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2012 GTTR applicant figures - October 2011 to April 2012

The Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR) is an admissions service that processes applications for full-time and part-time postgraduate teacher training courses at:

The deadline for receipt of primary teaching course applications to guarantee consideration at the applicant's first choice training provider was 1 December 2011. This 1 December deadline does not apply to applications for middle years, secondary, post-compulsory or further education teaching courses.

Applications for teacher training courses can also be made through the Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP) and other routes. These applications are not processed by the GTTR and are therefore not included in these statistics.

Data reported as at Monday 30 April 2012 (0:05) compared to Monday 25 April 2011 (0:05)

GTTR applicant statistics will be published on the first Monday of each calendar month for the remainder of the 2012 cycle.

Table 1: Total applicants for all courses

Table 1: Total applicants for all courses

2011 2012 Change(+/-) Change(%)
Total applicants 53,235 45,599 -7,636 -14.3%


Table 2: Total applicants by country of training provider

Table 2: Total applicants by country of training provider

2011 2012 Change(+/-) Change(%)
English training providers 47,121 39,746 -7,375 -15.7%
Scottish training providers 3,677 3,583 -94 -2.6%
Welsh training providers 2,437 2,270 -167 -6.9%


Table 3: Total applicants by age range

Table 3: Total applicants by age range

2011 2012 Change(+/-) Change(%)
Secondary 26,739 22,563 -4,176 -15.6%
Middle Years 306 166 -140 -45.8%
Primary 26,190 22,840 -3,320 -12.7%


Figure 1: Cumulative applicant volume by week

Figure 1: cumulative applicant volume by week

Application processing begins during week three of the application cycle.

Table 4: Total applicants by subject

Table 4: Total applicants by subject

2011 2012 % Change(+/-)
Mathematics 2,604 2,342 -10.1%
English 3,938 3,183 -19.2%
Drama 1,180 1,003 -15.0%
Biology 1,586 1,299 -18.1%
Chemistry 1,086 1,090 0.4%
Physics 565 603 6.7%
Combined and General Science 390 124 -68.2%
French 520 557 7.1%
Languages 453 466 2.9%
Other Modern Languages 556 670 20.5%
Design and Technology 854 488 -42.9%
Information Technology 745 403 -45.9%
Business Studies 952 590 -38.0%
History 2,062 2,008 -2.6%
Geography 1,046 851 -18.6%
Physical Education 3,709 3,267 -11.9%
Art 1,537 1,258 -18.2%
Music 710 534 -24.8%
Religious Education 999 735 -26.4%
Social Studies 511 419 -18.0%
Citizenship 391 237 -39.4%
Other 345 436 26.4%
Secondary Total 26,739 22,563 -15.6%
Middle Years Total 306 166 -45.8%
Primary Total 26,190 22,870 -12.7%
Grand Total 53,235 45,599 -14.3%


'Languages' includes German, Italian, Russian, Spanish and Celtic.

'Other' covers subjects with fewer than 150 applicants for either year, including geology, environmental/rural science, home economics, economics and classics.

Table 5: Total accepted applicants for all courses

Table 5: Total accepted applicants for all courses

2011 2012 Change(+/-) Change(%)
Total accepted applicants 18,993 18,550 -443 -2.3%


Table 6: Total accepted applicants by age range

Table 6: Total accepted applicants by age range

2011 2012 Change(+/-) Change(%)
Secondary and Middle Years 9,106 8,376 -730 -8.0%
Primary 9,887 10,174 287 2.9%


During the 2011 cycle, many training providers received confirmation of places available for their courses in January; this information was issued in December 2011 for 2012 places. The GTTR advises providers to make offers to applicants only if they are certain places will be available in the autumn.

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