How many language trainee teachers are there and what are the trends in Initial Teacher Training recruitment?
Recruitment trends 2000-2009: In the last decade, numbers of students training to teach languages in HE and SCITT institutions recorded a peak in 2003/4 at 1,820, which steadily decresed to 1,350 in 2007/8. Recruitment figures picked up in 2008/9 and reached 1,715 in 2009/10. DCSF Target numbers 2000-2011: The allocation numbers for trainee teachers in languages was constant at 2,050 in the first half of this decade. Since then, target numbers set by the DCSF have steadily dropped falling to 1,525 in the current year 2009/10. A further allocation decrease is set for 2010/11 to 1,390. The target number in 2009/10 was achieved in recruitment for the first time over the past 10 years. Figures on employment based routes are also available in the link below, for which recruitment also peaked in 2003/4 (at 320) followed by a slow decrease. Download the data tables showing recruitment, 2000-2009 and targets, 2000-2010 – recruitment to ITT courses for languages, 2009 (xls, 53kb).
