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449343

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Science: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2016 to Question 22089, what plans her Department has to collect subject level retention rates for teachers in funded secondary schools; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	25250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education produces statistics on the number of teachers joining, remaining in, and leaving the profession each year using the annual School Workforce Census.</p><p>This census also collects information on teachers’ qualifications and, for a large sample of secondary school teachers, the subjects they teach. We are investigating how best to combine the qualifications and sampled curriculum data with the teacher flow data to produce, for example, entry and leavers rates by subject.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/02/2016 17:49:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 43525 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

449357

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	English Baccalaureate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse has been of the roll-out of the English Baccalaureate to date; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	25168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The English Baccalaureate measure was introduced in 2010. The EBacc defines an academic core of subjects, including GCSEs in English, maths, science, humanities, and languages. Schools have been able to deliver significant increases in the take up of EBacc subjects over the last 5 years without requiring additional funding to do so.</p><p>EBacc entry has increased significantly, from 22% in 2010 to 39% in 2015. EBacc achievement has also increased, from 15% in 2010 to 24% in 2015.</p><p>The Department funds a range of support for teachers including 35 maths hubs which support maths teachers, the National Science Learning Network to provide high quality professional development for science teachers and the Network of Excellence for computing to provide professional development for computing teachers through a network of master teachers. English teachers have benefitted from the funding provided to the Royal Shakespeare Company, who produced and provided to all state-funded secondary schools a free copy of its RSC Shakespeare Toolkit for Teachers, and Poetry by Heart to help teachers deliver inspirational poetry teaching.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/02/2016 17:12:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 43518 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

449360

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	English Baccalaureate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what submissions she has received from teachers' representatives on the rollout of the English Baccalaureate in the last year; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	25161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>On 3 November 2015 we launched a consultation seeking views on how to ensure that pupils receive a rigorous education in the core academic subjects; an education that includes the English Baccalaureate GCSEs: maths, English, science, a foreign language and history or geography. The consultation closed on 29 January.</p><p>Alongside the consultation, we have discussed the English Baccalaureate with more than 50 head teachers from schools or academy trusts in roundtable discussions, individual meetings or phone conversations. We have also met representatives from teaching unions to discuss the EBacc consultation.</p><p>We will publish the results of the consultation and the government’s response later in the spring. This will include information about the submissions received from teachers’ representatives.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/02/2016 17:18:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 43515 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

448378

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received in the last year from (a) Christian, (b) Jewish and (c) Muslim faith schools on the Counter Extremism Strategy used in schools; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	24479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>This Government believes all children should be educated in a safe environment, whether in a school or out of school.</p><p>Department officials have briefed representatives of faith schools, including Christian, Jewish and Muslim schools, on matters relating to the Government’s Prevent and Counter-Extremism strategies. The Department received a number of queries from both faith schools and non-faith schools on how to implement the Prevent duty. The Department has issued practical advice to schools to help them understand their role under the new Prevent duty, and also launched a dedicated counter-extremism helpline in 2015 to enable front line staff, governors, and others to raise concerns directly. The Department has combined all its existing advice in the new Educate Against Hate website[1], which was launched by the Secretary of State on 19 January.</p><p>The Department recently completed a call for evidence on proposals for the registration and inspection of out-of-school settings providing intensive education which were announced in the Counter-Extremism Strategy. Over 3,000 people, including representatives of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths, completed the response form, either online or manually. The Department received a significant number of further representations to the consultation by email and post. All responses and representations are being logged, analysed and verified.</p><p>We will be publishing a response to the consultation in due course, in line with Cabinet Office guidance.</p><p>[1] <a href="http://educateagainsthate.com/" target="_blank">http://educateagainsthate.com/</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 01/02/2016 17:17:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

444168

registered interest
date	12/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mathematics: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of vacancies of mathematics teachers in funded secondary schools in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	22118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is published in table 15 in the statistical first release ‘School Workforce in England, November 2014’ and is available from the following web link:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/01/2016 11:18:21 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

442599

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Class Sizes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the pupil-teacher ratio in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools has been in each of the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	21008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is published in table 17a in the statistical first release ‘School Workforce in England, November 2014’ and is available from the following web link:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/01/2016 16:58:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

438212

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will commission or undertake a review into whether school teachers' working hours are excessive; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	20064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>Removing unnecessary workload for teachers is a priority for this government. We are commissioning a biennial survey to track teacher workload, starting in spring 2016.</p><br /><p>This is an important part of our action plan, published in our <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/415874/Government_Response_to_the_Workload_Challenge.pdf" target="_blank">response to the Workload Challenge survey</a>, to remove unnecessary teacher workload. In total, 43,832 people accessed the survey and 20,533 of those provided substaitive answers to one or more of the open questions. We have set up three review groups to address the three biggest issues emerging from the Workload Challenge – ineffective <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/teacher-workload-marking-policy-review-group" target="_blank">marking</a>, use of <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/teacher-workload-planning-and-resources-review-group" target="_blank">planning and resources,</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/teacher-workload-data-management-review-group" target="_blank">data management</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/12/2015 17:01:06 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

438213

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Class Sizes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the ratio of teachers to students in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	19914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>The number of teachers in our schools is at an all-time high. There are now 454,900 full time equivalent (FTE) teachers, up 5,200 from last year and 13,100 from 2010.</p><br /><p>Pupil teacher ratios (PTRs) remain low in both primary and secondary schools and have stayed relatively stable despite the growing number of pupils. A time series of the latest pupil teacher ratios can be found online at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2014</a></p><br /><p>More information can be found in the published TSM model and model user guide, which is available online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model</a>.</p><br /> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/12/2015 17:03:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

428778

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2015 to Question 15281, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of teachers trained in the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	16706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <p>There are now more, better-qualified teachers in England’s classrooms than ever before. In November 2014 there were 454,900 full time equivalent (FTE) teachers, up 5,200 from the previous year and up 13,100 from 2010. A record 96.6 per cent of all teachers now hold a degree or higher qualification.</p><p>Teacher vacancy rates have remained stable at around 1 per cent of all posts for over a decade, and retention rates have also remained stable over the same period. Approximately 90 per cent of teachers are in service in the year after they qualify, and 72 per cent of those who qualified in 2009 were still teaching 5 years later. Over the longer term, over 60 per cent of teachers remain in service 10 years after qualifying.</p><p>Nevertheless, we recognise that teacher recruitment is a challenge as the economy continues to strengthen and competition for new graduates intensifies; this is particularly true in certain areas of the country. We are taking steps to attract more top graduates and career changers into the profession, particularly in those core academic subjects that help children reach their potential. This includes offering generous financial incentives, such as tax-free bursaries of up to £30,000 for top graduates in priority subjects such as physics.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/11/2015 11:31:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

426767

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2015 to Question 14021, how many new teachers were trained in each of the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	15281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>The latest historical information on recruitment of new initial teacher trainees can be found in the ITT Census online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 16/11/2015 17:52:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham