Sentences with phrase «teacher training places»

Only 41 per cent of initial teacher training places in the subject were filled this year.

Initial teacher training Although the demand for teachers nationally is rising, last year the government announced a 15 per cent cut in teacher training places for universities.

The UCAS figures are different from previous data because it also displays the acceptance rates for teacher training places.

James Noble - Rogers from the Universities Council for the Education of Teachers said universities needed to be able to make more long - term plans for the number of teacher training places they could offer.

Almost a fifth (18 per cent) of secondary teacher training places for September 2015 were left vacant, government statistics have revealed.

Last year, 42 % of RE teacher training places were unfilled and almost 50 % of RE lessons in secondary schools are delivered by teachers who are not qualified in the subject.

The teacher recruitment crisis affects the majority of subjects — six per cent of the 29,787 postgraduate teacher training places went unfilled last year with only history, English and physical education meeting or exceeding their target quotas.

Official figures from the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales have shown that a third of secondary school teacher training places were not filled at the start of the academic year.

Almost 1 in 5 teacher training places remain unfilled and this is the third consecutive year the secondary recruitment target has been missed.

Further details about new criteria for allocating teacher training places from September 2017 onwards «will be published shortly», according to the statement.

The study found teacher training places on university courses had fallen by a third since 2009 (from 30,246, to 20,195), in line with the government's drive towards an «increasingly school - led initial teacher training system».

How we use the teacher supply model (TSM) to review how many initial teacher training places we need each year.

UCAS says its calculations differ from previous figures in that they show acceptance rates for teacher training places.

The Scottish government's Education Secretary Mike Russell has recommended a rise in the number of teacher training places.

About 1,500 teacher training places are to be cut next year, according to the Scottish Funding Council.

All initial teacher training places — including for School Direct — are advertised through a single application system, operated by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).

Figures released by UCAS in May show that the number of people applying for teacher training places has continued to fall 12 per cent compared with the previous year, down to just under 34,000.