This field describes the route by which the student has accessed ITT provision.

All instances at providers in England where Course.TTCID = 1 or Q and Instance.REDUCEDI = 00 or 01 and Instance.MODE is not 63 or 64.

Related valid entries within the Instance.INITIATIVES data item must also be returned if applicable and may be considered subsets of those above. For example, a student studying an Abridged School Direct Salaried programme would be returned with Instance.ENTRYRTE code 03 and Instance.INITIATIVES code P 'Abridged ITT Course.

Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT)

Further guidance on the coding requirements for those on EYITT programmes may be found in the 'Further guidance about Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) programmes' document.

These codes were previously Instance.INITIATIVES codes F-J.

School Direct Training Programme guidance

School Direct Training Programme records must now be coded using codes 02 or 03. Previously these were recorded as G in the Course.TTCID field, with accompanying MSTUFEE data where required.

Provider-led

This should include any other courses, that are not Early Years Initial Teacher Training or School Direct Training Programmes. Also known as 'Core', 'Mainstream' or 'Provider-led'.

Information on the differing routes into teaching can be found at the Get into Teaching website.

To monitor provision and to allow the NCTL to accurately record the routes through which students access ITT provision.