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star this property date less than 2022-11-22more like thismore than 2022-11-22
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Department for Education remove filter
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star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Teachers: Workplace Pensions more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) independent and (b) state schools have left the Teachers' Pension Scheme in the last five years. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Brent North more like this
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Barry Gardiner more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-11-28more like thismore than 2022-11-28
star this property answer text <p><del class="ministerial">324 independent schools have left the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) between August 2019, when this information started to be compiled, and November 2022. 22 independent schools have joined the Scheme between January 2018 and November 2022.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">State schools and academies cannot choose to leave the TPS. The records show that 1,008 academies have ceased to be registered as scheme employers and 4,383 new academy employers have been registered in the TPS between January 2018 and November 2022. This is a result of state schools converting to academies and some single academy trusts joining multi-academy trusts.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">463 independent schools have left the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) between January 2018 and November 2022. 37 independent schools have joined the Scheme between January 2018 and November 2022. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">State schools and academies cannot choose to leave the TPS. The records show that 814 state schools have closed and so have ceased to be registered as scheme employers since January 2018. This is largely as a result of state schools converting to academies. 79 new state schools have been registered in the TPS since January 2018.</ins></p>
star this property answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton more like this
star this property answering member printed Nick Gibb more like this
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less than 2022-11-28T18:14:08.04Zmore like thismore than 2022-11-28T18:14:08.04Z
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less than 2022-12-20T19:15:23.683Zmore like thismore than 2022-12-20T19:15:23.683Z
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star this property label Biography information for Nick Gibb more like this
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star this property answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton more like this
star this property answering member printed Nick Gibb more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Nick Gibb more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Barry Gardiner more like this
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star this property date less than 2021-10-15more like thismore than 2021-10-15
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Department for Education remove filter
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Teachers: Qualifications more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2021 to Question 25092 on Teachers: arts, how many schools lack a qualified teacher in each subject. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Stretford and Urmston more like this
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Kate Green more like this
star this property uin 57024 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2021-10-29more like thisremove minimum value filter
star this property answer text <p>Legislation does not specify that teachers must have a degree in a particular subject or discipline. The Teachers’ Standards specify the subject knowledge required for the award of qualified teacher status. All trainee teachers must meet these by the time they complete their training.</p><p><del class="ministerial">In November 2019, of 2,948 state-funded secondary schools in England, the most common subjects taught where no teachers in a school held a relevant post A level qualification in the subject were computing (400), Spanish (292) and media studies (209). The attached table provides further detail on all subjects.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In November 2019, of 2,957 state-funded secondary schools in England, the most common subjects taught where no teachers in a school held relevant post A level qualification in the subject were: computing (293), Spanish (271) and media studies (225). The attached table provides further detail on all subjects.</ins></p><p>These figures relate only to schools where the subjects were taught. For example, a school that does not teach engineering and does not have a teacher with a post A level qualification in engineering is excluded from figures. In addition, figures only include schools that supplied both curriculum and teacher qualification data. This differs to the methodology used in the answer to question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-06-30/25092" target="_blank">25092,</a> which included all schools, regardless of curriculum data and subjects taught. The present methodology better reflects the status of schools who do not have teachers with a post A level qualification in specific subjects.</p><p>The information provided does not consider the subject taught by teachers. For example, a teacher with a qualification in mathematics may instead teach computer science. Information on subjects taught and teacher’s post A level qualifications is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a></p><p>To reduce the burden during the COVID-19 outbreak, schools and local authorities were not required to provide information on teacher qualifications in 2020. Therefore, the information provided relates to the November 2019 School Workforce Census.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Worcester more like this
star this property answering member printed Mr Robin Walker more like this
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less than 2021-10-29T10:38:46.453Zmore like thismore than 2021-10-29T10:38:46.453Z
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less than 2022-04-07T09:37:20.443Zmore like thismore than 2022-04-07T09:37:20.443Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker more like this
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star this property file name 57024_table.xlsx more like this
star this property title 57024_table more like this
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star this property answering member constituency Worcester more like this
star this property answering member printed Mr Robin Walker more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker more like this
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star this property file name 57024_Schools_without_specialist_teacher_by_subject.xls more like this
star this property title 57024_table more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Kate Green more like this
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star this property date less than 2023-11-07more like thismore than 2023-11-07
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Department for Education remove filter
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Supply Teachers more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent on supply teachers in each (a) region, (b) local authority and (c) parliamentary constituency in the 2021-22 academic year. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Twickenham more like this
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Munira Wilson more like this
star this property uin 514 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2023-11-15more like thismore than 2023-11-15
star this property answer text <p>A key principle behind the Government's plan for education is to give teachers and school leaders the freedom to use their professional judgement to decide the structure of their schools’ workforce that best meets the needs of their pupils.</p><p> </p><p>Financial information on Local Authority maintained schools, including spending on supply teachers, is collected in Consistent Financial Reporting returns. The information is published on the School Financial Benchmarking website and in the annual official statistic ‘LA and school expenditure’, available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/la-and-school-expenditure</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The spend on these categories for Local Authority maintained schools in each region for the 2021/22 financial year is available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/22a37aed-9bf8-489a-4884-08dbdfb23d99" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/22a37aed-9bf8-489a-4884-08dbdfb23d99</a>. The spend on these categories for Local Authority maintained schools in each Local Authority for the 2021/22 financial year is available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/beb72a02-b53a-41b2-4883-08dbdfb23d99" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/beb72a02-b53a-41b2-4883-08dbdfb23d99</a>. Information relating to individual schools is published on the School Financial Benchmarking website, available at: <a href="https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/Help/DataSources" target="_blank">https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk/Help/DataSources</a>.</p><p> </p><p>School level information published on the Schools Financial Benchmarking website has been linked to information from the Get Information About Schools website to provide the attached constituency level information. This includes supply teaching staff, supply teacher insurance and agency supply staff expenditure, plus net expenditure which is expenditure offset against income on supply teacher insurance claims.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the expenditure by academies is not published on the same basis as Local Authority maintained schools. Academy level data on expenditure is available on the Schools Financial website. Information at regional and Local Authority level is not published.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Harlow more like this
star this property answering member printed Robert Halfon more like this
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less than 2023-11-15T17:48:01.917Zmore like thismore than 2023-11-15T17:48:01.917Z
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less than 2023-12-05T16:35:33.723Zmore like thismore than 2023-12-05T16:35:33.723Z
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star this property label Biography information for Robert Halfon more like this
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star this property file name 514_table.xlsx more like this
star this property title 514_constituency_table more like this
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star this property answering member constituency Harlow more like this
star this property answering member printed Robert Halfon more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Robert Halfon more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Munira Wilson more like this
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star this property date less than 2023-11-22more like thismore than 2023-11-22
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Department for Education remove filter
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Special Educational Needs: Standards more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure equitable standards of SEND provision in (a) urban and (b) rural communities. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency West Lancashire more like this
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Ashley Dalton more like this
star this property uin 3387 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2023-11-27more like thismore than 2023-11-27
star this property answer text <p>In the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Improvement Plan, published in March 2023, the department set out plans to build a consistent national SEND and AP system which parents and carers can trust, easily navigate, and have confidence in, whether they live in an urban or rural area.</p><p>The foundation for the new nationally consistent SEND and AP system will be new evidenced-based National Standards for early and accurate identification of need, and timely access to support to meet those needs. The standards will include clarifying the types of support that should be ordinarily available in mainstream settings and who is responsible for securing the support.</p><p>This will help families, practitioners and providers understand what support every child or young person should be receiving from early years through to further education, no matter where they live or what their needs are. By the end of 2025 the department will publish a significant proportion of the National Standards.</p><p>New local SEND and AP partnerships will support this work by bringing together Education, Health and Care partners with local government to produce evidence-based Local Area Inclusion Plans setting out how to meet the needs of children and young people with SEND and in AP in the local area, in line with National Standards.</p><p>The department is testing and refining reforms through the £70 million Change Programme to collect evidence about what works for children and young people with SEND and their families at a local level. The department is working with 32 local authorities and their local areas in each of the nine regions. To form a <ins class="ministerial">Change Programme Partnership</ins><del class="ministerial">Child Protection Plan</del>, in the majority of cases, a lead local authority will work in partnership with up to three neighbouring local authorities which will ensure impact is spread across a range of local areas, with differing levels of performance and demographics.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Wantage more like this
star this property answering member printed David Johnston more like this
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less than 2023-11-27T17:55:06.03Zmore like thismore than 2023-11-27T17:55:06.03Z
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less than 2024-03-26T16:40:15.693Zmore like thismore than 2024-03-26T16:40:15.693Z
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star this property label Biography information for David Johnston more like this
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star this property answering member constituency Wantage more like this
star this property answering member printed David Johnston more like this
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star this property label Biography information for David Johnston more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Ashley Dalton more like this
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star this property date less than 2022-01-07more like thismore than 2022-01-07
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Department for Education remove filter
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Schools: Ventilation more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish data gathered from the 350,000 carbon dioxide monitors distributed to schools across England from September 2021. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Twickenham more like this
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Munira Wilson more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-01-12more like thismore than 2022-01-12
star this property answer text <p><del class="ministerial">During the autumn term, the department provided CO₂ monitors to all state-funded education providers. This includes early years, schools, and further education providers, backed by £25 million in government funding. Further information on this can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/all-schools-to-receive-carbon-dioxide-monitors" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/all-schools-to-receive-carbon-dioxide-monitors</a>.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The department has now delivered on our public commitment with over 353,000 monitors delivered. The programme provided schools and other settings with sufficient monitors to take representative readings from across their estate. Feedback suggests that schools are finding the monitors helpful to manage ventilation and, in most education providers, existing ventilation measures are sufficient.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">CO₂ monitors are an additional measure which the department have rolled out to education providers to be used as a guide for where ventilation can be improved. This is not intended to create an additional burden on staff but is an extra tool to support education providers to improve ventilation. It is up to school leaders to decide how to best use them in their specific setting.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">On 2 January 2022, the department announced that 7000 air cleaning units are now being made available for mainstream state-funded providers, in addition to the 1000 units made available for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and alternative provision (AP) settings that we announced in November. Settings can apply for funded units via an online form. Applications are open until 9am on 17 January.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Before applying for a funded air cleaning unit, the following criteria must be met by mainstream education providers, as set out in the ‘How to apply for a Department for Education-funded air cleaning unit' guidance, which is available on the ventilation document sharing platform:</del></p><ul><li><del class="ministerial">Sustained high CO₂ readings: there have been sustained high CO₂ readings (1500ppm or higher) for at least 1 week while the room is occupied, despite taking all measures possible to introduce ventilation.</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">Lengthy remedial works required in order to address poor ventilation, that cannot be completed before the end of February 2022.</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">Suitable space: air cleaning units will be allocated for teaching spaces only.</del></li></ul><p><del class="ministerial">There are different criteria for SEND and AP settings due the higher-than-average number of vulnerable pupils attending those settings. For these education providers, air cleaning units will also be allocated to poorly ventilated staff rooms. The department will prioritise spaces with the poorest ventilation to receive units based on criteria such as CO₂ readings and occupation density.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The department has also launched an online marketplace which provides settings with a route to purchasing air cleaning units at a suitable specification and competitive price. Further information is available here: <a href="https://s107t01-webapp-v2-01.azurewebsites.net/list/air-cleaning" target="_blank">https://s107t01-webapp-v2-01.azurewebsites.net/list/air-cleaning</a>. In the future, the department may review this list and as more products which meet our specification become available, these will be added. All purchases through the marketplace are managed by the supplier, rather than by the department.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The CO2 monitors funded by the department do not automatically report readings, they are read manually by school staff. CO2 monitors are an additional measure which we are rolling out to education providers to be used as a guide for where ventilation can be improved. This is not intended to create an additional burden on staff but is an extra tool to support providers to improve ventilation. It is up to school leaders to decide how to best use them in their specific school, college or nursery.</ins></p>
star this property answering member constituency Worcester more like this
star this property answering member printed Mr Robin Walker more like this
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less than 2022-01-12T17:00:52.967Zmore like thismore than 2022-01-12T17:00:52.967Z
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less than 2022-01-25T12:13:06.22Zmore like thismore than 2022-01-25T12:13:06.22Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker more like this
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star this property answering member constituency Worcester more like this
star this property answering member printed Mr Robin Walker more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Munira Wilson more like this
