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1659499

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Art and Design: Secondary Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of increasing levels of art and design training in Primary Initial Teacher Education on levels of (a) uptake of and (b) attainment in art and design-related subjects at (i) GCSE and (ii) A level.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	198653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government believes in providing a high quality education for all pupils, and integral to this is cultural education, including teaching music and the wider arts. All state funded schools are required to teach a broad and balanced curriculum, and this includes promoting pupils' cultural development.</p><p>The Department will continue to invest around £115 million per annum in cultural education over three years, through the music, arts, and heritage programmes. With the real terms per pupil increases to core school funding and the nearly £5 billion that has been announced for education recovery, schools will continue to have the flexibility to deliver a broad and ambitious curriculum and enrichment activities, including in arts and creative subjects.</p><p>The Department published the Model Music Curriculum in 2021 and a refreshed National Plan for Music Education (NPME) in 2022 to support teachers in delivering high quality music education. The NPME was jointly published with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in June 2022, and sets out a vision for music education to 2030 – to enable all pupils to learn to sing, play an instrument and create music together, and have the opportunity to progress their musical interests and talents, including professionally.</p><p>The Department will also publish a Cultural Education Plan in 2023, working with DCMS and Arts Council England. This will include how best to support pupils who wish to pursue careers in creative and cultural industries.</p><p>High quality teaching is the most important in school factor in improving outcomes for pupils. The Department therefore published the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Core Content Framework (CCF) in November 2019. The CCF, alongside the Early Career Framework, establishes an entitlement to a three or more year structured package of support for future generations of teachers.</p><p>The CCF has been designed to cover the content required by trainee teachers irrespective of subject or phase, though there is a strong emphasis on the need for training to be subject and phase specific.</p><p>Qualified Teacher Status continues to be awarded at the end of ITT against the Teachers’ Standards, which are reflected in the design of the CCF. Standard 3 requires teachers to ‘have a secure knowledge of the relevant subject(s) and curriculum areas, foster and maintain pupils’ interest in the subject, and address misunderstandings’.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 198654 question first answered 19/09/2023 16:10:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1659500

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Art and Design
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Art, Craft and Design in Education entitled Art Now, published on 27 June 2023, whether her Department is taking steps to improve the quality of primary Initial Teacher Education for art and design related subjects.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	198654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government believes in providing a high quality education for all pupils, and integral to this is cultural education, including teaching music and the wider arts. All state funded schools are required to teach a broad and balanced curriculum, and this includes promoting pupils' cultural development.</p><p>The Department will continue to invest around £115 million per annum in cultural education over three years, through the music, arts, and heritage programmes. With the real terms per pupil increases to core school funding and the nearly £5 billion that has been announced for education recovery, schools will continue to have the flexibility to deliver a broad and ambitious curriculum and enrichment activities, including in arts and creative subjects.</p><p>The Department published the Model Music Curriculum in 2021 and a refreshed National Plan for Music Education (NPME) in 2022 to support teachers in delivering high quality music education. The NPME was jointly published with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in June 2022, and sets out a vision for music education to 2030 – to enable all pupils to learn to sing, play an instrument and create music together, and have the opportunity to progress their musical interests and talents, including professionally.</p><p>The Department will also publish a Cultural Education Plan in 2023, working with DCMS and Arts Council England. This will include how best to support pupils who wish to pursue careers in creative and cultural industries.</p><p>High quality teaching is the most important in school factor in improving outcomes for pupils. The Department therefore published the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Core Content Framework (CCF) in November 2019. The CCF, alongside the Early Career Framework, establishes an entitlement to a three or more year structured package of support for future generations of teachers.</p><p>The CCF has been designed to cover the content required by trainee teachers irrespective of subject or phase, though there is a strong emphasis on the need for training to be subject and phase specific.</p><p>Qualified Teacher Status continues to be awarded at the end of ITT against the Teachers’ Standards, which are reflected in the design of the CCF. Standard 3 requires teachers to ‘have a secure knowledge of the relevant subject(s) and curriculum areas, foster and maintain pupils’ interest in the subject, and address misunderstandings’.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 198653 question first answered 19/09/2023 16:10:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1625163

