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177831

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/02/2015
	date	04/02/2015
	date tabled	04/02/2015
	ddp created	04/02/2015 22:40:58
	ddp modified	12/02/2015 12:36:12
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCSE: Blackpool
	house id	1
	identifier	223477
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	09/02/2015 16:44:25
	question first ministerially corrected	10/02/2015 11:56:15
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in schools under the control of Blackpool Education Authority in Blackpool South constituency received five GCSEs Grade A* to C including mathematics and English in the (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2009-10 academic year; and what those numbers represent as a proportion of the total number.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 223477
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	223477
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>GCSE attainment figures for the academic year 2014/15 are not yet available. Figures for the 2013/14 academic year were published in January 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Attainment at constituency and local authority level are only published for all state funded schools including academies and city technical colleges. Further school type breakdowns below national level are not published.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication including constituency figures can be found in the GCSE statistics series on GOV.UK.[1] Figures for Blackpool South parliamentary constituency in 2009/10 were published in the In Your Area website.[2]</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of pupils in state-funded schools in Blackpool South constituency who achieved five or more A* - C grades including English and mathematics GCSEs in the academic years 2013/14 and 2009/10 can be found in the following table, with figures for Blackpool local authority and England as comparators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Achievements at GCSE and equivalent for pupils<sup>1</sup> at the end of key stage 4 <del class="ministerial">in Blackpool local authority and in England</del><ins class="ministerial">by parliamentary constiuency of school location</ins></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Years: 2009/10 to 2013/14 (revised)<sup>2,3,4</sup></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Coverage: England, state-funded schools (including academies and CTCs)</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Warning: 2013/14 figures not comparable to earlier years</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="2"><p>Number of eligible pupils<sup>1</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Number achieving 5+ A*-C grades inc. <br />English and mathematics GCSEs</p></td><td><p>% achieving 5+ A*-C grades inc. <br />English and mathematics GCSEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Blackpool South</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">601</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">253</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">42.1</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Blackpool LA</p></td><td><p>1,440</p></td><td><p>633</p></td><td><p>44.0</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>National</p></td><td><p>556,002</p></td><td><p>315,873</p></td><td><p>56.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Blackpool South</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">605</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">263</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">43.5</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Blackpool LA</p></td><td><p>1,607</p></td><td><p>768</p></td><td><p>47.8</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>National</p></td><td><p>575,970</p></td><td><p>318,720</p></td><td><p>55.3</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><em>Source: National pupil database (2009/10) and key stage 4 attainment data (2013/14)</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br />1. Pupils at the end of key stage 4 in each academic year.</p><p>2. Figures for 2009/10 are based on final data. Figures for 2013/14 are based on revised data.</p><p>3. New 2014 methodology applied to 2013/14 data (see SFR main text).</p><p>4. In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of key stage 4 performance measures data: Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations and an early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification. Consequently, <del class="ministerial">I</del><ins class="ministerial">i</ins>t is not possible to directly compare 2013/14 figures with earlier years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014</a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/index.shtml" target="_blank">www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/index.shtml</a></p><p> </p>
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177826

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/02/2015
	date	04/02/2015
	date tabled	04/02/2015
	ddp created	04/02/2015 22:40:55
	ddp modified	09/02/2015 17:48:03
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Class Sizes: Blackpool
	house id	1
	identifier	223475
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	09/02/2015 17:17:01
	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.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 223475
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	223475
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer 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>
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177827

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/02/2015
	date	04/02/2015
	date tabled	04/02/2015
	ddp created	04/02/2015 22:40:56
	ddp modified	09/02/2015 17:47:07
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Blackpool
	house id	1
	identifier	223476
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	09/02/2015 17:15:28
	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.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 223476
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	223476
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer 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>
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177828

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/02/2015
	date	04/02/2015
	date tabled	04/02/2015
	ddp created	04/02/2015 22:40:56
	ddp modified	09/02/2015 16:01:03
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Blackpool
	house id	1
	identifier	223474
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	09/02/2015 15:30:01
	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.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 223474
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	223474
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer 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>
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177829

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/02/2015
	date	04/02/2015
	date tabled	04/02/2015
	ddp created	04/02/2015 22:40:57
	ddp modified	10/02/2015 15:55:08
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free School Meals: Blackpool
	house id	1
	identifier	223495
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	10/02/2015 15:23:10
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students who qualified for free school meals in schools in Blackpool South constituency received five GCSEs Grade A* to C including mathematics and English in the (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2009-10 academic year; and what those numbers represent as a proportion of the total number.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 223495
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	223495
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Figures for GCSE attainment for the academic year 2014/15 are not yet available. Figures for the 2013/14 academic year by pupil characteristics were published on GOV.UK[1] in January 2015. A time series of local authority attainment for pupils by free school meal eligibility at local authority level is included in the publication; constituency level information by pupil characteristics is not published.</p><p> </p><p>Published figures for the number of pupils eligible for free school meals who received five GCSEs grade A* to C including English and mathematics in the academic years 2013/14 and 2009/10 for Blackpool local authority and England can be found in the table attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014</a></p><p> </p> attachment 1 file name 223495 GCSE achievement KS4 FSM in Blackpool LA and England.xls
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177830

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/02/2015
	date	04/02/2015
	date tabled	04/02/2015
	ddp created	04/02/2015 22:40:57
	ddp modified	09/02/2015 16:47:04
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free School Meals: Blackpool
	house id	1
	identifier	223482
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	09/02/2015 16:15:12
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students qualified for free school meals in schools in Blackpool South constituency in the (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2009-10 academic year; and what these numbers represent as a proportion of the total number.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 223482
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	223482
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department for Education routinely collects information on pupils who are both eligible for and claiming free school meals. Information on the number of pupils who are eligible for free school meals but not claiming them is not routinely collected.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The most recent information on the number and proportion of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals relates to the 2013/14 academic year, which is published in the ‘School, pupils and their characteristics: January 2014’ Statistical First Release. [1] Tables 8a, 8b, 8c, and 8d provide local authority figures; parliamentary constituency level information is not published.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information for the 2009/10 academic year is published in the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2010’ Statistical First Release.[2] Tables 11a, 11b and 11c provide local authority figures; parliamentary constituency level information is not published.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures for both years are given below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="16"><p><strong>Number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals:<br> Blackpool local authority</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>State-funded nursery and primary schools (1)(2)</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>State-funded secondary schools (3)(4)</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>Special schools (5)</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>January 2010</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="5"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Total number of pupils (6)</p></td><td><p>10,771</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>7,791</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>242</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals (6)</p></td><td><p>3,228</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>1,769</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>112</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals</p></td><td><p>30.0</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>22.7</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>46.3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="5"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>January 2014</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="5"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Total number of pupils (6)</p></td><td><p>11,047</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>7,038</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>259</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals (6)</p></td><td><p>3,179</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>1,852</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>121</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals</p></td><td><p>28.8</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>26.3</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>46.7</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="16"><p><em>Source: School Census</em></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="14" rowspan="2"><p>1. Includes state-funded nursery schools, direct grant nursery (the single institution of this type had not been included in this table in recent years) and middle/all through schools as deemed.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="6"><p>2. Includes all primary academies, including free schools.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="6"><p>3. Includes middle/all through schools as deemed.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="14"><p>4. Includes city technology colleges and all secondary academies, including free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="13"><p>5. Excludes general hospital schools. Includes non-maintained special schools, special academies and special free schools.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="14" rowspan="2"><p>6. Pupils 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.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014</a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2010" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2010</a><br><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p>
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