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Initial teacher education: 2020 student teacher intake statistics
Information received from Universities on intakes to initial teacher education in 2020/21.
PGDE secondary and alternative route intake figures
This tables show provisional information received from Universities on intakes to initial teacher education in 2020/21. This information is not official statistics but indicative figures provided by Universities at the start of the academic session. The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) publishes the official data a year later.
Table 2 - Initial Teacher Education: 2020 provisional PGDE and other routes student teacher intake
| 2020 | PGDE and other routes | |
| SFC target 2020 | Subject | 2020 Intake |
| 112 | Art | 126 |
| 142 | Biology | 144 |
| 87 | Business Education | 94 |
| 150 | Chemistry | 100 |
| 47 | Computing | 44 |
| 34 | Drama | 40 |
| 219 | English | 213 |
| 8 | Gaelic | 9 |
| 61 | Geography | 66 |
| 58 | History | 63 |
| 130 | Home Economics | 112 |
| 230 | Maths | 173 |
| 119 | Modern Languages | 117 |
| 62 | Modern Studies | 61 |
| 49 | Music | 53 |
| 48 | Physical Education | 53 |
| 120 | Physics | 84 |
| 8 | Psychology | 8 |
| 34 | Religious Education | 28 |
| 82 | Technological Education | 59 |
| 1800 | Secondary PGDE and other routes | 1647 |