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Teacher training course identifier (TTCID)

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Key Value
Name Teacher training course identifier
Short name TTCID
Part of Course (Course)
Description This field indicates whether the Course is a teacher training course and identifies the type of teacher training.
Applicable to England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Coverage All Courses
Notes

Valid entries 04, 05 and 06 must not be used by providers in Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales. These are only applicable to providers in England.


Students funded by DfE(NI) on courses leading to eligibility to teach in Northern Ireland should be returned as valid entry 01.


Valid entry 01 should be used for teacher training courses that lead to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), this may include PGCE, BEd, or courses that lead to QTS only.


Valid entry 02 includes courses leading to Further Education Teacher Qualification and to Nursing and Midwifery Teacher Qualification. FE courses will be specifically identified in CurriculumAccreditation.ACCREDITATIONID valid entry 99801.


Valid entry 03 INSET/In-service course is one for which the primary (but not necessarily the only) purpose is to improve the effectiveness of teachers, lecturers or trainers. In considering whether this is the purpose of particular courses, providers may wish to consider the content of the course and course literature, including prospectuses and any other marketing material.


Providers in England are not expected to return a record to HESA for students on employment-based routes e.g. GTP, OTT, and RTP. The DfE collects this data via the Initial Teacher Training Data Management System (ITTDMS).



Quality Rules Quality rules to follow
Optional? No
Reason required Used to identify and differentiate between different types of teacher training student in the analysis of teacher training provision.
Field Length 2
References
Valid Values
Code Label
00 Not a teacher training course
01 On initial or pre-service teacher training course leading to Qualified Teacher Status or to registration as a school teacher with the General Teaching Council for Scotland or the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland
02 On other initial teacher training course not leading to Qualified Teacher Status nor to registration as a school teacher with the General Teaching Council for Scotland or the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland
03 INSET course
04 Other teacher training provision
05 Other Pre-ITT activity
06 Early Years Initial Teacher Training

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