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79727

	registered interest
	date	29/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Governing Bodies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they will take in response to the recommendation in the report of the Education Commissioner published on 22 July into allegations concerning Birmingham schools that "unless there are genuinely exceptional circumstances, there should be a presumption that an individual will only be a governor at a maximum of two schools at any one time".
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL1619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>We are considering all the specific recommendations made in the report and the Secretary of State will return to the House of Commons in the autumn on steps to be taken on these matters.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 30/07/2014 15:08:56 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

79802

	registered interest
	date	30/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 30 June (WA 226) stating that they "do not hold a central record of all new schools built by local authorities to provide these places since 2010", why they do not hold such a record; and, of the academy schools created and converted since 2010, (1) how many, and (2) what proportion, were identified for creation or conversion by local authorities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL1691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p>Prior to 2010 the Department for Education’s central records of new establishments do not allow us to determine if schools are new provision or whether they replace existing schools (i.e. due to an amalgamation or move from three tier to two tier education).</p><p>Since then the number of schools that have applied to become academies is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Converter Academies<sup>i</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>796</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>684</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 (to date)</p></td><td><p>522</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup>i </sup>Schools which have converted to academy status are not identified for conversion by the local authority. It is up to individual schools to apply to convert to become academies unless they are underperforming, in which case the department will look to match them with a sponsor.</p><p>Between 2010 and 2012, local authorities held 41 competitions under section 7 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006, as amended by the Education Act 2011, to create new schools. The numbers opening per academic year are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Academies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In addition, the department also records all new academies created under local authorities’ duties to secure sufficient schools (section 14 of the Education Act 1996) since the academy presumption was established in February 2012. Ninety-two new academies have been created, or are in the process of being created, through this route (75 in agreement, 17 in the pipeline).</p><p>These are broken down into academic years as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Academies<sup> ii</sup></p></td><td><p>Number in pipeline (of the total number)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup>ii </sup>40 of these new academies were funded through the Government’s Targeted Basic Need Programme (8 due to open in September 2014, 32 due to open in September 2015).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 11/08/2014 11:56:21 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

89920

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children's Centres
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Nash on 30 July (HL1559–62), what assessment they have made of The Children’s Society’s report <i>The Right Start </i>in respect of the number of local authorities that do not routinely share live birth data with children’s centres; and what plans they have to ensure that health services and local authorities share live birth data.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Listowel
	uin	HL1762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>My officials, and officials at the Department of Health, have reviewed the report and met representatives from The Children’s Society to discuss the issues raised and the work that the Government is taking forward in this area.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education’s Sure Start children’s centres statutory guidance says that health services and local authorities should share information (such as live birth data and data on families with children under five who have recently moved into the area) with children’s centres on a regular basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health is working with NHS England and partners, including the Health and Social Care Information Centre, to explore the practical issues involved in providing regular and timely updates of live birth data to local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 15/09/2014 09:57:35 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	2054 label Biography information for The Earl of Listowel

89967

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Personal Records
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Garden of Frognal on 8 January 2013 (HL4331), on what date Ministers received the report "Information sharing in the Foundation Years"; and what action has been taken to implement the recommended changes.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
	uin	HL1809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p>The final report was submitted to Ministers in March 2013. On 21 November 2013, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health and the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Education and Childcare published a joint response welcoming the report, and setting out action underway to address the report’s recommendations. The response is published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/information-sharing-in-the-foundation-years-ministerial-letter" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/information-sharing-in-the-foundation-years-ministerial-letter</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 15/09/2014 11:52:52 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

90905

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the reply by Lord Nash on 28 July (HL Deb, cols 1416–19), what proportion of the salary costs in free schools is spent on non-teaching staff.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL1831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The proportion of the salary costs in academies spent on non-teaching staff is 27.6%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportion of the salary costs in free schools spent on non-teaching staff is 28.8%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures are based on the last published data for academies’ and free schools’ expenditure, which covers the 2011-2012 financial year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For comparison, the proportion of the salary costs in maintained schools spent on non-teaching staff is 33.1%.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL1832 question first answered 22/09/2014 12:11:11 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

90906

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the reply by Lord Nash on 28 July (HL Deb, cols 1416–19), what proportion of the salary costs in academies is spent on non-teaching staff.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL1832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The proportion of the salary costs in academies spent on non-teaching staff is 27.6%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportion of the salary costs in free schools spent on non-teaching staff is 28.8%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures are based on the last published data for academies’ and free schools’ expenditure, which covers the 2011-2012 financial year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For comparison, the proportion of the salary costs in maintained schools spent on non-teaching staff is 33.1%.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL1831 question first answered 22/09/2014 12:11:10 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

91827

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Autism
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of the <i>Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years</i>, they plan to extend the duty for the National Health Service, local authorities and education providers to hold joint registers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL1885
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>There is no duty on the National Health Service, local authorities and education providers to hold joint registers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). Following consultation by the Department of Health as part of a review of social care data, local authorities now return data on adults’ primary need for social care support and any health conditions a person may have, including autism<em>. </em>Local authorities are required to keep a register of disabled children under Schedule 2 of the Children Act 1989 and the School Census collects data on children’s type of special educational need, including ASD, which is published annually by the Department, by local authority area. ‘The Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice: 0 – 25 years’ advises local authorities and health commissioning bodies to use available data such as these when carrying out their duty under the Children and Families Act 2014 to commission jointly services for children with special educational needs and those with disabilities, including children with ASDs.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 13/10/2014 12:25:22 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

91839

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Grammar Schools
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are taking any steps to investigate any correlation between prior attainment and OFSTED grades in respect of selective grammar schools in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL1897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education is not currently taking steps to investigate any correlation between prior attainment and Ofsted grades in respect of selective grammar schools in England. We are, however, reforming the accountability framework for secondary schools to focus on the progress schools make with their pupils regardless of intake.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 13/10/2014 13:18:08 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

92808

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that school intakes are reflective of their local communities.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL2044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The School Admissions Code requires all admission authorities to consult publicly for eight weeks when drawing up or proposing changes to its published admission arrangements, thus ensuring the views of the local community are considered before those arrangements are finalised. This consultation period allows parents, other schools, religious authorities and the local community to make known their views and raise any concerns they may have about what is proposed. Subject to consultation, it is for admission authorities to decide what oversubscription criteria would be most suitable for the school taking account of local circumstances.</p><p>Once admission arrangements have been determined, anyone who believes they are unfair or unlawful can object to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator whose decision is binding and enforceable.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 21/10/2014 14:24:18 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

92809

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Languages: Primary Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what language qualifications primary school teachers will be expected to have in order to teach the new foreign language curriculum.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	uin	HL2045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>There are no subject-specific entry requirements for entry to primary courses of initial teacher training (ITT). However, ITT entrants are required to satisfy a rigorous selection process, which is designed to assess their suitability to teach, and providers of ITT are required to ensure trainees can demonstrate a secure knowledge of the relevant subject(s) to deliver the curriculum which, in the case of primary trainees, includes teaching languages in primary schools.</p><p>Teaching of modern languages is already taking place in over 90% of primary schools. The Government is providing £1.8 million funding over two years for the continuous professional development of primary and secondary teachers in order to support the delivery of the new modern languages curriculum.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 21/10/2014 14:25:41 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch