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65966

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Business: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps he has taken to encourage businesses to engage with schools so that students develop a more practical understanding of business.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	204193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education wants to give employers a much greater role in inspiring and motivating young people about the world of work. We published statutory guidance in April to improve links between schools and employers so that pupils can receive careers advice from people with experience of business. More employers are getting involved by interacting with young people in the classroom and giving them an insight into the workplace. This can also include coaching, mentoring, work tasters and work experience. From October we are reshaping the role of the National Careers Service (NCS) to expand its offer to schools and colleges. It will be easier for employers and educators to participate in the NCS.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking steps to connect the education system to the world of work to ensure that young people have the skills, experience and qualifications that employers want. Last month we announced the introduction of Technical Awards for students aged between 14 and 16. These qualifications, which are equivalent to GCSEs, are developed in partnership with employers and will give students the opportunity to develop practical skills.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has introduced Tech Levels for students aged between 16 and 19 who want to learn technical skills as an alternative to, or alongside, A levels. The 227 Tech Levels taught from September 2014 are all endorsed by employers, trades or professional bodies and cover most practical careers. From September 2016, all Tech Level courses will also involve employers in the delivery or assessment of the qualification.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 14/07/2014 15:25:54 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

79036

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children secured a place at their top-choice school in (a) the UK, (b) Berkshire and (c) Windsor constituency in the latest period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	206723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Data on the proportion of children that were made an offer of their first choice school for England was published on 24 June 2014 as part of the Statistical First Release ‘Secondary and primary school applications and offers: 2014’. This is published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-applications" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-applications</a></p><p>The latest data is for entry into school in September 2014. Data for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are produced by the devolved administrations.</p><p>The figures for England and the local authorities of West Berkshire and Windsor &amp; Maidenhead are given below. Data is provided by, and broken down as far as, local authority level. Therefore results by parliamentary constituency are not available.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Proportion of applicants who received their first choice<br>primary or secondary school place, September 2014 entry</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td><p>Primary</p></td><td><p>Secondary</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">England</td><td><p>87.7</p></td><td><p>85.2</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>West Berkshire</p></td><td><p>86.3</p></td><td><p>89.3</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Windsor &amp; Maidenhead</td><td><p>85.1</p></td><td><p>80.5</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>Based on offers made on respective national offer days</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 01/09/2014 11:53:44 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

65125

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
	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 26 June 2014, Official Report, column 227W, on teachers: veterans, how many people joined the Troops to Teachers programme from start of the training scheme in September 2013 following its launch in June 2013; and how many people joined the scheme through the earlier pilot programme.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	203437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>Following the Secretary of State's announcement in June 2013, the Troops to Teachers training programme commenced in January 2014 with 41 service leavers. There was no pilot programme prior to this.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/07/2014 10:19:01 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

65448

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Labour Turnover
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) turnover and (b) wastage rate was for (i) full-time and (ii) part-time teachers in each school in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Burton
	tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
	uin	203736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not available for individual schools.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 07/07/2014 14:51:27 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

65682

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding each school received per pupil in the latest year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Burton
	tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
	uin	204019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>We now publish the schools block budget allocations in total and on a per-pupil basis annually, for every individual mainstream school, covering both maintained schools and academies. The most recent available figures are for the 2013 to 2014 financial year (for maintained schools) and 2013 to 2014 academic year (for academies) and are published at:</p><p><a href="http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/xlsx/s/schools%20block%20data%20file.xlsx%20" target="_blank">http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/xlsx/s/schools%20block%20data%20file.xlsx</a></p><p>The schools block budget allocations exclude early years, high needs and post-16 funding. They also exclude the pupil premium. For academies, per-pupil funding amounts exclude education services grants and insurance top-up funding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/07/2014 10:15:38 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

65683

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools offer all-through provision to pupils from reception to year 13.
	tabling member constituency	Burton
	tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
	uin	203937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of pupils in each national curriculum year group in each state-funded school was published on 12 June 2014 in “Schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2014”. It is published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>The table below lists the 51 state-funded mainstream schools that had at least one pupil in reception and at least one pupil in year 13 in January 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>School name</p></td><td><p>School type</p></td><td><p>Local authority area</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Business Academy Bexley</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Bexley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waverley School</p></td><td><p>Community school</p></td><td><p>Birmingham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton St Catherine's Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Bolton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Appleton Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Bradford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Bradford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford Girls' Grammar School</p></td><td><p>Free school</p></td><td><p>Bradford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dixons Allerton Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Bradford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston Manor School</p></td><td><p>Converter academy</p></td><td><p>Brent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merchants' Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Bristol City of</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Michael's Catholic School</p></td><td><p>Voluntary Aided School</p></td><td><p>Buckinghamshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Aylesbury Vale Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Buckinghamshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oasis Academy Shirley Park</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Croydon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dartmouth Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Devon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alec Reed Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Ealing</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edmonton County School</p></td><td><p>Community school</p></td><td><p>Enfield</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oasis Academy Hadley</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Enfield</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Samuel Ryder Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guru Nanak Sikh Academy</p></td><td><p>Converter academy</p></td><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rosedale College</p></td><td><p>Converter academy</p></td><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Mary Magdalene Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Islington</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Folkestone Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Kent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The John Wallis Church of England Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Kent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Batley Grammar School</p></td><td><p>Free school</p></td><td><p>Kirklees</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dunraven School</p></td><td><p>Converter academy</p></td><td><p>Lambeth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carr Manor Community School, Specialist Sports College</p></td><td><p>Community school</p></td><td><p>Leeds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Roundhay School</p></td><td><p>Community school</p></td><td><p>Leeds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Lewisham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haberdashers' Aske's Knights Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Lewisham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Priory Witham Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool College</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Liverpool</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>William Hulme's Grammar School</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Manchester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Excelsior Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Newcastle upon Tyne</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iceni Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Norfolk</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kings Priory School</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caroline Chisholm School</p></td><td><p>Converter academy</p></td><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DSLV E-ACT Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kettering Buccleuch Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kettering Science Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bede Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Northumberland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland CofE Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Northumberland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Nottingham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serlby Park Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Gregory the Great Catholic Secondary School</p></td><td><p>Converter academy</p></td><td><p>Oxfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampton College</p></td><td><p>Community school</p></td><td><p>Peterborough</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Loxford School of Science and Technology</p></td><td><p>Converter academy</p></td><td><p>Redbridge</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Ridings Federation Yate International Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>South Gloucestershire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grindon Hall Christian School</p></td><td><p>Free school</p></td><td><p>Sunderland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Swindon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Mirus Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Walsall</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birkenhead High School Academy</p></td><td><p>Sponsored academy</p></td><td><p>Wirral</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Piggott School</p></td><td><p>Converter academy</p></td><td><p>Wokingham</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/07/2014 10:18:18 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

65684

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Males
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many boys who were (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals attended a primary school at which there were (i) one, (ii) two and (iii) three male full-time equivalent teachers in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Burton
	tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
	uin	203909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The following table provides the number of boys[1] on roll in publicly funded primary schools[2] who were eligible and not eligible for free school meals in those schools with one, two and three full-time equivalent male teachers.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Boys known to be eligible for <br>and claiming free school meals.</p></td><td><p>Boys known not to be eligible for <br>and claiming free school meals.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FTE number of teachers[3]</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>73,800</p></td><td><p>379,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>81,500</p></td><td><p>391,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>63,000</p></td><td><p>278,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Sources: Pupils: School Census, January 2014. Teachers: School Workforce Census, November 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Under this Government more men are becoming primary school teachers - the proportion of primary teacher trainees who are men has increased from 18% in 2010 to 21% in 2013.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Boys who have full time attendance and are aged 15 or under, or pupils who have part time attendance and are aged between 5 and 15. Includes sole and dual registered pupils.</p><p>[2] Includes primary local authority maintained, academies and free schools.</p><p>[3] Includes the proportion of full-time equivalent hours of a full-time teacher for part-time teachers and therefore the headcount number in service may be more than shown.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/07/2014 16:51:11 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

65689

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Males
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which secondary schools which were not girls' schools had fewer than 10 per cent of their qualified full-time teachers as males in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Burton
	tabling member printed	Andrew Griffiths
	uin	203907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The latest information available is published in the file of data underlying the School Workforce in England statistical first release, November 2012 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2012</a></p><p> </p><p>On 23 July, the information will be updated to November 2013 and published at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/07/2014 16:52:06 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths

64173

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Basic Skills
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of levels of literacy and numeracy in (a) primary school leavers and (b) secondary school leavers in (i)Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency, (ii) Yorkshire and the Humber, (iii) the North of England and (iv) England in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
	tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
	uin	202644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>Key stage 2 national curriculum assessment statistics are available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-key-stage-2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-key-stage-2</a></p><p>GCSE attainment statistics are available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4</a></p><p>Attainment statistics by Parliamentary constituency are available online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/" target="_blank">http://www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/</a></p><p>Information on pupils at the end of key stage 4 achieving A*-C grades in English and mathematics GCSEs in the areas requested, and information on key stage 2 achievement in the areas requested has been placed in the House Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/07/2014 10:16:55 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

76315

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	School Meals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that parents are made aware of the use of halal meat in school dinners where non-halal meat is not an option.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	204383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government sets out the minimum standards for school food, which make sure children are served healthy, nutritious meals at school. Head teachers, governors and their caterers are best placed to make decisions about their school food policies, and how to communicate those to parents.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 14/07/2014 14:38:54 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell