Written question asked by Gareth Johnson (Conservative) on Tuesday, 22 May 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 May 2012. It was answered by David Laws (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 29 October 2012 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Teachers: Training

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many applications were (a) received and (b) accepted for the (i) Teach First and (ii) Troops for Teachers programme in (A) 2010 and (B) 2011.

[109502]

Answer

Since the announcement of the Troops to Teachers programme, we have focused on increasing the number of service leavers undertaking initial teacher training (ITT). The Department began recording the number of service leavers applying for ITT courses from March 2011. Between 1 March 2011 to the end of August 2011, 27 service leavers applied for ITT courses, of which 21¹ were accepted.

This year we allocated an additional 50 places on the Graduate Teacher Programme, which will be available to service leavers exclusively. We plan to allocate further places on an annual basis.

Troops to teachers feeds into the Military Skills and Ethos in Schools project, which aims to bring together the work that is dispersed throughout the Department in this area.

Teach First received 3,082 applications in 2010, of which 560 were accepted onto the programme and 5,324 in 2011, of which 772² were accepted onto the programme. The 2012 application round has not been finalised; however, Teach First has confirmed receipt of 7,113 applications for 1,000 places.¹ Data Teaching Agency May 2012²Data Teach First May 2012

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Type: Written question
Reference: 109502; 552 c122W
Session: 2012-13
Subjects: Teachers Training
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Teachers: Training

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