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452405

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
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, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies on training teachers of the findings of the National Audit Office report, Training new teachers, published in February 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	27027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>We are considering the findings of the National Audit Office report on training new teachers. The Permanent Secretary and Sinead O’Sullivan, Director of Programme Delivery in the National College for Teaching and Leadership, will be appearing as witnesses before a Public Accounts Committee hearing on the report on Monday 7 March 2016. This will be an opportunity to discuss the content of the report.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/02/2016 17:21:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

452406

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to improve links between schools and elite sports organisations.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	27028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>The national curriculum sets out the expectation that pupils should be provided with opportunities to engage in a broad range of competitive sports and activities.</p><p>Many national governing bodies of sports and elite sporting organisations offer a programme for schools, to engage children and young people in their sports. Through their school sports programme, the Premier League is currently working in over 4,000 schools to support the PE curriculum, provide sports clubs, and deliver enrichment activities. In October 2015, the Premier League announced that they will expand their schools offer to every primary school in the country within 6 years.</p><p>The Department funds ‘On the Front Foot’, a programme designed and delivered by Premiership Rugby to develop character and resilience in primary and secondary schools across the country. The programme delivers classroom based and physical activity character building programmes to 17,250 pupils.</p><p>The Football Association’s Skills programme is a nationwide football coaching programme working in over 1,000 primary schools a year, providing specialist football coaching for children and supporting teachers in their delivery of sport. Sessions are offered during PE lessons, extra-curricula clubs and holiday clubs.</p><p>The Tennis Foundation and the Lawn Tennis Association support teachers with training, resource and equipment to help them deliver tennis in schools. Their aim is to increase access to tennis across schools, further and higher education through a wide range of programmes. They offer support to make tennis inclusive and accessible to all pupils. Over 60,000 primary, special and secondary school pupils take part in schools tennis competitions every year.</p><p>The Rugby Football Union works with hundreds of maintained schools as part of its ‘All Schools Plan’ to help more secondary school children play rugby. This was launched by the RFU and the Rugby Football Foundation in 2012, as part of the RFU’s Rugby World Cup 2015 legacy plans.</p><p>The School Games is the Government’s framework for competitive school sports. The programme provides a national final event where the most talented young people in the UK compete in 12 different sports. More than 150 of the athletes who competed at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow had previously competed at the School Games and 59 athletes claimed 84 medals.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 23/02/2016 11:27:03 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

452408

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to publish performance data for academy chains.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	26994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>In March 2015 the Department published a consultative statistical working paper proposing performance measures for multi-academy trusts[1].</p><p>In addition, the Department’s school performance tables now allow parents and others to more easily see which academies are within a multi-academy trust and the information for each academy, including their academic performance and Ofsted judgements[2].</p><p>Ofsted also carries out focused inspections of groups of academies within multi-academy trusts and these outcomes are published[3].</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-in-academy-chains-and-las-performance-measures" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-in-academy-chains-and-las-performance-measures</a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/" target="_blank">http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/</a></p><p>[3] <a href="http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/local-authority-school-improvement-arrangements-inspections-and-focused-school-inspections" target="_blank">http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/local-authority-school-improvement-arrangements-inspections-and-focused-school-inspections</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 23/02/2016 10:51:28 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

452413

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Autism
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 schools which have restricted the school trips which children with autism spectrum disorder can attend in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	27052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on schools which have restricted the school trips that children with autism can attend.</p><p>Public sector bodies, including maintained schools, are covered by the public sector equality duty under the Equality Act 2010. When carrying out their functions they must have regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, promote equality of opportunity and foster good relations between disabled and non-disabled children and young people. This duty is anticipatory, which means that schools must take into account the needs of disabled pupils, such as those with autism, when planning school trips and other events.</p><p>The Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice: 0-25 emphasises that school leaders should establish and maintain a culture of high expectations that expects those working with children and young people with SEN or disabilities to include them in all the opportunities available to other children and young people so that they can achieve well. This would include opportunities to socialise and attend external school trips.</p><p>If parents believe that a school has discriminated against their autistic child in planning school trips, they can make a claim for disability discrimination to the First-tier Tribunal.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 23/02/2016 11:55:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

452414

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils who were (a) permanently and (b) temporarily excluded from school were recorded as having mental health conditions in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	27053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>The number of pupils recorded as having a mental health condition who received a permanent or fixed period exclusion is not held by the Department.</p><p>The number and proportion of pupils in national curriculum year group 10 and 11 with an autistic spectrum disorder primary need who were excluded in each of the last 5 years can be found in the attached table.</p><p>Information on the number of fixed period and permanent exclusions for all pupils, including separate breakdowns by national curriculum year group and special educational need provision, is available in the ‘Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England’ National Statistics release[1].</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 27054 question first answered 23/02/2016 12:00:31 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

452415

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils in Years 10 and 11 were (a) permanently and (b) temporarily excluded from school had autism spectrum disorder in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	27054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>The number of pupils recorded as having a mental health condition who received a permanent or fixed period exclusion is not held by the Department.</p><p>The number and proportion of pupils in national curriculum year group 10 and 11 with an autistic spectrum disorder primary need who were excluded in each of the last 5 years can be found in the attached table.</p><p>Information on the number of fixed period and permanent exclusions for all pupils, including separate breakdowns by national curriculum year group and special educational need provision, is available in the ‘Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England’ National Statistics release[1].</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 27053 question first answered 23/02/2016 12:00:32 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

452418

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Property Transfer
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 11 February 2016 to Question 25804, what the two sites are that are being considered for disposal within the Greater Manchester Combined Authority area.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	27178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>Until a decision has been made, the Department does not wish to name both schools in order to protect the Secretary of State’s decision making powers when considering whether to give consent.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 23/02/2016 12:03:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

451961

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE: Warrington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils (a) in Warrington and (b) at schools in Warrington North constituency achieved GCSE grades A to C in (i) mathematics, (ii) a modern foreign language and (iii) physics in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	26890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>For 2010/11[1] to 2014/15[2] [3] [4] [5], the proportion of pupils achieving GCSE[6] grades A* to C entered for mathematics, a modern foreign language and physics at local authority level can be deduced from school level subject data published in the Department’s school performance tables. Information for 2009/10 is not available in the format required. Parliamentary constituency level information is not available.</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/2011/download_data.html" target="_blank">http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/2011/download_data.html</a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/2012/download_data.html" target="_blank">http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/2012/download_data.html</a></p><p>[3] <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/2013/download_data.html" target="_blank">http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/2013/download_data.html</a></p><p>[4] <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/2014/download_data.html" target="_blank">http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/2014/download_data.html</a></p><p>[5] <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/download_data.html" target="_blank">http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/performance/download_data.html</a></p><p>[6] Full course GCSEs only</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/02/2016 17:15:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

451965

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools
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 from faith schools on admissions and staffing policies in such schools; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	26961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department greatly values the role of Church and other faith schools in our education system.</p><p>Ministers and officials meet representatives of these schools on a regular basis to discuss a range of topics including staffing and admissions.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 23/02/2016 12:26:19 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

451966

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Admissions
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 from civil society organisations on the admissions criteria of faith schools; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	26962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>It is the role of the Schools Adjudicator, not the Secretary of State, to consider concerns about school admission arrangements. Where a person or body has concerns that a school’s admission arrangements do not comply with the School Admissions Code, they may refer an objection to the Adjudicator. The Adjudicator must consider whether the arrangements comply with the Code and the law relating to admissions.</p><p>It has been possible for groups such as civil society organisations to refer objections since 2012. Since then, the Adjudicator has received objections from a range of groups or organisations about the admission arrangements of faith schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/02/2016 08:03:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham