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<p>Postgraduate Initial Teacher Training (PGITT) recruitment represents a subset of
entrants to teaching. Targets do not include all routes. For example, they do not
include undergraduate courses.</p><p> </p><p>Each year the department also recruits
teachers that return to the profession having previously left the state-funded teaching
sector, as well as those that were already qualified but are new to the sector.</p><p>
</p><p>The last School Workforce Census, which took place in June 2023, showed that
48,000 teachers entered the profession. Around one third of these were made up of
those returning to the profession and half were new teachers entering through PGITT
routes.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2023/24 academic year, there were 216 new postgraduate
entrants in music, which was 27% of the PGITT target. This is a decline in recruitment
from the 2022/23 academic year, in which there were 292 new postgraduate entrants
in music or 62% of the PGITT. The PGITT for music increased by 68% in 2023/24, which
may partly explain some of the change in performance against the recruitment target.</p><p>
</p><p>As of 22 April 2024, 171 candidates have accepted an offer to begin a PGITT
course in music in the 2024/25 academic year, which is a 24% increase from the same
point last year.</p><p> </p><p>For those intending to train as music teachers in the
2024/25 academic year, the department has introduced a bursary of £10,000 to support
and encourage talented trainees to enter the profession. Music trainee teachers can
also apply for a tuition fee loan and a maintenance loan to support their living costs.
Additional funding is available depending on individual circumstances, such as the
Childcare Grant.</p><p> </p><p>The department accepted the School Teachers’ Review
Body’s recommendations in full for a 6.5% teacher pay award in 2023, which saw the
government achieve its manifesto commitment of £30,000 starting salaries for all teachers
in England. This is an attractive offer, which forms part of the overall remuneration
package for teachers, including a generous employer pension contribution rate of 28.6%.</p><p>
</p><p>Alongside the department’s financial levers, the department is continuing to
invest in attracting the best teachers where they are needed most through the teaching
marketing campaign and support services for prospective trainees, as well as its new
in-house teacher recruitment journey and associated digital services.</p>
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