What was the Welsh Government's total desired stock of new teachers for each of the last five academic years, broken down by primary and secondary?
Welsh Government’s desired number of new teachers via Initial Teacher Education for each of the last five academic years was as follows:
|
Academic Year |
Primary |
Secondary |
|
2020/21 |
724 |
1003 |
|
2021/22 |
662 |
948 |
|
2022/23 |
662 |
948 |
|
2023/24 |
631 |
1109 |
|
2024/25 |
653 |
1056 |
Information on the teaching workforce can be found in the school workforce annual census held on StatsWales here: Teachers (SWAC)
Applications data can be found at the UCAS website: https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis. It should be noted that not all ITE Partnerships in Wales use UCAS and that some ITE Partnerships support applications from both UCAS and direct from applicants.