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1315676

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	School Leaving: Merseyside
	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 trends in the number of white working-class boys leaving school without qualifications in (a) Southport and (b) Sefton Borough.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	Damien Moore
	uin	3146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally in the form requested. There is no official definition for the term “working class” and it is not used by the Department for Education in formal statistics.</p><p>Young people can leave a school setting at age 16 or age 18. National statistics are published on the proportion of young people achieving level 2 qualifications (level 2 is 5 (or more) GCSEs at grades 9-4/A*-C or equivalent) by ages 16 to 19. Figures are published by pupil characteristics including free school meal (FSM) eligibility which can be used as an indicative measure for low income. Information provided is for those not achieving level 2 but that does not mean they left school with no qualifications.</p><p>In the Sefton local authority, the total proportion of 16 year olds not achieving level 2 is 37% in the 2019/20 academic year compared with 30% five years ago. Looking at those who were eligible for FSM, 65% had not achieved level 2 compared with 50% five years ago.</p><p>At age 18 in Sefton, the total proportion not achieving level 2 was 22% in 2019/20 compared with 15% five years ago. Looking at those who were eligible for FSM, 47% had not achieved level 2 compared with 30% five years ago.</p><p>The accompanying table shows a five year time series for both ages and includes gender and those not eligible for FSM. Comparable figures are not available for Southport or by ethnicity.</p><p>National estimates which show level 2 attainment by gender, FSM status and ethnicity are available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/level-2-and-3-attainment-by-young-people-aged-19/2019-20" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/level-2-and-3-attainment-by-young-people-aged-19/2019-20</a>. These detailed breakdowns are not published by local authority.</p><p>The Department remains committed to providing world class education, training and care for everyone, whatever their background, and taking the action needed to address disparities.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/05/2021 12:53:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name PQ3146_table_showing_young_people_Sefton_not_achieving_level_two.xls title 1346_table
	tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1315560

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Swimming: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he is taking steps to ensure that children who have missed out on swimming lessons as a result of school and leisure centre closures are able to learn about water safety.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	3109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2021 answer text <p>Water safety is a vital life skill, which is why it is a mandatory part of the curriculum for Physical Education at primary school. The Department has worked with Oak National Academy and swimming and water safety organisations to make virtual lessons on water safety available to all schools.</p><p>The Department is also working with the Royal Life Saving Society UK to continue to support the Drowning Prevention Week in June 2021 in order for as many schools as possible to have access to these water safety resources.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/05/2021 16:04:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1315665

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Assessments: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, what steps he is taking to ensure that schools and teachers are reimbursed for taking on the role of exam boards and marking examinations internally.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	Damien Moore
	uin	3139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>Due to the ongoing disruption to education caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, it was announced on 6 January that GCSE, AS and A level exams will not go ahead as planned this summer. This year, pupils will be awarded grades determined by their teachers and based on a range of evidence, only being assessed on the content they have been taught and not what they have missed. Whilst we recognise that teachers will need to assess their pupils this year on a range of evidence, in many ways, assessing pupils and determining their standard of performance is an important part of teachers’ roles in a typical year.</p><p>The Department continues to work closely with Ofqual and the exam boards to ensure that teachers feel supported. As part of this process, we are regularly engaging with the teacher unions and other sector representatives to ensure the processes developed and guidance which supports them reflects their feedback. The Joint Council for Qualifications and the exam boards have published extensive guidance and materials for schools and colleges to support teachers with their assessment, marking, and making their judgements of pupils’ performance.</p><p>Exam boards are responsible for setting their exam fees, taking into account the costs involved with alternative arrangements in 2021. Exam boards will need to cover their costs, and the Department expects they will make commercial decisions on fees and refunds on that basis. Given the unusual circumstances this year, it is not possible for them to have certainty about their 2021 costs in advance.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/05/2021 14:10:42 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1315694

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	School Leaving
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of pupils that will leave school in summer 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	2958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>Pupil counts by year group are published in the annual “Schools, pupils and their characteristics” statistical release. This includes pupils who are coming to the end of their secondary education in Year 11 and those in Years 12 to 14 in school sixth forms. Data relating to the 2020/21 academic year will be published in June 2021 at the following link: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/05/2021 14:57:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1315699

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Coronavirus
	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 providing further funding for schools to deal with the costs of (a) insurance, (b) sick pay, (c) supply teachers and (d) other costs associated with staff sickness during the outbreak of covid-19.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	3155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>School budgets are rising by £2.6 billion in the 2020-21 financial year and will increase by a further £4.8 billion in 2021-22 and £7.1 billion in 2022-23, compared to 2019-20.</p><p>As part of the three-year increase to core funding – the biggest in a decade – schools have continued to receive their core funding throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, regardless of any periods of reduced attendance. This will ensure they can continue to pay their staff and meet other regular financial commitments.</p><p>Workforce absence and community transmission rates have reduced since the autumn term when we introduced the COVID-19 Workforce Fund to support schools and colleges with high staff absences and significant financial pressures to remain open. We will continue to monitor the situation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/05/2021 10:31:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1315760

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pioneer Academy: Finance
	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 17 May 2021 to Question 404 on Pioneer Academy: Finance, what additional financial assistance has been offered to Pioneer Academy in the event that they become the sponsor of Moulsecoomb Primary.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	3096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Pioneer Academy has been offered ‘full sponsorship’ funding, which means it is eligible to receive up to £110,000 in pre-opening costs before Moulsecoomb opens as an academy.</p><p>The Pioneer Academy has not yet been offered any additional financial assistance. Further support is sometimes provided to fund additional costs, such as necessary capital works.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/05/2021 15:06:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1315761

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pioneer Academy: Complaints
	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 17 May 2021 to Question 407 on Pioneer Academy: Complaints, how many individual complaints have been made to his Department about schools run by the Pioneer Academy.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	3097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) are responsible for investigating complaints about academies. Over the academic years 2019/20 and 2020/21, one complaint has been submitted to the ESFA about a school in the Pioneer Academy Trust.</p><p>The ESFA was satisfied that the academy was compliant with statutory policies and procedures and therefore the complaint was not upheld.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/05/2021 15:17:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1315873

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Digital Technology
	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 effect of digital exclusion on the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers; and what steps he is taking to reduce the level of digital exclusion.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	2970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Department recognised that a lack of digital access posed a risk to the efficacy of remote education during the COVID-19 outbreak. In response, over £400 million was invested to support access to remote education as an injection of support to minimise digital exclusion. Over 1.3 million laptops and tablets have been delivered to schools, academy trusts, local authorities and further education colleges. Over 100,000 families have been supported to get online by providing uplifts in mobile data and 4G wireless routers.</p><p>Through our existing grant funding partnership with Nesta, in autumn 2020 the Department launched the EdTech Reserach and Development Programme. This programme will further our understanding of the impact of technology in education, particularly the impact and disparity between advantaged and disadvantaged students in attainment and outcomes during the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>The programme includes the evaluation of six remote education tools being used in schools and colleges in England. The first evaluation cycle is complete, with iterations to the products underway. A final evaluation cycle is due to be completed by the end of the summer term, and a concluding report with key findings on using remote education tools effectively for all students, with particular recommendations for disadvantaged students, will also be shared with the wider sector by December 2021.</p><p>The Department is also working closely with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to improve broadband connections in schools. DCMS has powers to address some affordability issues for some telecoms services.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/05/2021 13:53:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah