However, concern remains over the shortage of teachers entering the profession.
At secondary level in England, the UCAS figures show that 14,090 students were placed on teacher training courses for 2015/16.
This is against a Department for Education (DfE) 2015/16 recruitment target of 18,541. The picture is better at primary, where 12,560 were placed against a DfE target of 11,245.
The UCAS figures cover placements on higher education-based, School Direct, School Direct salaried and SCITT (school-centred initial teacher training) programmes.
They show that among the secondary students in England, 7,670 were placed with higher education providers, 1,230 on SCITTs, 3,780 with School Direct and a further 1,400 are salaried on School Direct.
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