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

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