Abstract
Initial Teacher Training (ITT) in England is experiencing a crisis in recruitment to one-year postgraduate courses of training for specialist subject teaching in secondary schools (post 11 years). Against this background, it is important that those students who are admitted to ITT courses are retained. However, ITT providers are experiencing increased withdrawal rates. This article reports on a small-scale research project focusing on the following: the reasons why students withdraw from courses; how these reasons correlate with the views of schools where students are on teaching practice; and what measures course management could take to reduce the rate of withdrawal.
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