The government has missed its target for secondary teacher recruitment by 50 per cent this year, new data shows.
Initial teacher training census statistics published this morning also show that the primary target was missed by 4 per cent.
Overall, the total target for recruitment to teacher training for both primary and secondary was missed by 38 per cent.
In total there were 26,955 new entrants to ITT in 2023-24 compared to 28,463 in 2022-23, 36,159 in 2021-22 and 40,377 in 2020-21.
