Robert Flello – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Flello on 2016-01-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people achieved qualified teacher status in religious studies in each of the last five years.
Nick Gibb
The numbers of new entrants to religious education initial teacher training (ITT) courses in England, and the target levels, for each of the last five years are as shown in Table 1 below.
The numbers of people achieving qualified teacher status (QTS) in religious studies in each of the last five years are as shown in Table 2 below.
Table 1: New entrants to Religious Education ITT courses.
|
Year |
Postgraduate ITT new entrants |
Postgraduate ITT target |
Percentage of the postgraduate target achieved |
Undergraduate ITT new entrants |
|
2011/12 |
463 |
446 |
104% |
15 |
|
2012/13 |
471 |
439 |
107% |
12 |
|
2013/14 |
367 |
450 |
82% |
12 |
|
2014/15 |
386 |
537 |
72% |
8 |
|
2015/16 |
411 |
650 |
63% |
14 |
Table 2: Final year religious education trainees obtaining QTS awards.
|
Year |
Postgraduate |
Undergraduate |
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|
Number awarded QTS |
Number not awarded QTS |
Total |
Percentage awarded QTS |
Number awarded QTS |
Number not awarded QTS |
Total |
Percentage awarded QTS |
|
|
2009/10 |
755 |
96 |
851 |
89% |
12 |
2 |
14 |
86% |
|
2010/11 |
762 |
78 |
840 |
91% |
19 |
2 |
21 |
90% |
|
2011/12 |
464 |
71 |
535 |
87% |
17 |
7 |
24 |
71% |
|
2012/13 |
419 |
65 |
484 |
87% |
25 |
5 |
30 |
83% |
|
2013/14 |
321 |
23 |
344 |
93% |
12 |
0 |
12 |
100% |
Further information is available online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training
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