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

Published: 4 March 2022
Directorate: Learning Directorate
Topic: Education

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

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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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Student teacher intake figures

Table 1 - initial teacher education: 2021 provisional student teacher intake

PGDE secondary and alternative route intake figures

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

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