Initial teacher education: 2018 student teacher intake
The tables included show indicative information received from universities in October 2018 on intakes to initial teacher education.
PGDE secondary and alternative route intake figures
Table 1: 2018
| SFC target 2018 | Subject | 2018 Intake | 2018 intake as percentage of SFC target |
| 109 | Art | 109 | 100% |
| 110 | Biology | 129 | 117% |
| 86 | Business Education | 90 | 105% |
| 98 | Chemistry | 83 | 85% |
| 55 | Computing | 46 | 84% |
| 32 | Drama | 31 | 97% |
| 206 | English | 162 | 79% |
| 5 | Gaelic | 5 | 100% |
| 61 | Geography | 52 | 85% |
| 58 | History | 67 | 116% |
| 80 | Home Economics | 62 | 78% |
| 163 | Maths | 130 | 80% |
| 109 | Modern Languages | 91 | 83% |
| 60 | Modern Studies | 61 | 102% |
| 48 | Music | 42 | 88% |
| 48 | Physical Education | 50 | 104% |
| 81 | Physics | 60 | 74% |
| 8 | Psychology | 8 | 100% |
| 48 | Religious Education | 24 | 50% |
| 50 | Technological Education | 48 | 96% |
| 1515 | Secondary PGDE Total | 1350 | 89% |
| 235 | Alternative routes | 144 | 61% |
| 1750 | Total PGDE & alternative routes* | 1494 | 85% |
*Includes a possible total of 91 December and January starts in secondary PGDE (61) and alternative routes (30).
Related information
Initial Teacher Education (ITE) PGDE secondary figures, 2016 to 2017