New Department for Education (DfE) statistics on initial teacher training show that 185 fewer people started the Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) course this year than in the 2017 to 2018 academic year.
According to the figures, there were 365 new entrants in 2018 to 2019, as opposed to 550 the previous year.
The majority of people starting the course were postgraduates taking up the graduate employment-based route. More than 60 per cent of them held a first class or 2:1 degree, which is slightly up on last year.
Comparing this year’s figures to those of 2013 to 2014, there has been an 84 per cent drop in the number of people starting EYITT.
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