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Age ranges

Move age range from an optional question on the subject page to a required question on its own page.

We’re making this mandatory as providers need to indicate the age range to candidates:

Providers should specify in their recruitment literature and programme design documentation the age range of training for each of their programmes. Trainees should be assessed as meeting the standards in the specified age range.

Provide a list of the most common age ranges as published on ITT criteria and supporting advice:

Training must enable trainees to acquire the knowledge and skills they need to teach within the phase for which they are training. Typically training will take place across the following age ranges:

  • 3 to 7, 5 to 11, or 7 to 11 for primary training
  • 7 to 14 for middle training
  • 11 to 16, 11 to 18, or 14 to 19 for secondary training, depending on the subjects of training

No training programme should cover fewer than 4 school years.

We cannot easily map existing UCAS data to age range. We should ask for it again for all courses.

Primary age ranges#

Screenshot of Primary age ranges

Secondary age ranges#

Screenshot of Secondary age ranges