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Food
	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 28 February to Question 148811 on School Meals: Nutrition, what recent progress she has made on the review of School Food Standards.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	183360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The current School Food Standards provide a robust yet flexible framework to ensure pupils in England continue to receive high quality and nutritious food. The Department continues to keep the School Food Standards under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/05/2023 13:25:21 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1612766

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the SEND and alternative provision improvement plan, published on 2 March 2023, to require training on special educational needs and disabilities to be included in the continuing professional development of all classroom staff.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	181918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>High-quality teaching is central to ensuring that pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) are given the best possible opportunity to achieve in their education. The SEND and Alternative Provision (AP) Improvement Plan published on 2 March outlines our approach to building capacity to achieve the behaviours and culture required for the successful implementation of these policy reforms.</p><p>The department has transformed the support and training available to support teachers and leaders at every stage of their career to deliver improved outcomes for young people across the country.</p><p>The golden thread of professional development begins with Initial Teacher Training (ITT) followed by a new two-year induction programme based on the Early Career Framework (ECF), which are designed to support trainees and newly qualified teachers to meet the Teachers’ Standards at the appropriate level. This includes the requirement in Standard 5, that all teachers must have a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils, including, where appropriate those identified as being neurodivergent or other special educational needs.</p><p>The department has publicly committed to reviewing the ITT core content framework and ECF alongside each other into more closely combined frameworks and we will explore how to better support new teachers to meet the needs of pupils with SEND.</p><p>For experienced teachers and leaders, a range of specialist and leadership National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) are available. NPQs are designed to support professionals to hone and develop their existing skills, helping them to become more effective inside and outside the classroom, and ensure they support all pupils to succeed in both mainstream and specialist settings.</p><p>In March 2023, as part of the Improvement Plan for SEND and AP, the department announced plans to introduce a new leadership NPQ for Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators (SENCos). This new NPQ will equip SENCos with the knowledge, practical skills, and leadership expertise to shape their school’s approach to supporting children with SEND.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 02/05/2023 14:44:31 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1612767

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Disability and Special Educational Needs: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the SEND and alternative provision improvement plan, published on 2 March 2023, to include a commitment to provide staff training in assistive technologies to all schools.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	181919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>High-quality teaching is central to ensuring that pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) are given the best possible opportunity to achieve in their education. The SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan outlines the department’s approach to building the capacity to achieve the behaviours and the culture required for the successful implementation of these policy reforms.</p><p>To support all teachers, the department is implementing a ‘golden thread’ of teacher training reforms which begins with initial teacher training and continues into early career teaching, through to middle and senior leadership. These reforms are designed to ensure teachers have the skills to support all pupils to succeed, including those with SEND.</p><p>The department is expanding training to increase school staff confidence in using assistive technology (AT). Following the promising results of the initial pilot, we are extending assistive technology training to a further 150 maintained schools. The extension, known as the ‘AT Test and Learn’ programme, will teach mainstream school staff how to use AT effectively, with a focus on the technology schools already have available or can easily obtain, such as text-to-speech tools.</p><p>The department wants to build on the learnings from last year’s pilot, where participants reported improved awareness, understanding and confidence in using AT and assessing its effectiveness. By running the AT Test and Learn training over 6 months and commissioning a comprehensive impact evaluation, we will gain a more thorough picture of how AT training can support wider SEND training.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 02/05/2023 14:50:59 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1612769

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Qualifications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has undertaken a recent review of the early years practitioner (level 2): qualifications criteria.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	181921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>The early years practitioner (level 2) qualifications criteria were updated in 2018, and came into effect on 1 September 2019. The updates to the criteria were consulted on and following feedback from the consultation, the title of early years practitioner (level 2) was introduced to recognise the skill and knowledge of level 2 members of staff.</p><p>As part of the recent review of the early years educator (level 3) qualifications criteria, the department has improved the alignment between the two criteria, to improve progression from level 2 to level 3.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 02/05/2023 14:54:03 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1612546

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan, published on 2 March 2023, whether her Department plans to confirm the status of pre-existing legislation in areas where National Standards are to be trialled.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	181836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>The new National Standards will build on the comprehensive legal framework relevant to children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) by clarifying what good evidence-based provision looks like, who is responsible for securing it and from what budgets.</p><p>Through the SEND and Alternative Provision Green Paper, the department has identified how important it is that National Standards are evidence-based and that children, young people and their families are able to feed into the development process. We are setting up a steering group of cross sector representatives, that will include parent-carer representatives, to oversee the development of standards. We will test the National Standards in the context of our £70 million Change Programme to ensure they are iterated and set up for success.</p><p>The development of the National Standards may require updates to both the legislation on SEND and to the SEND Code of Practice. The department will publish the National Standards in full for consultation.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho grouped question UIN 181840 question first answered 02/05/2023 14:43:47 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1612547

