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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1718017/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Raising standards is at the heart of this government\u2019s agenda and, since 2010, the number of schools rated \u2018good\u2019 or \u2018outstanding\u2019 has risen to 90% from 68%. The Progress in International Reading Study (PIRLS) 2021 showed that English primary school children are the best in the western world and were ranked 4<sup>th<\/sup> out of 43 comparable countries. While the pandemic affected the study, the Programme for International School Assessment 2022 also showed that 15 year old pupils in England performed above the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and development (OECD) average and are now 11<sup>th<\/sup> in maths and 13<sup>th<\/sup> in reading and science. This was up from 27<sup>th<\/sup> in maths, 25<sup>th<\/sup> in reading and 16<sup>th<\/sup> in science in 2009.<\/p><p>The department has invested significantly to provide a world class education system, ensuring an excellent teacher for every child, high standards of curriculum attendance and behaviour, targeted support for every child that needs it and a stronger and fairer schools system. The overall core schools budget, including the recently announced additional pensions funding, will total £60.7 billion in 2024/25, which is the highest ever level in real terms per pupil. This means school funding will have risen by £11 billion by 2024/25 compared to 2021/22.<\/p><p>The funding breakdown requested since 2019/20 is included below. Figures for the 2023/24 financial year are subject to ongoing data collection and reconciliation and therefore we have not included this year in the table. The department reviews Initial Teacher Training (ITT) bursaries each year to determine the offer for trainees starting ITT the following academic year. In doing this, the department takes into account a number of factors including historic recruitment, forecast economic conditions and teacher supply need in each subject. The department focuses its funded Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) courses in its highest priority subjects with the greatest sufficiency challenges.<\/p><p>In addition to the funding outlined in the table below, the department also offers national professional qualifications (NPQs), including specialist NPQs in leading literacy and leading primary mathematics. Details on scholarship funding available for autumn 2024 is available here: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/guidance/funding-for-national-professional-qualifications-npqs\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/funding-for-national-professional-qualifications-npqs<\/a>.<\/p><p>The quality of teaching is the single most important, in-school factor for improving pupil outcomes and it is particularly important for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds. The department is creating a world-class teacher development system, which builds from ITT, through to early career support, specialisation and onto school leadership.<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><p><strong>Financial year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2019/20<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2020/21<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2021/22<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2022/23<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><p>Subject Knowledge Enhancement Courses<sup>1<\/sup><\/p><\/td><td><p>£28m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£24m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£14m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£10m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><p>Oak National Academy resources<sup>2<\/sup><\/p><\/td><td><p>N/A<\/p><\/td><td><p>£4m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£4m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£7m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"4\"><p>Subject hubs<sup>3<\/sup><\/p><\/td><td><p>English Hubs<\/p><\/td><td><p>£11m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£11m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£19m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£24m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Maths Hubs<\/p><\/td><td><p>£27m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£25m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£16m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£28m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Science Hubs<\/p><\/td><td><p>£9m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£9m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£8m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£9m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Music Hubs<\/p><\/td><td><p>£76m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£76m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£76m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£76m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"6\"><p>ITT Bursaries and Scholarships<sup> 4<\/sup><\/p><\/td><td><p>Maths and Numeracy<\/p><\/td><td><p>£35m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£50m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£53m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£41m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>English and literacy<\/p><\/td><td><p>£33m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£31m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£10m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£0m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Science<sup>5<\/sup><\/p><\/td><td><p>£72m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£77m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£52m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£33m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Music<\/p><\/td><td><p>£2m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£3m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£1m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£0m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>History<\/p><\/td><td><p>£11m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£14m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£4m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£0m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Religious