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Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many graduates completed the Teach First programme in each year since its inception; and if he will make a statement; [223793]

(2) how many graduates he expects to complete the Teach First programme in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement; [223794]

(3) what plans he has to increase the number of graduates completing the Teach First programme; and if he will make a statement; [223795]

(4) what plans he has to increase awareness of the Teach First programme among graduates; and if he will make a statement; [223798]

(5) how many and what percentage of Teach First leavers went on to work in (a) academies and (b) the independent sector in each of the last two years; and if he will make a statement. [223805]

Jim Knight: The following number of graduates have completed the Teach First programme:

	Number
2004	164
2005	177
2006	158
2007	244
2008	253

The Prime Minister announced in June 2008 that the number of Teach First places would double over the next five years to the level where more than 800 top class graduates would be recruited into teaching each year. Accordingly, Teach First is projecting the following number of graduates will begin the programme in each year:

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	Number
2009	370
2010	460
2011	560
2012	660
2013	760
2014	850

Teach First is already taking forward plans to drive the expansion by increasing the awareness of the programme among eligible graduates. It does not currently have detailed statistics on the destinations of completers who remain in education, but I already plan to require these to be available for the 2008/09 academic year onwards.

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Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of secondary school teacher training applications for each subject were accepted in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [223796]

Jim Knight: The only centrally available data on applications for Initial Teacher Training (ITT) courses is for mainstream postgraduate ITT courses. Data on total ITT, mainstream undergraduate ITT and Employment Based ITT are not available centrally.

The following tables show the number of applications and acceptances to mainstream postgraduate secondary ITT courses in England along with the proportion of those applications which were accepted for each subject since 2003-04. Figures for 2008-09 will be available around May 2009.

Post graduate applications and acceptances to secondary ITT courses( 1,2,3) , 2003-04 to 2007-08—England
	2003-04			2004-05
	Number of applications	Number of acceptances	Proportion of applications which are accepted	Number of applications	Number of acceptances	Proportion of applications which are accepted
Mathematics	2,610	1,660	64	2,920	1,670	57
English (inc. Drama)	4,550	2,430	53	4,670	2,340	50
Science(4)	3,880	2,500	65	4,040	2,460	61
Modern foreign languages(5)	2,480	1,580	64	2,300	1,400	61
Technology(6)	3,790	2,100	55	3,800	2,180	58
History	1,920	1,120	58	1,910	1,010	53
Geography	1,250	980	79	1,310	940	72
Physical Education	2,020	950	47	2,200	1,020	46
Art	1,770	1,020	57	1,690	920	55
Music	610	510	84	640	460	73
Religious education	700	560	80	780	580	75
Other(7)	950	470	50	1,050	560	53
Total secondary(8)	26,520	15,880	60	27,300	15,550	57

	2005-06			2006-07
	Number of applications	Number of acceptances	Proportion of applications which are accepted	Number of applications	Number of acceptances	Proportion of applications which are accepted
Mathematics	3,250	1,780	55	2,840	1,740	61
English (inc. Drama)	4,950	2,250	46	5,090	2,090	41
Science(4)	4,310	2,570	60	4,210	2,680	64
Modern foreign languages(5)	2,220	1,330	60	2,060	1,310	64
Technology(6)	3,800	2,200	58	3,530	2,160	61
History	1,960	910	46	1,780	740	42
Geography	1,220	860	70	1,120	770	69
Physical Education	2,300	970	42	2,340	870	37
Art	1,650	820	50	1,560	700	45
Music	700	510	73	780	540	69
Religious education	860	630	74	1,070	720	67
Other(7)	1,140	590	51	1,070	490	46
Total secondary(8)	28,360	15,410	54	27,450	14,810	54

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	2007-08
	Number of applications	Number of acceptances	Proportion of applications which are accepted
Mathematics	2,590	1,680	65
English (inc. Drama)	4,700	2,010	43
Science(4)	3,910	2,690	69
Modern foreign languages(5)	1,810	1,260	70
Technology(6)	2,980	2,080	70
History	1,710	690	41
Geography	890	690	77
Physical Education	2,370	830	35
Art	1,390	600	43
Music	770	570	73
Religious education	1,110	760	68
Other(7)	950	420	45
Total secondary(8)	25,170	14,270	57
(1) Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. There may be discrepancies between the sum of constituent items and totals as shown. (2) Some applications to Postgraduate ITT courses are made independently of the Graduate Teacher Training Registry {GTTR) and are not included in the figures. (3) Membership to the GTTR changes between years, therefore the higher education institutions covered may vary. (4) Includes Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geology, Combined/General Sciences and Env/Rural Sciences. (5) Includes French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Celtic Languages and Other Modern Languages. (6) Includes Design and Technology, Information Technology, Business Studies and Home Economics. (7) Includes Economics, Social Studies, Classics, Citizenship and Unspecified. (8) Excludes middle phase. Source: Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR)

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