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The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) administer applications to initial teacher training (ITT) and publish data about applications and acceptances. This can be found at: https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-teacher-training-releases<\/a>.<\/p>

The Department\u2019s ITT Census provides the number of new entrants who started in postgraduate initial teacher training for academic years 2015/16 and 2016/17. Figures for all of the requested areas are contained in the table below:<\/p>

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New entrants to postgraduate initial teacher training<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Location of ITT provider<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2015/16<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2016/17<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Percentage change<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Sheffield<\/p><\/td>

1,012<\/p><\/td>

988<\/p><\/td>

- 2.4%<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Yorkshire<\/p><\/td>

2,794<\/p><\/td>

2,940<\/p><\/td>

5.2%<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

England<\/p><\/td>

27,761<\/p><\/td>

27,053<\/p><\/td>

- 2.6%<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Source: ITT Census<\/p>