Teacher Workforce Planning Advisory Group: initial teacher education intake figures 2021

Provisional information received from universities on intakes to initial teacher education in 2021/22.


Student teacher intake figures

These tables shows provisional information received from universities on intakes to initial teacher education in 2021/22. 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 1 - initial teacher education: 2021 provisional student teacher intake

Total

 

 

Initial teacher education

Target

Intake at October 2021

Primary

 

 

U/G degree

707

767

U/G combined degree

72

95

Total

779

862

 

 

 

PGDE and other routes

1155

1203

Total

1934

2065

Secondary

 

 

U/G

163

154

U/G combined degree

173

132

Total

336

286

PGDE and other routes

1800

1527

 

 

 

Total primary and secondary

2136

1813

Total

4070

3878

PGDE secondary and alternative route intake figures

Table 2 - initial teacher education: 2021 provisional PGDE and other routes student teacher intake

2021

PGDE and other routes

 

SFC target 2021

Subject

2021 Intake

112

Art

117

142

Biology

131

87

Business Education

82

144

Chemistry

91

47

Computing

44

34

Drama

36

221

English

216

8

Gaelic

6

61

Geography

59

58

History

60

129

Home Economics

106

224

Maths

172

122

Modern Languages

85

62

Modern Studies

67

49

Music

44

48

Physical Education

52

117

Physics

59

8

Psychology

8

42

Religious Education

39

85

Technological Education

53

1800

Secondary PGDE and other routes

1527

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