Education<\/p><\/td><td><p>£3m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£4m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£2m<\/p><\/td><td><p>£0m<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p>1. Due to the way the department allocated funding, it does not have historic data on SKE spending by subject. This total includes all SKE funding, regardless of subject<\/p><p>2. Oak was incubated by The Reach Foundation and predominantly funded through a department grant until 31 August 2022. The 2023/24 financial year is Oak\u2019s arm\u2019s length body allocated budget as 2023/24 actuals are not yet available. The funding for Oak National Academy covers the creation of curriculum resources across all national curriculum subjects for Key Stages 1 to 4<\/p><p>3. Where subject hubs are part of a contract with a supplier, we have included all contract costs, including those not directly for subject hubs but for other Career Progress Development (CPD) or central programme management. The department changed the way Maths Hubs were funded in the 2021/22 academic year, resulting in a visual drop by financial year but not across the academic years. The department also has subject hubs in computing and languages which are not shown in these figures but are included in total subject hub figures set out in <a href=\"https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-03-26/20499\" target=\"_blank\">WPQ 20499<\/a><\/p><p>4. ITT bursaries are paid and assured by academic year rather than financial year. The figures provided for each financial year have been calculated by prorating the total spend for the relevant academic years that the financial year spans. Academic years 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 are subject to ongoing data collection and reconciliation and the figures provided may therefore be subject to change<\/p><p>5. Trainees on general science ITT courses are not eligible for bursaries. However, bursaries are available for biology, chemistry, and physics specialism courses. The figures provided for science are the total spend across the three individual sciences.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding her Department has allocated to support teachers of (a) maths and numeracy, (b) English and literacy, (c) science, (d) music, (e) history and (f) religious education through (i) subject knowledge enhancement courses for trainees, (ii) Oak National Academy Resources (A) planned and (B) existing (iii) subject hubs, (iv) support for level 3 provision, (v) bursaries and (vi) other support for continuing professional development in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/117", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1702534/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Trainees not awarded qualified teacher status (QTS) includes those who ended their training during the year and either left the course before the end (excluding those who left the course within 90 days of the start) or did not meet the teacher standards.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>These statistics refer to the academic year in which trainees finished or withdrew from their initial teacher training (ITT) courses, rather than the year in which they began their courses. At this time, statistics on ITT trainee outcomes based on the year of entry are not available.<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2017/18<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2018/19<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2019/20<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2020/21<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2021/22<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Trainees not awarded QTS<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>1,304<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,348<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,172<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,597<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,236<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage of all trainees with course outcomes<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>5%<\/p><\/td><td><p>5%<\/p><\/td><td><p>4%<\/p><\/td><td><p>5%<\/p><\/td><td><p>7%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><em>Source: DfE ITT Performance Profiles statistical publications<\/em><\/p><p>Footnote: <em>Academic year refers to the year in which the trainee had a course outcome.<\/em><\/p><p> <\/p><p>The ITT Performance Profiles publication is published here: <a href=\"https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/initial-teacher-training-performance-profiles/2021-22#releaseHeadlines-tables\" target=\"_blank\">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/initial-teacher-training-performance-profiles/2021-22#releaseHeadlines-tables<\/a>.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3969", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Damian Hinds"}
        }
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        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-04-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-04-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of people who started teacher training courses did not finish the course in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/350", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir John Hayes"}
      }
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1701342", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1701342/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Postgraduate initial teacher training is only one of many routes into the teacher workforce, all of which are considered when calculating targets. Other routes include Undergraduate higher education institution (HEI) 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>The 2024/25 postgraduate initial teacher training recruitment target of 580 for Religious Education (RE) is the highest since 2018/19 (if we exclude the 655 in 2023/24). Therefore, the current target is quite high compared to the recent historical time series. The target fell by 11.5% this year, which is in line with the fall of 9.1% for the overall secondary target.<\/p><p>These targets were calculated by the Teacher Workforce Model, and the fall was driven by two key factors. Firstly, recruitment forecasts for both returners and teachers that are new to the state-funded sector (including deferrer NQEs, newly qualified entrants) are more favourable this year. If we expect to recruit more teachers from these sources, all else being equal, we require fewer newly qualified entrants, and thus teacher trainees.<\/p><p>Secondly, whilst secondary pupil numbers are still growing, they are now growing more slowly; in advance of peaking around 2025/26. This acts to reduce the rate at which the workforce needs to grow and has helped lead to this year\u2019s lower overall secondary target.<\/p><p>Finally, it is important to note that teacher training recruitment is unlimited this year; a lower recruitment target does not necessarily mean lower levels of recruitment.<\/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><br><\/p>"}
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        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Damian Hinds"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's Postgraduate initial teacher training targets for the 2024/25 academic year, for what reason the target number of secondary trainees teachers of Religious Education has been reduced to 580.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4131", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jim Shannon"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1701343/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<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>\u200bAcceptance 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>\u200bThe physics TWM trainee target is 2,250 (incl. HPITT) and currently there have been 554 acceptances (excl. HPITT).<\/p><p>\u200bThe chemistry TWM trainee target is 1,220 (incl. HPITT) and currently there have been 314 acceptances (excl. HPITT).<\/p><p>\u200bThe 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>\u200bOne of the department\u2019s 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\u2019s 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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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of secondary school trainee teachers of (a) physics, (b) chemistry, (c) foreign languages, (d) religious education, (e) mathematics and (f) computing have been recruited to begin training in Autumn 2024.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4131", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jim Shannon"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1698982/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Teachers are the foundation of the education system; there are no great schools without great teachers. The quality of teaching is the single most important in-school factor for improving pupil outcomes. This is particularly important for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.<\/p><p>The department is creating a world class teacher development system, which builds from Initial Teacher Training (ITT), through to early career support, specialisation, and onto school leadership. The funding breakdown requested over the last five years is included in the attached table. The department is providing support across a range of subjects via a network of hubs that help build teacher capability and pupil access to subjects. This focuses on support for teachers in schools and extends to sixth form provision in some schools.<\/p><p>In addition to this funding, in 2021, as part of the government\u2019s long term recovery plan, £184 million of new funding was allocated to enable teachers employed at state-funded organisations to access fully funded training scholarships for National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) for three years until the end of the 2023/24 academic year. This includes two specialist NPQs in Leading Literacy (NPQLL) and the NPQ in Leading Primary Mathematics (NPQLPM). In March 2024, the government announced scholarship funding for NPQs for the October 2024 cohort. This includes a guarantee that the NPQLPM will be fully funded until October 2025 to further expand teaching of mathematics mastery approaches through primary education.<\/p>"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding her Department has allocated to support teachers through (a) subject knowledge enhancement courses for trainees, (b) Oak National Academy Resources (i) planned and (ii) existing, (c) subject hubs, (d) support for level 3 provision and (d) bursaries and other support for continuing professional development for (A) maths and numeracy, (B) English and literacy, (C) science, (D) music, (E) history and (F) Religious Education in the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/117", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir Peter Bottomley"}
      ], "uin" : "20499"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1695143", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1695143/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The mandatory initial teacher training (ITT) Core Content Framework (CCF) (2019) sets out the minimum entitlement of knowledge, skills and experiences that all trainees need to enter the profession in the best position possible to teach and support their pupils. This core content must be covered in full for all ITT courses that lead to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). A link to the framework can be found here: <a href=\"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/974307/ITT_core_content_framework_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/974307/ITT_core_content_framework_.pdf<\/a>.<\/p><p>It is for accredited ITT providers to incorporate the CCF into curriculum that are appropriate to the needs of trainees, and to adapt them for the subject, phase and age range that the trainees will be teaching.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>ITT courses must be designed so that, by the end of the course, teacher trainees can demonstrate that they meet all the Teachers\u2019 Standards at the appropriate level. This includes Teachers\u2019 Standard 5, which requires teachers to respond to the strengths and needs of all pupils and to have a secure understanding of how a range of factors can inhibit pupil\u2019s ability to learn, and how best to overcome these.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Following the award of QTS, all early career teachers are entitled to a two year induction underpinned by the Early Career Framework (ECF). In 2023, the department undertook a review of the CCF and ECF, and in January 2024, the new ITTECF was published. From September 2025, this new framework combines and replaces the CCF and ECF into one framework, which sets out the training entitlement during ITT and the two year induction. The department worked closely with the Education Endowment Foundation to ensure the ITTECF is framed around the best available evidence of what defines great teaching. Trauma informed practice is an emerging field of research and the evidence base is still developing.