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<p>Departmental targets for 2024/25 postgraduate initial teacher training (PGITT)
were calculated by the Teacher Workforce Model (TWM) and include recruitment to High
Potential ITT (HPITT) which is a two year employment-based ITT programme attracting
high performing graduates and career changers who are unlikely to have otherwise joined
the profession. The targets are calculated to replace all teachers expected to leave
the workforce in 2025/26, and the working hours lost from teachers that will reduce
their teaching hours between years. PGITT is only one of many routes into the teacher
workforce, all of which are considered when calculating targets. Other routes include
undergraduate university courses, Assessment Only (AO), the upcoming teacher degree
apprenticeship, returners, new to the state-funded sector entrants, and newly qualified
entrants that defer entry into the profession (deferrers).</p><p>Further information
may be found in the following publication: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/postgraduate-initial-teacher-training-targets"
target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/postgraduate-initial-teacher-training-targets</a>.</p><p>Departmental
targets are for 23,955 secondary teacher trainees to start their initial teacher training
(ITT) in autumn 2024, including HPITT trainees. As of last month, there have been
7,618 acceptances to postgraduate secondary courses in England (excluding HPITT acceptances).</p><p>Acceptance
figures exclude HPITT acceptances as this data is not published. It is expected that
more candidates will be recruited in the final four months of the cycle. Therefore,
although acceptance figures provide a better indication of the number of teacher trainees
starting training in Autumn 2024, they are not directly comparable to TWM trainee
targets.</p><p>The physics TWM trainee target is 2,250 (incl. HPITT) and currently
there have been 554 acceptances (excl. HPITT).</p><p>The chemistry TWM trainee target
is 1,220 (incl. HPITT) and currently there have been 314 acceptances (excl. HPITT).</p><p>The
modern foreign languages TWM trainee target is 2,540 (incl. HPITT) and currently there
have been 622 acceptances (excl. HPITT).</p><p>The religious education TWM trainee
target is 580 (incl. HPITT) and currently there have been 198 acceptances (excl. HPITT).</p><p>The
mathematics TWM trainee target is 3,065 (incl. HPITT) and currently there have been
1,001 acceptances (excl. HPITT).</p><p>The computing TWM trainee target is 1,330 (incl.
HPITT) and currently there have been 202 acceptances (excl. HPITT).</p><p>One of
the department’s top priorities is to ensure that it continues to attract and retain
high-quality teachers. The department is investing in attracting the best teachers
where they are needed the most, through its teaching marketing campaign, support services
for prospective trainees, and financial incentives package including bursaries worth
up to £28,000 and scholarships worth up to £30,000. The department’s in-house teacher
recruitment journey and associated digital services are generating new real-time data
and insight to drive innovation. For example, the department has now rolled out an
ITT course specifically designed to support more engineers to teach physics.</p>
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