School recruitment woes look set to worsen as new data suggests government has missed it target for secondary teacher recruits this year by even more than forecast.
As of last Monday, 12,646 applicants to secondary initial teacher training (ITT) courses this year had been recruited, way off the 20,945 target.
The new figures, published today, do not include recruits from Teach First. But assuming the provider recruits the same proportion of trainees as last year, it means ministers would, at best, miss their target for secondary recruits by a third.