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's reason was for the delay in finalising its SEND improvement plan in the context of the announcement of the SEND Review being made in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	181837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Green Paper, published in March 2022, set out a bold and ambitious plan to equip children and young people with the skills they need to succeed in later life. The department received almost 6,000 responses to the consultation, 162 from children and young people, and held or attended 175 events during the 16-week consultation period.</p><p>We recognise that meaningful and significant change is required to deliver a SEND system that allows every child and young person to reach their potential, regardless of where they live or what their needs are. We know that the pandemic disproportionately impacted children and young people with SEND, exacerbating the challenges that already existed.</p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education and I wanted to take time to listen to children and parents, as well as those working in the system, in order to get our next steps right. We wanted to understand the extensive feedback received through consultation, before publishing our full response to the green paper in the SEND and AP Improvement Plan in March 2023.</p><p>The Improvement Plan outlines the department’s approach to building capacity to achieve the behaviours and culture required for the successful implementation of these policy reforms.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 02/05/2023 14:52:27 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1612548

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason her Department found that (a) national standards were required to underpin SEND provision and (b) that existing legislation including (i) the Equality Act 2010, (ii) the Children and Families’ Act 2014 and (iii) the SEND Code of Practice were not fit for purpose.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	181838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision Green Paper highlighted that early identification of needs and provision of support does not happen consistently across the system, despite the best efforts of the workforce. The inconsistency means that parents, carers and providers do not know what to reasonably expect from their local settings, resulting in low confidence in the ability of mainstream settings to effectively meet the needs of children and young people with SEND.</p><p>National Standards will set out clear expectations for the types of support that should be ordinarily available in mainstream schools, who is responsible for securing it and from which budgets. This will give families and providers clarity and confidence in the support that is ordinarily available, reducing reliance on Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans to access support.</p><p>The department has a comprehensive legal framework relating to support for children and young people with SEND. At the heart is the Children and Families Act 2014, the related statutory guidance and the Equality Act 2010. The guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25</a>.</p><p>We will build on this foundation through the introduction of National Standards to help guarantee a more consistent level of support for those with SEND, no matter where in England they live.</p><p>The department is setting up a steering group of cross sector representatives, that will include parent-carer representatives, to oversee the development of standards. We will also test the National Standards in the context of our £70 million Change Programme, to ensure they are iterated and set up for success. The development of National Standards may require some updates to SEND legislation and the SEND Code of Practice. We will publish the National Standards in full for consultation.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 02/05/2023 14:55:30 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1612549

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure local authorities fulfil their obligations to (a) existing legislation and (b) proposed National Standards on the provision of support to children with special educational needs.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	181839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>​​There are existing statutory duties on local authorities, education providers and others to plan and deliver services for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), including those in the Children and Families Act 2014 and the Equality Act 2010. The department holds local areas to account for meeting these duties and the needs of children and young people with SEN and/or disabilities, including through Ofsted and Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections, academy trust funding agreements and support and interventions in local areas.</p><p>​In the SEND and Alternative Provision (AP) Improvement Plan, published 2 March 2023, the department committed to a range of strengthened accountability measures to ensure effective local delivery against existing legislation and the proposed new National Standards.</p><p>​In terms of inspection, this includes the new Ofsted and CQC Area SEND inspections, launched in January 2023, and a greater focus on SEND in the Ofsted education inspection framework. The recently published, Academies Regulation and Commissioning Review provides clear descriptors for academy trust strength. This year we will also develop a holistic intervention approach for local areas, focused on improving outcomes for children and young people with SEND or in AP. This will be based on evidence and data, including that in new SEND AP inclusion dashboards and the implementation of local inclusion plans, as well as inspection outcomes.</p><p>​In addition, this year the department will review evidence of where statutory duties are met and not met across the SEND and AP system to inform our considerations of how we can better hold partners to account, should they fail to meet their statutory responsibilities.​</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 02/05/2023 16:09:52 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson