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<p>The Troops to Teachers undergraduate programme is a brand new programme, which
started in January 2014. It provides a route into teaching for non-graduates with
relevant skills and experience. It is a school-based two year programme, at the end
of which service leavers will have both a degree and Qualified Teacher Status.</p><p>982
service leavers submitted an initial application to cohort 1 of the new undergraduate
Troops to Teachers programme. 332 of these applications went forward to be considered
by the initial teacher training provider, which is the normal first stage for initial
teacher training applications. 41 service leavers joined the Troops to Teachers programme
in January 2014.</p><p>These figures represent only the first cohort of Troops to
Teachers trainees. We are looking forward to more service leavers joining the programme
this September.</p><p> </p>
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