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Teachers: Retirement

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many teachers (a) retired, (b) retired on grounds of ill health and (c) took early retirement in the last year for which figures are available. [268883]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The information requested is shown in table H1 of the Statistical First Release titled School Workforce in England (including Local Authority level figures), January 2008 (Revised) which can be found at:

http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000813/index.shtml

Teachers: Training

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many students studied courses leading to (a) a Bachelor of Education degree and (b) a postgraduate certificate in education in each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement. [260945]

Jim Knight: The following table shows the number of students on undergraduate and postgraduate initial teacher training programmes gaining qualified teacher status (QTS) in academic years 1998/99 to 2006/07, the latest year for which data are available. Data for years prior to 1998/99 are not available in the format requested.

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Teachers gaining qualified teacher status (QTS) via college-based courses: qualification by phase of training, 1998/99 to 2006/07, England
	Undergraduate	Postgraduate	Total
1998/99	8,910	15,160	24,070
1999/2000	6,850	14,850	21,690
2000/01	6,490	16,150	22,640
2001/02	6,340	16,940	23,280
2002/03	6,250	19,180	25,430
2003/04	5,880	21,460	27,340
2004/05	5,360	21,780	27,150
2005/06	5,410	21,600	27,010
2006/07	5,900	21,080	26,980
Notes: 1. Includes trainees from universities and other higher education institutions, school centred initial teacher training and Open universities but exclude employment-based routes (EBR). 2. Excludes cases where QTS was granted on assessment without a course of initial teacher training. 3. Includes those trained through the Fast Track programme, which started in 2001/02. 4. Numbers are individually rounded to the nearest 10 and therefore may not sum. Source: TDA Performance Profiles.

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Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of applicants for the initial teacher training course in (a) mathematics, (b) English, (c) modern languages, (d) physics, (e) chemistry, (f) history, (g) primary teaching and (h) ICT were successful in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. [268980]

Jim Knight: The available information is given in the tables and shows the number of postgraduate applications and acceptances to Initial Teacher Training (ITT) courses in England for (a) mathematics, (b) English, (c) modern foreign languages, (d) physics, (e) chemistry, (f) history, (g) ICT and (h) primary teaching for each year since 2001/02 for which complete data are available.

Postgraduate applications and acceptances to ITT courses 2001/02 to 2008/09, England
	2001/02			2002/03
Subject of ITT	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	1,920	1,100	57	2,250	1,320	59
English	3,210	1,740	54	3,660	2,000	54
Modern Foreign Languages	2,560	1,440	56	2,510	1,490	60
Physics	340	210	60	430	250	59
Chemistry	730	410	56	760	440	58
History	1,930	1,020	53	1,890	1.090	57
ICT	860	450	52	1,390	620	45
Primary (excluding middle)	14,200	6,610	47	16,690	7,770	47

	2003/04			2004/05
Subject of ITT	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	1,710	59
English	3,770	2,020	54	3,830	1,930	50
Modern Foreign Languages	2,480	1,580	64	2,300	1,420	62
Physics	480	320	66	510	310	60
Chemistry	710	460	64	750	450	60
History	1.920	1,120	58	1,910	1,010	53
ICT	1,720	800	47	1,640	850	52
Primary (excluding middle)	19,450	8,850	45	20,180	9,320	46

	2005/06			2006/07
Subject of ITT	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	4.040	1,850	46	4,140	1,780	43
Modern Foreign Languages	2,220	1,330	60	2,060	1,310	64
Physics	520	300	58	490	300	61
Chemistry	770	430	57	730	460	63
History	1,960	910	46	1,760	740	42
ICT	1,620	870	54	1,440	840	58
Primary (excluding middle)	19,960	9,110	46	20,000	8,540	43

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	2007/08			2008/09( 1)
Subject of ITT	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	2,590	1,680	65	2,400	1,460	61
English	3,810	1,730	45	3,240	1,450	45
Modern Foreign Languages	1,810	1,260	70	1,740	1,150	66
Physics	450	310	69	400	270	69
Chemistry	690	470	68	630	430	68
History	1,710	690	41	1,460	600	41
ICT	1,120	760	68	1,010	660	66
Primary (excluding middle)	19,070	8,330	44	17,980	7,990	44
(1) Provisional end of year. Notes : 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Some applications for Postgraduate ITT courses are made independently of the Graduate Teacher Training Registry and are not included in the figures. 3. Figures above include trainees to secondary courses and do not include trainees to middle year's courses. 4. Data are as at the end of the application process so are subject to change. 5. Membership to the GTTR changes between years, therefore the higher education institutes covered may vary. 6. Modern languages include French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian and other modern languages. Source: Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR).

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