15199	6763	2153	1339	1155	762	314	76	2297	25304	27601	x	x	x	x	4984	15719	20703	6024	857	27584	22	78	x	39	61	x	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	x	4781	719	215	504	x	719	5500	x	x	x	x	x	x	4977	247	125	70	54	25	2	0	459	5041	5500	x	x	x	x	z	z	z	z	z	z	15	85	x	30	70	x	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	x	11288	15461	6241	9220	x	15461	26749	x	x	x	x	x	x	14164	6495	2189	1401	1116	863	408	113	2424	24245	26669	23658	1295	506	25459	4767	14779	19546	6013	802	26361	20	80	x	40	60	x	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	x	4906	241	91	150	x	241	5147	x	x	x	x	x	x	4681	213	102	74	49	22	6	0	479	4668	5147	x	x	x	x	z	z	z	z	z	z	15	85	x	38	62	x	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	x	12498	14646	5831	8811	x	14642	27140	x	x	x	x	x	x	13847	6842	2306	1413	1259	899	407	173	2590	24451	27041	24223	1294	532	26049	5002	14869	19871	6026	935	26832	20	80	x	40	60	x	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 69 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_known_sex	Primary known sex
primary_male	Primary male
primary_male_percentage	Primary male percentage
primary_other	Primary other
primary_other_percentage	Primary other percentage
secondary	Secondary
secondary_female	Secondary female
secondary_female_percentage	Secondary female percentage
secondary_known_sex	Secondary known sex
secondary_male	Secondary male
secondary_male_percentage	Secondary male percentage
secondary_other	Secondary other
secondary_other_percentage	Secondary other percentage
total_known_degree	Total known degree
total_known_disability	Total known disability
total_known_ethnicity	Total known ethnicity
total_known_nationality	Total with known nationality
total_known_sex	Total known sex
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. 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.
2. Data was extracted on 21 November 2023.
3. Figures for 2023/24 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2022/23 and all previous years have been revised.
4. Troops to Teachers are excluded from all figures prior to 2021/22.
5. Warning: percentages have been rounded and therefore may not sum to 100%.
6. The 2022/23 revised and 2023/24 provisional data does not contain forecast trainees, this is due to a change in data collection methodology. 
7. Undergraduate: The majority of undergraduate provision is offered by higher education institutions.
8. Degree Class: 2:1 includes undivided 2nd.
9. 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.
10. Age groups: are based on the ages of new entrants on the day of the census, 11 October 2023. Ages are rounded down to the nearest year, for example, a trainee aged 29.5 is placed in the 25-29 age group. 
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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".
14. Other ethnicity includes Arab and Other ethnic background.
15. Proportions exclude trainees where information was not supplied, or where characteristics/information were reported as ‘unknown’.
16. For 2023/24 only, three providers submitted data with very high numbers of trainees with other sex. These have been recoded as unknown sex while we investigate this with providers.

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