Lucy Powell – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lucy Powell on 2015-12-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons targets and breakdown of recruitment by subject for undergraduate trainees were not included in the Initial Teacher Training census 2015-16.

Nick Gibb

In the academic year 2015 to 2016 there were 5,440 first year undergraduate trainees.

The 2015 to 2016 Teacher Supply Model sets the target for postgraduate trainees and takes account of the number of undergraduate trainees completing a course in 2016 when meeting future teacher requirements. We allocated places for undergraduate courses using criteria as set out in the published guidance.