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<p>The attached table shows the new entrants to postgraduate Initial Teacher Training
for modern foreign languages and religious education for the recruitment years from
2017/18 to 2021/22. These figures have been taken from the ITT Census publication
which can be found here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/initial-teacher-training-census/2021-22#releaseHeadlines-tables"
target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/initial-teacher-training-census/2021-22#releaseHeadlines-tables</a>.</p><p>The
table also presents the postgraduate ITT recruitment targets for those subjects as
well as the percentage of the target reached in each of the recruitment years. It
is not recommended to add up shortfalls to targets over several years to obtain a
‘cumulative shortfall’. This would likely over-state the true recruitment shortfall
over the period - a consequence of the methodology used to set the targets each year.</p><p>The
2022/23 recruitment year Postgraduate Initial Teacher Training (PGITT) targets include
an adjustment to build in impacts of recruitment being below targets for the two PGITT
rounds prior to 2022/23 (the 2020/21 and 2021/22 recruitment year rounds).</p><p>The
2022/23 recruitment year Modern Foreign Languages (including Classics) PGITT target
of 2,170 trainees includes such an adjustment due to missed targets in the two previous
ITT cycles.</p><p>For Religious Education, the 2022/23 recruitment year PGITT target
of 450 trainees does not include any adjustments for under-recruitment in the two
previous ITT cycles. Whilst the 2021/22 recruitment year target for Religious Education
was slightly below target (99% of target), this under-recruitment was offset by increases
in supply from other routes such as returners to teaching.</p><p>For more information
on the 2022/23 recruitment year PGITT targets and the underlying methodology, please
see the following link: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/postgraduate-initial-teacher-training-targets/2022-23#releaseHeadlines-summary"
target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/postgraduate-initial-teacher-training-targets/2022-23#releaseHeadlines-summary</a>.</p>
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