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<p>The Department regularly assesses demand from the sector, how well different Initial
Teacher Training (ITT) routes attract trainees and trainee quality by route. Sir Andrew
Carter also considered this issue in his independent Review of ITT. <br> <br> It is
too early to carry out a final comparison of the new routes into teaching. We would
need data on their trainees’ impact in the classroom, which is not yet available for
our new routes. The first full cohort of School Direct trainees have, for example,
only been teaching for one term. <br> <br> The Department has, however, recently initiated
a project to link together the School Workforce Census and 2013/14 ITT performance
profiles in order to piece together teachers’ professional journeys from ITT into
employment and their subsequent progression. In time, with the addition of further
data, this will enable us to look at the influence of different ITT routes on teacher
employment, mobility, progression and retention.</p><p> </p>
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