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The quality of ITT provision is assessed through Ofsted\u2019s routine inspections of accredited ITT providers. Ofsted provide critical and independent quality assurance of all ITT provision that leads to QTS.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3969", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Damian Hinds"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Hampshire"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Damian Hinds"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-03-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-03-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Teachers: Training"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to (a) ensure that teacher training is using a trauma-informed approach to educating new teachers and (b) assess the adequacy of the delivery of that approach.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4471", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Rachael Maskell"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "York Central"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Rachael Maskell"}
      ], "uin" : "18010"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1694581", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1694581/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The government recognises that cost of living pressures impact trainee teachers but has taken steps to increase the financial support available. All trainee teachers on tuition fee-funded initial teacher training (ITT) routes can apply for a tuition fee loan and a partially means-tested loan for living costs. Additional means-tested student finance is also available depending on individual circumstances, such as the Childcare Grant for students with child dependants.<\/p><p>The government has continued to increase maximum loans, grants for living and other costs each year. Maximum support has been increased by 2.8% for the current 2023/24 academic year, with a further 2.5% increase announced for 2024/25. The highest levels of support are targeted at students from the lowest-income families.<\/p><p>The department has also frozen maximum tuition fees for the 2023/24 and 2024/25 academic years to deliver better value for students and to keep the cost of higher education under control. By the 2024/25 academic year, maximum fees will have been frozen for 7 years.<\/p><p>The department has already made £276 million of student premium and mental health funding available for the 2023/24 academic year to support successful outcomes for students, including disadvantaged students.<\/p><p>The department is now making a further £10 million of one-off support available to support student mental health and hardship funding. This funding will complement the help universities are providing through their own bursary, scholarship and hardship support schemes.<\/p><p>The department announced an ITT financial incentives package worth up to £196 million for the 2024/25 ITT recruitment cycle, a £15 million increase on the last cycle. This includes bursaries worth up to £28,000 tax-free and scholarships worth up £30,000 tax-free, to encourage talented trainees to key subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry and computing.<\/p><p>Last year, the department accepted in full the School Teachers\u2019 Review Body\u2019s recommendations for the 2023/24 pay award for teachers and leaders. This included an increase to the unqualified teacher pay range for salaried trainee teachers and a minimum £30,000 starting salary for school teachers in all regions of the country, with a pay award of up to 7.1% for new teachers outside London.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3969", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Damian Hinds"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Damian Hinds"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-03-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Teachers: Training"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2024 to Question 9921 on Teachers: Training, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the cost of living on teachers in training.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4651", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dan Carden"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Liverpool, Walton"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dan Carden"}
      ], "uin" : "17672"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1685258", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1685258/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The department reviewed the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Core Content Framework and the Early Career Framework (ECF) during 2023, in partnership with the Education Endowment Foundation and groups of sector experts, including Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) specialists. This review included a public call for evidence.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Following this review, the updated and combined Initial Teacher Training and Early Career Framework (ITTECF) was published on 30 January 2024, for delivery from 2025.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The department\u2019s review of content for the ITTECF paid particular attention to the needs of trainees and early career teachers (ECT) when supporting pupils with SEND. There is now significantly more content related to adaptive teaching and supporting pupils with SEND, some of which has been adapted from the new National Professional Qualification (NPQ) for Special Educational Needs Coordinators to be relevant for trainees and ECTs. The department has also made some edits to existing statements to improve inclusivity for SEND throughout the framework.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Recognising the importance of ensuring trainees and ECTs are confident in supporting pupils with SEND to succeed, the department will also be enhancing the requirements on ECF lead providers when creating SEND exemplification materials.