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1140915

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date	22/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Literacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to tackle the fall in the proportion of pupils achieving the expected standard in reading at Key Stage 2.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	280188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to continuing to raise literacy standards and ensuring all children can read fluently and with understanding.</p><p>Ofsted’s inspection framework, published in May 2019, puts a greater focus on how well schools are teaching their pupils to read: inspectors listen to children reading aloud, watch phonics classes and check how schools help weaker readers to improve.</p><p>In addition, the Department have launched a £26.3 million English Hubs Programme. The Department has appointed 34 primary schools across England as English Hubs, who are taking a leading role in supporting nearly 3000 schools to improve their teaching of reading through systematic synthetic phonics, early language development, and reading for pleasure.</p><p> </p><p>This network of schools will work to increase reading standards across the country and to improve educational outcomes for the most disadvantaged children, particularly in underperforming schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/07/2019 15:26:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1140916

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Literacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will increase the time available for pupils sitting the Key Stage 2 reading assessment to reflect the increase in the number of words included in that test since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	280189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>A new curriculum was introduced in 2014. Tests reflecting that curriculum were introduced in 2016. Since then the time allowed for the Key Stage 2 reading assessment has not changed. The test framework for the English reading test places a limit on the number of words that can be included in the texts and this limit has not been breached.</p><p>Assessments go through a rigorous test development process lasting three years. Thorough trialling of the materials, with the texts in the combinations they will appear in a final test, allows test developers to ensure the reading booklets are suitable and that the standard is maintained.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/07/2019 15:16:45 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1122190

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Literacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to include teaching learners with literacy difficulties in early career framework curricula and training materials.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	245715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department has worked closely with the teaching profession to develop the early career framework. Teachers and academics with expertise in supporting special educational needs and disabled (SEND) pupils were closely involved in the design of the early career framework (ECF). The framework has, at its centre, approaches that support the needs of all pupils, including those pupils with the four areas of need set out in the SEND Code of Practice. Drawing on the ECF, the Department intends to procure the development of high-quality curricula and materials which can help schools to put in place effective support and training for the early career teachers. The curricula and materials will be designed to meet the needs of all early career teachers.</p><p>The Department will continue to engage the sector as our plans develop to ensure the policy is delivered successfully.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/04/2019 15:56:16 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1122191

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Literacy and Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to establish new national professional qualifications on SEND and literacy.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	245716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy, the Department has committed to develop new specialist National Professional Qualifications (NPQs). The focus of the specialist NPQs is yet to be finalised but they will be linked to the core areas in which teachers receive training at the start of their career. This includes: assessment; behaviour management; subject and curriculum expertise; and pedagogy. The Department will continue to work with the education sector, including SEND stakeholders, as these qualifications are developed and we will release further details in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/04/2019 15:53:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1122192

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Literacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support for learners with literacy difficulties; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	245717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to continuing to raise literacy standards, ensuring all children can read fluently and with understanding.</p><p>Building on the success of the phonics partnerships and phonics roadshows programmes, in 2018 the Department launched a £26.3 million English Hubs Programme. The Department has appointed 34 primary schools across England as English Hubs, who are taking a leading role in supporting nearly 3000 schools to improve their teaching of reading through systematic synthetic phonics, early language development, and reading for pleasure.</p><p> </p><p>The Department gives schools a catch-up premium, totalling around £50 million a year nationally, for Year 7 pupils who have not achieved the expected standard in reading by the end of key stage 2. This enables schools to deliver additional support, such as individual tuition or intensive support in small groups, for those pupils that most need it.</p><p> </p><p>For pupils with specific types of SEND, including speech, language and communication needs, the Department has invested heavily since 2010 in the development of resources and training to ensure that teachers are equipped to support all pupils.</p><p>A range of free, quality assured resources and training materials for schools to use in supporting pupils with SEND is available via the National Association for Special Educational Needs. The link is available here: <a href="https://www.sendgateway.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.sendgateway.org.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department introduced the light touch phonics screening check for Year 1 pupils. Phonics performance is improving; in 2018, 163,000 more six year olds were on track to become fluent readers, compared to 2012. This represented 82% of pupils meeting the expected standard, compared to 58% in 2012 when the check was introduced.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/04/2019 16:03:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1122193

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
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 he has made of the adequacy of initial teacher training on (a) SEND and (b) literacy difficulties.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	245718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>To complete teacher training and achieve qualified teacher status, trainees must meet the Teachers’ Standards (2011). The Standards require trainees to have a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs, and be able to use and evaluate distinctive teaching approaches to engage and support them. It also requires them to demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge, including taking responsibility for promoting high standards of literacy and the correct use of standard English, whatever the teacher’s specialist subject.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published further guidance in July 2016, the Framework of core content for ITT, which provides additional advice for providers to ensure their courses support trainees to meet the above expectations.</p><p>It is Ofsted’s responsibility to inspect the quality of teacher training and at their most recent inspection, 99% of all ITT providers were rated good or outstanding[1].</p><p>In the Recruitment and Retention Strategy, published in January 2019, the Department committed to reviewing ITT content guidance, to ensure the new Early Career Framework builds on and complements ITT.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-education-inspections-and-outcomes-as-at-30-june-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-education-inspections-and-outcomes-as-at-30-june-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/04/2019 15:51:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1111022

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether all potential students with a diagnosis of (a) dyslexia and (b) specific learning difficulties who had their assessment completed by someone without the Assessment Practising Certificate before the end of February 2019 will need to complete and pay for a second assessment to be eligible for the disabled students’ allowance.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	243369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Students with specific learning difficulties, including dyslexia, applying for Disabled Students’ Allowances must provide as evidence of their disability diagnostic assessments undertaken by persons who hold Assessment Practising Certificates or who are registered as psychologists with the Health and Care Professions Council.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/04/2019 15:38:29 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1111023

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether those people involved in teaching and diagnosing pupils with dyslexia and specific learning difficulties in the school system have been consulted on the changes to who is able to conduct assessments for eligibility for the disabled students’ allowance.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	243370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>In 2018 the department reviewed the requirement that students with specific learning difficulties applying for Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs) must submit a post-16 diagnostic assessment to determine their eligibility for DSAs. This review also sought views on which assessments should be used to determine eligibility, regardless of the age of the person being assessed. The organisations invited to contribute to the review included organisations involved with teaching and diagnosing pupils with dyslexia and specific learning difficulties in the school system.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/04/2019 15:25:48 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1105739

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data his Department collects in relation to the effectiveness of early years early intervention strategies in (a) Sunderland and (b) the North East.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	237640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Washington and Sunderland West and the hon. Member for Manchester Central to the answer I gave on 01 April 2019 to question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-03-26/237114/" target="_blank">237114</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 237705 question first answered 03/04/2019 11:00:51 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1035044

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Relationships and Sex Education: Human Papillomavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will include learning about the HPV vaccination in the new sex education curriculum.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	205222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>The current Sex and Relationship Education guidance, published in 2000, and the draft guidance for the new subjects of relationships education, relationships and sex education, and health education include teaching about sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing. The new guidance, which will be mandatory from September 2020, also covers how different sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are transmitted and key facts about prevention and treatment. Teachers are free to use teaching in this area of the curriculum as an opportunity to inform pupils about the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination.</p><p> </p><p>Schools may also teach about cancer awareness, including HPV, in other areas of the curriculum. For example, the secondary science national curriculum and GCSEs include content about STIs and non-communicable diseases, such as cancer.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/01/2019 17:45:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson