Publication - Statistics

Initial teacher education: 2020 student teacher intake statistics

Published: 26 January 2021
Directorate: Learning Directorate
Topic: Education

Information received from Universities on intakes to initial teacher education in 2020/21.

PGDE secondary and alternative route intake figures

This tables show provisional information received from Universities on intakes to initial teacher education in 2020/21. This information is not official statistics but indicative figures provided by Universities at the start of the academic session. The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) publishes the official data a year later.

Table 2 - Initial Teacher Education: 2020 provisional PGDE and other routes student teacher intake

2020	PGDE and other routes
SFC target 2020	Subject	2020 Intake
112	Art	126
142	Biology	144
87	Business Education	94
150	Chemistry	100
47	Computing	44
34	Drama	40
219	English	213
8	Gaelic	9
61	Geography	66
58	History	63
130	Home Economics	112
230	Maths	173
119	Modern Languages	117
62	Modern Studies	61
49	Music	53
48	Physical Education	53
120	Physics	84
8	Psychology	8
34	Religious Education	28
82	Technological Education	59
1800	Secondary PGDE and other routes	1647

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