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date	04/02/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Class Sizes: Blackpool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many classes in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Blackpool South constituency reported having class sizes in excess of 30 pupils in (i) January 2015 and (ii) May 2010; and what those numbers represent as a proportion of the total number.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	223475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>Data is not yet available for January 2015, or specifically for May 2010, so January 2014 and January 2010 have been given as the closest alternative dates to these.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In January 2010, there were 33 primary school classes and two secondary school classes in excess of 30 pupils in Blackpool South constituency. That represents 15.3% and 1.4% respectively of the total number of classes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In January 2014, there were 19 primary school classes and six secondary school classes in excess of 30 pupils in the constituency. That represents 8.4% and 4.8% respectively of the total number of classes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data for January 2015 is currently being collected and processed and will be available in June 2015. Data on class sizes is collected as part of the January school census. This means that data specifically for May 2010 is not available and the figures for January 2010 have been provided.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 09/02/2015 17:17:01 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

177827

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Blackpool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children entering secondary school were unable to enter their first-choice school in Blackpool South constituency in the (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2009-10 academic year; and what those numbers represent as a proportion of the total number.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	223476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>School preference data is only available at local authority level for both of the specified academic years. The figures for Blackpool local authority are given below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2009-10, 59 applications made by parents of applicants in Blackpool for secondary school places were not offered their first choice school. This represents 4.0% of applications. The 2009-10 data is published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http:/media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/ssa012009v2pdf.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/ssa012009v2pdf.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2014-15, 207 of applications made by parents of applicants in Blackpool for secondary school places were not offered their first choice school. This represents 14.9% of applications. The 2014-15 data is published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/secondary-and-primary-school-applications-and-offers-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/secondary-and-primary-school-applications-and-offers-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 09/02/2015 17:15:28 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

177828

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Blackpool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people without a QTS qualification or not working towards a QTS qualification were employed as teachers in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Blackpool South constituency in (i) January 2015 and (ii) May 2010; and what those numbers represent as a proportion of the total number.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	223474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The following table provides the head count number and percentage of teachers without qualified teacher status (QTS) in service in publicly funded primary and secondary schools in Blackpool South constituency and England in November 2013 and November 2010. The information is from the School Workforce Census which takes place in November each year. Information for November 2013 is the latest available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Primary<strong>[1]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Secondary</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>November 2013</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Teachers without QTS in Blackpool South constituency</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which are on route to QTS</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>% all teachers without QTS in Blackpool South constituency</em></p></td><td><p><em>0.0</em></p></td><td><p><em>0.5</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>% teachers without QTS in England</em></p></td><td><p><em>2.4</em></p></td><td><p><em>5.2</em></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>November 2010</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Teachers without QTS in Blackpool South constituency</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which are on route to QTS</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>% all teachers without QTS in Blackpool South constituency</em></p></td><td><p><em>0.5</em></p></td><td><p><em>0.0</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>% teachers without QTS in England</em></p></td><td><p><em>2.4</em></p></td><td><p><em>5.4</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: School Workforce Census</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Includes local authority maintained nursery schools.</p><p>‘-‘ Fewer than 5 teachers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 09/02/2015 15:30:01 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden