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1472470

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
	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 current routes into the teaching profession.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	23222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>Following the department’s commitment to review the initial teacher training (ITT) market in the 2019 Teacher Recruitment and Retention strategy, we welcomed the expert advisory group’s recommendations to define all ITT that leads to qualified teacher status within three core routes of undergraduate, postgraduate fee-funded, and postgraduate employment-based.</p><p>By 2024, a reformed ITT provider market will be delivering quality-assured training that places a greater emphasis than ever before on embedding structured practice into courses, ensuring trainees are ready to thrive in the classroom in their early careers. The department is also working with stakeholders as part of the scheduled review of the employment-based postgraduate teacher apprenticeship route.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 28/06/2022 11:23:04 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1472472

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to provide support to teaching assistants in transitioning to become fully qualified teachers.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	23223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2022 answer text <p>The department is committed to supporting teaching assistants to become qualified teachers, including through providing accessible routes into the teaching profession.</p><p>Teaching assistants that have a degree can choose from various routes, including the School Direct (tuition fees) placement or School Direct (salaried places). Both routes carry the award of qualified teacher status (QTS) and some may lead to the award of a postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE).</p><p>An alternative route into teaching is through an apprenticeship.</p><p>Currently, schools have access to a range of apprenticeship standards, including the level three teaching assistant apprenticeship and level six postgraduate teacher apprenticeship (PGTA). The level six PGTA is only available to those with a degree. The department is working with all interested parties to improve the PGTA for providers, employers, and candidates as part of its scheduled review.</p><p>There are a range of other routes into teaching, including PGCE or postgraduate diploma in education (PGDE) for those with an undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification. Additionally, qualified teacher learning and skills status (QTLS) allows those without degrees to teach in schools, providing they meet the eligibility criteria. Those without a degree can also train to teach through an undergraduate degree. Unlike the apprenticeships and School Direct routes, these routes do not allow teaching assistants to train within a school they may already be employed in.</p><p>While teaching is a graduate profession, the department is working with interested parties to consider how teaching assistants and others working in schools can attain the relevant qualifications to become teachers.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 23224 question first answered 01/07/2022 15:19:18 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1472474

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
	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 current routes into the teaching profession for teaching assistants without a university degree.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	23224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2022 answer text <p>The department is committed to supporting teaching assistants to become qualified teachers, including through providing accessible routes into the teaching profession.</p><p>Teaching assistants that have a degree can choose from various routes, including the School Direct (tuition fees) placement or School Direct (salaried places). Both routes carry the award of qualified teacher status (QTS) and some may lead to the award of a postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE).</p><p>An alternative route into teaching is through an apprenticeship.</p><p>Currently, schools have access to a range of apprenticeship standards, including the level three teaching assistant apprenticeship and level six postgraduate teacher apprenticeship (PGTA). The level six PGTA is only available to those with a degree. The department is working with all interested parties to improve the PGTA for providers, employers, and candidates as part of its scheduled review.</p><p>There are a range of other routes into teaching, including PGCE or postgraduate diploma in education (PGDE) for those with an undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification. Additionally, qualified teacher learning and skills status (QTLS) allows those without degrees to teach in schools, providing they meet the eligibility criteria. Those without a degree can also train to teach through an undergraduate degree. Unlike the apprenticeships and School Direct routes, these routes do not allow teaching assistants to train within a school they may already be employed in.</p><p>While teaching is a graduate profession, the department is working with interested parties to consider how teaching assistants and others working in schools can attain the relevant qualifications to become teachers.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 23223 question first answered 01/07/2022 15:19:18 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1471202

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Clothing: Curriculum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to include details of the global fashion industry and supply chains in the National Curriculum.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	19566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2022 answer text <p>The department will not be making any changes to the national curriculum for the remainder of this Parliament to provide stability for schools, and enable them to remain focused on recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and teaching the broad and rich curriculum.</p><p>Over the past decade, the department has reformed the national curriculum to set world-class standards across all subjects. Programmes of study are flexible enough for teachers to be able to add their own content – including taking account of new developments, societal changes, or topical issues, such as global fashion and supply chains – without there being a need for the department to review the national curriculum.</p><p>An example of this could be the teaching of textiles in design and technology (D&amp;T). D&amp;T is compulsory in state-maintained schools from key stage 1 to 3 and pupils in maintained schools also have an entitlement to study D&amp;T in key stage 4. The national curriculum is a framework, designed to give teachers the freedom and flexibility to go into greater depth and cover additional topics, such as details of the global fashion industry and supply chains, as they wish, according to the needs of their pupils. The use of textiles is encouraged in the D&amp;T programme of study, though this is non-statutory guidance.</p><p>The department believes it vital that young people are taught about global issues such as sustainability and climate change. Topics related to these are covered in the national curriculum, which are mandatory in all state-maintained school, such as the science and geography curricula and GCSEs. For example, secondary geography includes the study of the climate, how human and physical processes interact to influence and change landscapes, environments and the climate. Citizenship education, which has been a compulsory subject in maintained schools since 2002, also covers contents on global issues, such as the environment. Furthermore, the department introduced a new environmental science A level in 2017. This will enable pupils to study topics that will support their understanding of the global issues, such as climate change.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 24/06/2022 12:36:53 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1454083

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Resignations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers resigned from their positions after two years of starting their job in the year 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	146554
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>Information on the reason teachers leave and move positions, including resignation for another position, is not routinely analysed by the department.</p><p>Information on the school workforce in state-funded schools in England, including the retention of qualified teachers, is published in the annual ‘School Workforce in England’ national statistic release at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>. The latest information is as of November 2020. Figures for November 2021 will be published in June 2022.</p><p>In total, 80.5%, or 20,965 full-time equivalents (FTE), of deferred and newly qualified entrants to teaching in 2018 were still teaching in state-funded schools in England two years after qualification. The remaining 19.5%, or 5,076 FTE, were no longer teaching in state-funded schools.</p><p>For contextual information, 34,116 FTE qualified teachers left state-funded schools in England between November 2019 and November 2020, and 43,516 FTE qualified teachers were new entrants during the period. Note that this is not limited to those that joined service in the previous two years.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Qualified leavers from teaching, by leaver type, full-time equivalent numbers</strong></p><p>November 2020</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Leaver type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Teachers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Out of service</p></td><td><p>29,524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Retired</p></td><td><p>4,462</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deceased</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>34,116</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Workforce Census 2020.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 01/04/2022 13:42:03 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1452210

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Antisemitism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Community Safety Trust’s Antisemitic Incidents Report January-June 2021 which reported a 491 per cent rise in antisemitic hate incidents in schools compared to the same period the previous year, what steps his Department is taking to tackle rising levels of antisemitism in schools
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	141912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2022 answer text <p>The government is clear that antisemitism, as with all forms of bullying and hatred, is abhorrent and has no place in our schools.</p><p>In response to the reported increase in such incidents during an escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in May 2021, the former Secretary of State for Education, my right hon. Friend for South Staffordshire, wrote to schools to remind them of their responsibilities to deal with antisemitic incidents with due seriousness as well as their legal duties regarding political impartiality. On 17 February 2022, the department published further guidance on political impartiality in schools that helps to ensure educational initiatives in schools are not politically biased or one-sided. This guidance is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/political-impartiality-in-schools/political-impartiality-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/political-impartiality-in-schools/political-impartiality-in-schools</a>.</p><p>The government continues to take action to support schools tackle all forms of bullying, including antisemitism. Our preventing and tackling bullying guidance sets out that schools should develop a consistent approach to monitoring bullying incidents and evaluating the effectiveness of their approaches. It also directs schools to organisations who can provide support with tackling bullying related to race, religion and nationality, as well as sexual harassment and sexual bullying. Between August 2021 and March 2022, the department provided over £1.1 million of funding to five anti-bullying organisations to support schools to tackle bullying.</p><p>The government has also supported Holocaust education for many years and is fully committed to continuing this support. In recognition of its importance, the Holocaust is the only historic event which is compulsory within the national curriculum for history at key stage 3. Effective teaching about the Holocaust can support pupils to learn about the possible consequences of antisemitism and extremism, to understand how society can prevent the repeat of such a catastrophe. The department provides funding for several programmes to support school pupils’ and teachers’ understanding of the Holocaust.</p><p>The department continues to publish information, guidance and support for teachers and school leaders on how to challenge radical views, including racist and discriminatory beliefs, on Educate Against Hate<em>.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 25/03/2022 14:39:50 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1434612

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Holocaust: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is he taking to help ensure that the genocide of Roma and Sinti peoples during the Holocaust is taught as part of the national curriculum.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	128172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The department is fully committed to Holocaust education. In recognition of its importance, the Holocaust is the only historic event which is compulsory within the national curriculum for history at key stage 3. The curriculum gives teachers and schools the freedom to decide how to teach the subject and what resources to use to support an understanding of the Holocaust, and the experiences of non-Jewish victims of Nazi persecution.</p><p> </p><p>The department supports school pupils’ and teachers’ understanding of the Holocaust by providing funding for several programmes. This includes £500,000 in the 2021/22 financial year for University College London’s Centre for Holocaust Education, which is match funded by the Pears Foundation, and £2.1 million in the 2021/22 financial year for the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Lessons from Auschwitz project.</p><p> </p><p>As part of Holocaust education, a wide range of resources are available to help teachers explain the Nazi persecution of different groups of people. The Lessons from Auschwitz project and the knowledge and training provided by the Centre for Holocaust Education both include information and resources to support an understanding of the Holocaust, including Nazi persecution of non-Jewish groups.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 03/03/2022 16:03:08 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1400057

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the current number of schools that fail to meet legal standards is.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	98213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Education is the regulator for independent schools in England and sets the Independent School Standards (ISS) that registered schools must meet, including those in the important area of safeguarding. The department commissions Ofsted and the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) to carry out inspections of registered schools on a regular cycle to assess their compliance with the ISS. Where an inspection finds that a school has not met the ISS, the department may issue a statutory notice requiring an action plan to bring about rapid improvement. It also has powers to take enforcement action. Enforcement action is the strongest step the department can take to achieve compliance with the ISS. This can take one of two forms. The department can either impose a ‘relevant restriction’ on the proprietor of the school, or where appropriate, remove a school from the register of independent schools. This has the effect of requiring it to cease operating as a school.</p><p>There are approximately 2,500 registered independent schools in England of which, 143 are currently failing to meet the legal requirements set out in the ISS. Of the 143 schools, 135 are in regulatory action and the remaining 8 are under enforcement action.</p><p>It is a criminal offence under section 96 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 to conduct an unregistered independent school. All unregistered schools are unsafe since they are not regulated or subject to regular inspection against agreed standards. The department and Ofsted continue to investigate schools believed to be operating as unregistered schools. As set out in section 97 of the Education and Skills Act 2008, Ofsted can carry out inspections without notice where it has reasonable cause to believe that an unregistered school is being operated on the premises. Evidence gathered through these investigations is used to support the prosecution of those responsible for running such schools.</p><p>The department has committed to introducing legislation to bring measures to make it easier for Ofsted to investigate and gather evidence of breaches of section 96 of the 2008 Act and prosecute those responsible for running unregistered schools.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 98214 question first answered 14/01/2022 12:59:26 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1400059

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Standards
	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 ensure that local agencies have the required powers to (a) visit, (b) check and (c) close unsafe schools.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	98214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Education is the regulator for independent schools in England and sets the Independent School Standards (ISS) that registered schools must meet, including those in the important area of safeguarding. The department commissions Ofsted and the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) to carry out inspections of registered schools on a regular cycle to assess their compliance with the ISS. Where an inspection finds that a school has not met the ISS, the department may issue a statutory notice requiring an action plan to bring about rapid improvement. It also has powers to take enforcement action. Enforcement action is the strongest step the department can take to achieve compliance with the ISS. This can take one of two forms. The department can either impose a ‘relevant restriction’ on the proprietor of the school, or where appropriate, remove a school from the register of independent schools. This has the effect of requiring it to cease operating as a school.</p><p>There are approximately 2,500 registered independent schools in England of which, 143 are currently failing to meet the legal requirements set out in the ISS. Of the 143 schools, 135 are in regulatory action and the remaining 8 are under enforcement action.</p><p>It is a criminal offence under section 96 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 to conduct an unregistered independent school. All unregistered schools are unsafe since they are not regulated or subject to regular inspection against agreed standards. The department and Ofsted continue to investigate schools believed to be operating as unregistered schools. As set out in section 97 of the Education and Skills Act 2008, Ofsted can carry out inspections without notice where it has reasonable cause to believe that an unregistered school is being operated on the premises. Evidence gathered through these investigations is used to support the prosecution of those responsible for running such schools.</p><p>The department has committed to introducing legislation to bring measures to make it easier for Ofsted to investigate and gather evidence of breaches of section 96 of the 2008 Act and prosecute those responsible for running unregistered schools.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 98213 question first answered 14/01/2022 12:59:26 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman