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64615

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Elizabeth Truss MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Education and Childcare, that "our 15 year-olds are up to three years behind their peers in the top-performing countries in reading and mathematics", what action they propose to address this.
	tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
	uin	HL698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education believes that improving the quality of teaching in literacy and numeracy is crucial to building the foundation for future study and work. The Government has revised the national curriculum and set more rigorous and challenging content in English and mathematics to match the highest performing countries around the world. The new programmes of study for English and maths will challenge pupils to realise their potential in an increasingly competitive global market.</p><p> </p><p>The new maths GCSE will have more content, be more challenging and – alongside English - will be double weighted in school performance tables. The Department has recently allocated £11 million to fund <del class="ministerial">over</del> 32 new maths hubs to support a more challenging maths GCSE to improve the quality of maths education. This initiative, which includes a teacher exchange programme with Shanghai, will enable every school and college in England, from early years to the post-16 sector, to access locally-tailored support in all areas of maths teaching and learning.</p><p> </p><p>The new national curriculum for English places a greater emphasis on reading and requires pupils to study a range of books, poems and plays.</p><p>The national curriculum for English will give teachers greater flexibility and freedom which will help to raise standards and expectations for all pupils. It has been significantly slimmed down and will free up teachers to use their professional judgement to design curricula that meet the needs of their pupils.</p><p> </p><p>The new English language GCSE will place greater demands on pupils and has more emphasis on those skills demanded by employers. The new English literature GCSE will build on this foundation, and encourage students to read, write and think critically.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 08/07/2014 15:42:37 question first ministerially corrected 09/07/2014 15:07:12 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash previous answer version 8669 answering member printed Lord Nash answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

61554

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Radicalism
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which Ministers, if any, were present at the presentation to the Department for Education on the threat of radicalisation in Birmingham schools given by head teacher Tim Boyes in 2010.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean
	uin	HL323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has asked the Permanent Secretary to conduct an internal review into how the Department for Education dealt with warnings in Birmingham since the formation of this Government in 2010, and before.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 25/06/2014 16:26:52 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	2233 label Biography information for Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

62448

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend summer school initiatives to help disadvantaged children improve their levels of attainment after the summer of 2014.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>A decision on whether to extend the Department for Education's summer schools programme in 2015 will be made towards the end of 2014, in light of information gathered on this year's summer school programme.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 26/06/2014 16:13:07 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

62449

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Further Education: Free School Meals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to allow colleges to provide free meals transactions on individual student smart cards.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>We published guidance for further education funded institutions, including colleges, on 16 April setting out full details of the requirement on institutions to provide free meals to their disadvantaged 16- to 18-year-old students from September 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Exactly how those requirements are met is for individual institutions to determine, and will depend on current practices and systems already in place. Institutions have the flexibility to be able to provide either a meal or a voucher or credit for the student to exchange for a meal. Smart cards would be an ideal way to make such provision.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 23/06/2014 15:10:01 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

62450

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many schools will not have the facilities to provide hot meals in September.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education is providing funding, expert advice and support to assist schools in offering hot meals to all infant pupils from September.</p><p> </p><p>There will be a range of ways that hot meals are provided in schools, with some being fully prepared on site and others transported in. The vast majority of schools are on track to offer free school meals to all their infant pupils in September, and we have made it clear that we expect them either to offer hot options immediately, or to work towards doing so as soon as possible.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 23/06/2014 15:13:50 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

62451

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Food Technology: Curriculum
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that cookery is included in the curriculum as part of design and technology lessons.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>All pupils should be taught to cook and to apply the principles of nutrition and healthy eating. Design and Technology (D&amp;T) is compulsory for all maintained schools from key stages 1 to 3 and the new D&amp;T curriculum, which will be in force from September 2014, strengthens the requirements on schools to teach about food at primary and secondary. At primary, the curriculum will ensure pupils are taught about healthy eating, where food comes from and to prepare and cook a range of dishes. At secondary, for the first time, cooking will be compulsory at key stage 3: teachers will be also required to cover nutrition, diet and where food comes from.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 23/06/2014 15:58:12 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

62452

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free School Meals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are putting in place to encourage increased up-take of free school meals among eligible pupils.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>We have developed the Online Free School Meal Eligibility Checking Service (ECS), which is a system that allows local authority users to undertake record checks from one central point. The ECS allows local authorities to check data held by the Department for Work and Pensions, the Home Office and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs in order to establish eligibility for free school meals (FSM). The ECS has been extended to allow parents to check their own eligibility, and to apply online, for FSM. The new system reduces the time, stigma and bureaucracy previously associated with applications for FSM, therefore encouraging more parents to register their children for a free school lunch.</p><p> </p><p>Resources are also available from the Children's Food Trust at <a href="http://www.childrensfoodtrust.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.childrensfoodtrust.org.uk/</a> to help schools increase take-up of free school meals.</p><p> </p><p>From September 2014, all children in reception, year 1 and year 2 attending state-funded schools will be eligible for a free school lunch, regardless of parental circumstances.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 23/06/2014 15:10:40 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

62508

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Science: Primary Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many primary schools in England have (1) a science subject leader, and (2) a science subject leader who has a science degree.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
	uin	HL437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 24/06/2014 14:46:46 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

62509

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Chemistry: Teachers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the numbers of chemistry teachers with a subject-specialist background.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
	uin	HL438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting schools in recruiting specialist teachers in chemistry. Specific support is provided for individuals interested in teaching chemistry through targeted marketing, personal advisors and securing school experience. We have significantly increased tax-free bursaries for chemistry trainee teachers from £9,000 in 2012/13 to up to £20,000 in 2014/15. In addition, we continue to work jointly with the Royal Society of Chemistry to offer scholarship awards of £25,000 in order to attract the most talented chemists into initial teacher training (ITT). We have surpassed our target for trainees entering chemistry teacher training in each of the last three years, recruiting 121% of the target in 2011/12, 108% in 2012/13, and 127% in 2013/14.</p><p>We are continuing to fund subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) courses, which are an important tool to ensure all chemistry trainees have specialist subject knowledge. Around a quarter of accepted places for chemistry ITT in 2014/15 are being supported by SKE.</p><p>The latest annual School Workforce Census (2013) shows that 19.6% of chemistry teachers who teach pupils from years 7 to 13 have no relevant post-A Level qualification, down from 24.3% in the 2012 census, demonstrating the impact of these incentives.</p><p>The Government also recognises the vital importance of subject-specific development for in-service teachers. We have made almost £7 million available to fund a network of Regional Science Learning Centres and we are funding teaching schools to develop and deliver a range of post-ITT SKE provision in specific subjects, including chemistry.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 24/06/2014 14:46:30 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

62510

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Science: Primary Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the numbers of primary school teachers with (1) a science degree, or (2) a science A-level, as their highest science qualification.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
	uin	HL439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government would like to see many more science graduates and candidates with a science A Level becoming teachers – both primary and secondary – to raise the quality of science teaching.</p><p> </p><p>However, the responsibility for making recruitment decisions rightly rests with schools, including what specialist qualifications and experience they expect individual teachers to have. Through the new School Direct training route, we have given schools more control over the selection and training of the teachers they need for the future.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 24/06/2014 14:45:22 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff