For each Provider which appears in the 2017/18 Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Census and which has more than 50 graduates appearing in the School Workforce Census (SWC) a map of Normal Ellipse Curves and a Cumulative Density Curve are included to detail how far the trainees travel to their first job. We only include providers with more than 50 graduates gaining employment over the timeframe as the distribution of distances travelled between graduating and starting first job as NQT will be more reliable for providers with a higher number of entries in the data.

The Normal Ellipse Maps

A method called Multivariate Normal Confidence Ellipses is used to visualise how far people are travelling from their ITT provider to their first NQT post. This is used to see within what distance trainees are likely to stay after they have finished their ITT.

Normal Ellipses assume the data is distributed according to a bivariate normal distribution¹. Each ellipse is a boundary - it is expected that the percentage of trainees associated with that ellipse (e.g. 50% of trainees from that provider) will start their first role as NQT within that confidence ellipse. These ellipses become more accurate with higher volumes of data, which in this case is more trainees.²

The Confidence Ellipses may cover areas where no leaver has ever been (for example over the sea) due to the shape of the bivariate normal distribution being an ellipse.

There is a Normal Confidence Ellipse map for each individual provider with a red point at the location of the provider with size proportional to the number of NQTs who have graduated from the provider between 2010 and 2015 and a map of the 95% confidence intervals for all the providers in the region.

The Cumulative Density Curve

The cumulative density curve represents the proportion of people from that provider that have travelled that distance or less from leaving the provider to starting their first post as NQT.

Provider Level Analysis

University of East London

For University of East London 90 % of leavers travel 25km or less to their first job as NQT and 2 % travel more than 100km. The percentage of students staying within 25km of University of East London is higher than the regional average.

St Mary’s University

For St Mary’s University 80 % of leavers travel 25km or less to their first job as NQT and 3 % travel more than 100km. The percentage of students staying within 25km of St Mary’s University is lower than the regional average.

University of Greenwich

For University of Greenwich 79 % of leavers travel 25km or less to their first job as NQT and 3 % travel more than 100km. The percentage of students staying within 25km of University of Greenwich is lower than the regional average.

Goldsmiths University

For Goldsmiths University 88 % of leavers travel 25km or less to their first job as NQT and 3 % travel more than 100km. The percentage of students staying within 25km of Goldsmiths University is higher than the regional average.

London Metropolitan University

For London Metropolitan University 87 % of leavers travel 25km or less to their first job as NQT and 5 % travel more than 100km. The percentage of students staying within 25km of London Metropolitan University is higher than the regional average.

London South Bank University

For London South Bank University 84 % of leavers travel 25km or less to their first job as NQT and 6 % travel more than 100km. The percentage of students staying within 25km of London South Bank University is higher than the regional average.

Brunel University

For Brunel University 78 % of leavers travel 25km or less to their first job as NQT and 3 % travel more than 100km. The percentage of students staying within 25km of Brunel University is lower than the regional average.

Roehampton University

For Roehampton University 78 % of leavers travel 25km or less to their first job as NQT and 4 % travel more than 100km. The percentage of students staying within 25km of Roehampton University is lower than the regional average.

King’s College London

For King’s College London 85 % of leavers travel 25km or less to their first job as NQT and 3 % travel more than 100km. The percentage of students staying within 25km of King’s College London is higher than the regional average.

Kingston University

For Kingston University 76 % of leavers travel 25km or less to their first job as NQT and 5 % travel more than 100km. The percentage of students staying within 25km of Kingston University is lower than the regional average.

Middlesex University

For Middlesex University 79 % of leavers travel 25km or less to their first job as NQT and 3 % travel more than 100km. The percentage of students staying within 25km of Middlesex University is lower than the regional average.

SCITT in East London Schools (SCITTELS)

For SCITT in East London Schools (SCITTELS) 92 % of leavers travel 25km or less to their first job as NQT and 1 % travel more than 100km. The percentage of students staying within 25km of SCITT in East London Schools (SCITTELS) is higher than the regional average.

Teaching London: LDBS SCITT

For Teaching London: LDBS SCITT 92 % of leavers travel 25km or less to their first job as NQT and 2 % travel more than 100km. The percentage of students staying within 25km of Teaching London: LDBS SCITT is higher than the regional average.

Bromley Schools’ Collegiate

For Bromley Schools’ Collegiate 93 % of leavers travel 25km or less to their first job as NQT and 2 % travel more than 100km. The percentage of students staying within 25km of Bromley Schools’ Collegiate is higher than the regional average.

Jewish Teacher Training Partnership

For Jewish Teacher Training Partnership 100 % of leavers travel 25km or less to their first job as NQT and 0 % travel more than 100km. The percentage of students staying within 25km of Jewish Teacher Training Partnership is higher than the regional average.

Royal Academy of Dance

For Royal Academy of Dance 45 % of leavers travel 25km or less to their first job as NQT and 24 % travel more than 100km. The percentage of students staying within 25km of Royal Academy of Dance is lower than the regional average.

Wandsworth Primary Schools’ Consortium

For Wandsworth Primary Schools’ Consortium 98 % of leavers travel 25km or less to their first job as NQT and 1 % travel more than 100km. The percentage of students staying within 25km of Wandsworth Primary Schools’ Consortium is higher than the regional average.

TKAT SCITT

For TKAT SCITT 54 % of leavers travel 25km or less to their first job as NQT and 1 % travel more than 100km. The percentage of students staying within 25km of TKAT SCITT is lower than the regional average.

2Schools Consortium

For 2Schools Consortium 100 % of leavers travel 25km or less to their first job as NQT and 0 % travel more than 100km. The percentage of students staying within 25km of 2Schools Consortium is higher than the regional average.

ARK Teacher Training

For ARK Teacher Training 92 % of leavers travel 25km or less to their first job as NQT and 5 % travel more than 100km. The percentage of students staying within 25km of ARK Teacher Training is higher than the regional average.

All providers in London

For All providers in London 82 % of leavers travel 25km or less to their first job as NQT and 3 % travel more than 100km.

Due to an assumption being made about the data being normally distributed the confidence ellipses may not be a complete true reflection of the shape of the area where leavers travel post training. However, the size of the ellipses and their direction can provide meaningful comparison of distances travelled from each provider.↩
The Ellipse’s two axes are in the directions of the eigenvectors of the covariance matrix of the bivariate normal distribution and the middle of the ellipse is the mean of the distribution. The half-length of the axes for each confidence level are the square root of the eigenvalues of the covariance matrix multiplied by the square root of the critical value of a Chi-Squared distribution with 2 degrees of freedom for alpha being 0.05 (1-0.95). We use the R package ggplot2 and the function stat_ellipse to calculate and draw the normal ellipse curves.↩