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The ITTECF is based on the best peer-reviewed evidence about what works and is designed to emphasise the importance of high-quality teaching. The framework therefore deliberately does not detail approaches specific to particular additional needs, such as autism, but focusses on what makes the most effective teaching. When reviewing the frameworks in 2023, the department tested this approach with SEND educational experts, with consensus that the approach of \u2018quality-first teaching\u2019 would be the best way to improve outcomes for all children, particularly those with special educational needs.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3969", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Damian Hinds"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Hampshire"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Damian Hinds"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has consulted (a) autistic people and (b) the families of autistic people as part of their review of the Initial Teacher Training Core Content Framework and Early Career Framework.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4523", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Catherine West"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hornsey and Wood Green"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Catherine West"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1684548", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1684548/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>There are multiple routes into teaching, including those returning to the profession, those that are new to the English state-funded schools sector, assessment only, and initial teacher training. Approximately 50% of teachers entering into the school workforce each year are newly qualified, with the vast majority of them having been trained via postgraduate initial teacher training (ITT) in the previous academic year.<\/p><p>Each year the department sets a target for enrolment on postgraduate certificates in education (PGCE) courses, with the majority of those students entering the teaching workforce in the following year. This is the only route for which the department sets a recruitment target, and this is calculated within the Teacher Workforce Model (TWM).<\/p><p>The postgraduate ITT recruitment targets for those trainees starting in September of the 2024/25 academic year will be published as official statistics in the coming months. However, it will be 2025/26 before those trainees enter into the workforce as newly qualified entrants. The specific publication date will be announced in due course, with all upcoming official statistics publications being announced via the department\u2019s statistics release calendar, which is available at: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=department-for-education&amp;order=updated-newest\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=department-for-education&amp;order=updated-newest<\/a>.<\/p><p>Statistics on recruitment against the 2024/25 targets will be published in late 2024 as part of the ITT census official statistics publication. Data on previous recruitment against historical targets may be found within previously published versions of the ITT census. The 2023/24 version of the census is available here: <a href=\"https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/initial-teacher-training-census/2023-24\" target=\"_blank\">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/initial-teacher-training-census/2023-24<\/a>.<\/p><p>The 2023/24 version of the postgraduate ITT recruitment targets publication, calculated by the department\u2019s TWM, is available here: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/postgraduate-initial-teacher-training-targets-2023-to-2024\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/postgraduate-initial-teacher-training-targets-2023-to-2024<\/a>.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3969", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Damian Hinds"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the teacher Supply Model target for the 2024 entry into initial teacher training is, by subject; and whether that number has been recruited in a previous year.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4776", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Munira Wilson"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1684242", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1684242/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The department is working to ensure teaching remains an attractive, high-status profession, and will recruit and retain the best teachers in the subjects and areas they are needed most.<\/p><p>The department publishes Initial Teacher Training (ITT) recruitment statistics each month, providing insight into ITT candidates applying for courses that start in the 2024/25 academic year. The most recent monthly publication was released on the 22 January 2024 and covers candidates that have applied to ITT courses up to this date. This is available at: <a href=\"https://www.apply-for-teacher-training.service.gov.uk/publications/monthly-statistics\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.apply-for-teacher-training.service.gov.uk/publications/monthly-statistics<\/a>.<\/p><p>Table 9.1 of the publication focusses on the number of candidates who have applied to secondary courses by subject. Table 10 of the publication provides further information about candidate applications to training providers, split by region. Additional breakdowns of ITT subject-level data, which splits candidates by the area they have applied from, is available to download in section 11, accessible at: <a href=\"https://www.apply-for-teacher-training.service.gov.uk/publications/monthly-statistics#downloads\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.apply-for-teacher-training.service.gov.uk/publications/monthly-statistics#downloads<\/a>.<\/p>"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to table 9.1 of her Department's publication entitled Initial teacher training applications for courses starting in the 2024 to 2025 academic year, published on 22 January 2024, how many candidates there were for each secondary subject by (a) region, (b) nation and (c) each other geographical breakdown available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4776", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Munira Wilson"}
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