This field describes the route by which the student has accessed Initial Teacher Training provision.

All students.

Some types of entry listed within Student.INITIATIVES are associated with those above e.g. Student.INITIATIVES valid entry P 'Abridged ITT course' is a subset of Student.ENTRYRTE valid entry 03 'School Direct salaried'.

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.

School Direct Training Programme

School Direct Training Programme records must now be coded using valid entries 02 'School Direct tuition fee' or 03 'School Direct salaried'.

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 Initial Teacher Training provision.