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star this property date less than 2023-11-10more like thismore than 2023-11-10
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Department for Education remove filter
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Schools: Central Bedfordshire more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to support Central Bedfordshire Council with the transition from a three-tier to a two-tier school system. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Mid Bedfordshire more like this
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Alistair Strathern more like this
star this property uin 1410 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2023-11-23more like thismore than 2023-11-23
star this property answer text <p>Local Authorities can decide to transition from a three-tier to a two-tier school system. It is a Local Authority’s responsibility to manage such a transition. The Secretary of State is aware of some of the challenges faced, and recently met with parents, staff as well as representatives from the local community to discuss their concerns around delivering Central Bedfordshire Council’s transitional arrangements. The department’s role is to approve or decline changes to age ranges for schools that are academies. To date, the department has approved seven applications to support academies to become either primary or secondary schools.</p><p>The department provides capital funding through the Basic Need grant to support Local Authorities to meet their statutory duty to provide sufficient school places. While this funding is not designed to fund transitions from a three-tier to a two-tier system, the funding is not ringfenced, <del class="ministerial">therefore it is not subject to published conditions</del> <ins class="ministerial">subject to published conditions, </ins>and Local Authorities are free to use this funding to best meet their local priorities. Central Bedfordshire Council will receive just under £36.1 million for places needed between May 2022 and September 2026, paid across the five financial years from 2021/22 to 2025/26. This takes their total funding allocated between 2011 and 2026 to just under £121.3 million.</p><p> </p>
star this property answering member constituency East Hampshire more like this
star this property answering member printed Damian Hinds more like this
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less than 2023-11-23T12:45:44.11Zmore like thismore than 2023-11-23T12:45:44.11Z
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less than 2023-12-12T15:12:43.547Zmore like thismore than 2023-12-12T15:12:43.547Z
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star this property label Biography information for Damian Hinds more like this
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star this property answering member constituency East Hampshire more like this
star this property answering member printed Damian Hinds more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Damian Hinds more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Alistair Strathern more like this
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star this property date less than 2022-06-30more like thismore than 2022-06-30
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Department for Education remove filter
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Schools: Broadband and WiFi more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2022 to Question 256 on Schools: Digital Technology, what factors are used to determine a priority area; and if he will publish further details on the work being undertaken by his Department with commercial providers to accelerate gigabit capable broadband rollout to schools. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Wansbeck more like this
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Ian Lavery more like this
star this property uin 28421 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-07-22more like thismore than 2022-07-22
star this property answer text <p>Up to £150 million will be invested in our Connect the Classroom programme to upgrade schools that fall below our Wi-Fi connectivity standards in priority areas. At this time these are educational establishments within our 55 Education Investment Areas<ins class="ministerial"> (EIAs)</ins>, which include the places where attainment is currently weakest. <del class="ministerial">The qualifying criteria within these areas can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1051431/Education_Investment_Areas_selection_methodology.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1051431/Education_Investment_Areas_selection_methodology.pdf</a>.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">The qualifying criteria within these areas is:</ins></p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">All schools in our 24 Priority EIAs, as part of our intensive investment to address entrenched causes of underperformance and barriers to improvement; and</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">Those within EIAs below the Ofsted rating of Good, i.e. rated Requires Improvement or Inadequate at their last assessment. These schools are most in need of the benefits improved connectivity can offer, so that they have more tools at their disposal to ensure high-quality teaching and drive improvement.</ins></li></ul><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/education-investment-areas-selection-methodology" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/education-investment-areas-selection-methodology</a>.</ins></p></ins></p><p>Further details on the government’s separate programme to accelerate the rollout of gigabit-capable broadband to schools can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/thousands-of-rural-primary-schools-to-get-huge-broadband-upgrade" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/thousands-of-rural-primary-schools-to-get-huge-broadband-upgrade</a>.</p><p> </p>
star this property answering member constituency Colchester more like this
star this property answering member printed Will Quince more like this
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less than 2022-07-22T16:41:07.177Zmore like thismore than 2022-07-22T16:41:07.177Z
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less than 2022-08-16T09:32:42.733Zmore like thismore than 2022-08-16T09:32:42.733Z
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star this property label Biography information for Will Quince more like this
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star this property answering member constituency Colchester more like this
star this property answering member printed Will Quince more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Will Quince more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Ian Lavery more like this
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star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2023-04-17more like thismore than 2023-04-17
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Department for Education remove filter
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Schools: Blasphemy more like this
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask His Majesty's Government whether the new blasphemy guidance being developed by the Home Office and the Department for Education will be legally binding upon schools; how they are planning to make schools aware of their new responsibilities under that guidance; and how that guidance will be enforced. more like this
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Lord Godson more like this
star this property uin HL7123 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction true more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2023-04-28more like thismore than 2023-04-28
star this property answer text <p>In response to recent incidents, the Government has been clear that there is no blasphemy law in<ins class="ministerial"> Great Britain</ins><del class="ministerial"> the UK</del>. The Department has no plans to produce specific guidance on blasphemy for schools.</p><p>Head teachers are best placed to make the decisions on how to meet the needs of their pupils. In doing so, there are a range of considerations, supported by existing departmental guidance. This includes ensuring political impartiality and promoting respect and tolerance between people of different faiths and beliefs.</p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Baroness Barran more like this
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less than 2023-04-28T13:39:04.743Zmore like thismore than 2023-04-28T13:39:04.743Z
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less than 2023-06-08T12:00:36.203Zmore like thismore than 2023-06-08T12:00:36.203Z
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Godson more like this
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Department for Education remove filter
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unstar this property hansard heading Schools: Bible and Koran more like this
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star this property question text To ask His Majesty's Government whether (1) the National Curriculum, and (2) other guidance provided to schools, requires that copies of the Koran and the Bible should receive equal respect; and if not, what plans they have to ensure that they are treated equally. more like this
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Lord Pearson of Rannoch more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2023-03-27more like thismore than 2023-03-27
star this property answer text <p>Every school should actively promote mutual respect and tolerance for those of different faiths and beliefs. Amongst other criteria, Ofsted will inspect pupils’ knowledge of, and respect for, different people's faiths, feelings, and values.</p><p>All schools must offer a broad and balanced curriculum, which promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental, and physical development of pupils.</p><p>In response to recent incidents, the government has been repeatedly clear that there is no blasphemy law in<ins class="ministerial"> Great Britain</ins><del class="ministerial"> the United Kingdom</del>. The department has no plans to give specific guidance on the respect that should be shown to specific religious texts. However, the Home Office is drafting guidance on blasphemy incidents, which the department will support with as needed.</p> more like this
star this property answering member printed Baroness Barran more like this
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less than 2023-03-27T16:16:11.293Zmore like thismore than 2023-03-27T16:16:11.293Z
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less than 2023-05-15T09:53:11.653Zmore like thismore than 2023-05-15T09:53:11.653Z
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unstar this property label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch more like this
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star this property date less than 2023-06-19more like thismore than 2023-06-19
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Department for Education remove filter
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unstar this property hansard heading School Rebuilding Programme more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the number of school rebuilding programme projects that have experienced construction delays of more than one month in each of the last five years. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Exeter more like this
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Mr Ben Bradshaw more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2023-06-27more like thismore than 2023-06-27
star this property answer text <p>The Department is transforming buildings at 500 schools over the next decade as part of its School Rebuilding Programme. The construction programmes of building projects in all Department programmes is monitored by the Department through programme management and project delivery teams.</p><p>In the four school rebuilding projects which have been completed, three were delayed more than a month against initial forecasts. These initial programme forecasts were made ahead of the impact of significant events that could not have been reasonably predicted and that affected the global market.</p><p>The Department has continuously improved its approach to building schools since the Sebastian James’ review. This identified that the Building Schools for the Future programme, introduced under the last Government in 2004, was overly bureaucratic and not designed to target poor condition, did not support high and consistent quality, did not use standardised specifications that work for education, and did not deliver value for money and economies of scale from central procurement and delivery, which are all things that are now prioritised when building schools.</p><p>Under the Priority School Building Programme (PSBP) this Government launched in 2014, whole schools were built<del class="ministerial"> at</del> one third <ins class="ministerial">cheaper</ins><del class="ministerial"> of the cost</del> per square metre on average than schools built under the Building Schools for the Future Programme. The Department has further built on this success in its School Rebuilding Programme, which is exceeding delivery timescales compared to PSBP, while delivering schools that will be net zero in operation. The Infrastructure and Project Authority has highlighted that our progress is very good.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton more like this
star this property answering member printed Nick Gibb more like this
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less than 2023-06-27T16:39:14.433Zmore like thismore than 2023-06-27T16:39:14.433Z
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star this property answering member printed Nick Gibb more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw more like this