1. Call for Evidence Religious Education – current data about the labour market DataforEducation.info Professor John Howson

2. ROUTES INTO TEACHING for RE teachers HE INVOLVEDCOST TO STUDENTENTRY NUMBERS CERTIFICATION + QUALIFICATION 2013-14AUTUMN HIGHER EDUCATION GRADUATE YESSIGNIFICANT319 HIGHER EDUCATION UNDERGRADUATE YESSIGNIFCANT10 PROFESSIONAL School Direct salariedPOSSIBLYLIMITED20 School Direct non-salariedPOSSIBLYVariable98 Teach First TO SOME DEGREE LIMITED 18 in 2011/12 TROOPS FOR TEACHERS?UNKNOWN? RE-CERTIFICATION Overseas Trained TeachersNOT USUALLYLIMITED*? EU TRAINED TEACHERSNOMINIMAL*? OTHER APPROVED TEACHERS USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand (may require work visa) NOMINIMAL* ? APPROVED HOLDERS QTLS (basically FE lecturers) NOMINIMAL* ? OTHER Hired unqualified by academies or additional schools or private sector NONIL * but cost of acquiring original teaching qualification not included ?

3. % Allocations 2013/14 by Teacher Preparation Route SUBJECTSAL SD NON SAL SDCORE Combined sci 31690 English 213346 Physics 212950 Drama 64351 Chemistry 192556 Mathematics 182457 History 152659 MFL 132364 Geography 102466 Health/social care 52768 PE 122068 Social studies 111870 Psychology 121573 RE (20+98+319) 5 2273 SUBJECTSAL SD NON SAL SDCORE Music 8 1774 Biology 7 1775 Media 7 1875 Art& design 5 1976 Dance 4 2076 Bus Studies 4 1878 Engineering 12 1078 Primary 9 1279 D & T 4 1680 Computer Sc 6 1381 Classics 7 489 Citizenship 2 890 Phys & maths 1 396 Source: Howson (2012)

4. Initial Teacher Training Targets for RE, Geography, History and Foreign Languages

5. DfE Targets and Total Recruited to become New RE teachers

6. Ratio of Applications to Allocated Places for Secondary RE PGCE Courses Sources: Applications – Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR) Allocated places – Teaching Agency ITT Trainee Numbers Census Current ratio – 7/1/2013 is likely to be around 1.8 applicants per place over the cycle

9. Cost of training to be an RE teacher Degree plus support during training £27,000 borrowed for fees – £50,000+ to be repaid Repayment rate RPI + 3% variable Degree plus no support during training on a PGCE course £36,000 borrowed for fees £90,000+ to be repaid Source for repayments Directgov calculator