Ofsted
Overview of the inspection data summary report (IDSR)
This guide is for initial teacher education (ITE) IDSRs.
The IDSR is an HTML document showing data for Ofsted inspectors to use when preparing for and during inspection. The IDSR is designed to align with the ITE inspection framework and handbook. It provides inspectors with insights into data published by the Department for Education (DfE) and collected by Ofsted.
Access your providers IDSR
Providers can access their IDSR as an HTML document that we have emailed to the providers given contact.
ITE IDSR 2023
We have focused on the same guiding principles for the ITE IDSR that we followed for the schools IDSR that we launched in September 2019.
The ITE IDSR has been designed to:
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reduce the time spent preparing for an inspection
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interpret data for inspectors
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minimise the inspectors focus on small groups, which can distract from discussing how the provider meets the needs of all trainees
The ITE IDSR highlights important data. Inspectors use this data as a starting point for conversations with provider leaders.
The ITE IDSR contains:
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basic provider details
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provider context information
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details of the most recent inspection of each phase, including a link to the report
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characteristics of new entrants, such as age, degree qualification grade and ethnicity
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summaries of the results of the trainee online questionnaire
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data on outcomes, including qualified trainee status and employment outcomes
Provider details box
The provider details box on the first page of the report shows the following data:
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providers name
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providers address
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providers unique reference number (URN)
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providers UK provider reference number (UKPRN)
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the local authority in which the provider is located
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providers phone number
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type of provider
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phases of education that the provider offers
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total expected number of trainees in 2022/23
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providers website URL
The provider self-reports most of this information in the annual provider return, formerly known as the Ofsted annual ITE partnership information return. Therefore, the information may not be the most up to date (see the Data sources section).
Note that the number of trainees and the number of partner schools are the expected numbers for 2022/23 supplied by providers in summer 2022. Therefore, these may not exactly match the actual numbers for the year.
Provider context
This section provides information on the number of trainees attending the provider over time and the training routes they follow.
Number of trainees by phase across time
This section provides the total number of trainees by phase for the past 3 years. If the provider has undergraduate trainees, then trainees in all years of their course are included in the total.
Providers self-report these numbers through the annual provider return.
The data for 2022/23 is populated using expected numbers supplied by the provider before the academic year started. As a result, the data may not exactly match the actual number of trainees who started courses in those academic years.
For primary and secondary phases, the national averages presented are specific to the type of provider. For example, we compare primary higher education institution providers with primary higher education institution national averages. For the early years and further education phases, there were not enough providers by sub-type to carry out this calculation. Therefore, the national averages presented for these phases are for all providers and are not specific to the type of provider.
Expected trainees by route
This section presents the expected number of trainees by route. Providers self-reported these numbers through the provider survey during summer 2022. Therefore, they may not exactly match the current trainee numbers.
Expected schools by phase
This section presents the expected number of partner schools for each phase. For further education, the IDSR includes a list of colleges where the information has been supplied.
Providers self-reported this information through the provider survey during summer 2022. Therefore, the information may not exactly match the current schools and colleges totals for each provider.
Latest inspection
The IDSR provides information on the latest inspection of each phase, including a link to the providers Ofsted inspection reports page. Where phases were inspected separately, the separate inspection dates and outcomes are shown. Older inspections (pre-2013) carried out as an employment-based route inspection are not shown.
The IDSR takes the latest inspection data from Ofsteds official statistics on initial teacher education: inspections and outcomes.
Characteristics of new entrants
This section provides recruitment data that the DfE collects through the initial teacher training (ITT) census.
This relates to new entrants in the 2022/23 academic year. Data for 2022/23 is provisional and is due to be revised in the December 2023 ITT publication.
The IDSR creates sentences for the following characteristics:
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undergraduate entrants
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postgraduate entrants with a 2:1 or higher in their degree
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postgraduate entrants from a minority ethnic group
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postgraduate entrants aged over 25 on census day (second Wednesday of October)
The IDSR will always include a sentence providing the proportion of undergraduate trainees.
For postgraduate entrants with a 2:1 or higher, postgraduate entrants aged over 25 and postgraduate trainees from a minority ethnic (excluding white minorities) group, the IDSR includes a sentence when the providers percentage is in the highest 20% of all providers or the lowest 20% of all providers. If a sentence is displayed in grey, it means that either the percentage was not exceptionally high or low compared with other providers or there were 10 or fewer trainees in the cohort. Note that where an entrants degree class was given as other this will not be counted as a 2:1 or higher. Other degree class includes international degrees, which have different grading classes, degree classes below 2:2 and others. It excludes trainees whose degree class is not known or not applicable.
For all characteristics, the proportions given reflect only trainees where the characteristic is known.
Subject of new entrants in 2022/23
The chart in this section shows the subjects studied by new secondary trainees in 2022/23 in descending order. The numbers shown include both undergraduates and postgraduates. This data is provisional