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43234

registered interest
date	14/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) converter academies and (b) maintained schools received a (i) higher and (ii) lower Ofsted inspection result than they had received in their previous inspections in (A) 2010-11, (B) 2011-12 and (C) 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	192215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2014 answer text <p>In January this year, the Department for Education published an analysis of Ofsted inspection outcomes for converter academies and maintained schools in the report ‘Performance of converter academies in 2012 to 2013'[1]. It showed that in 2012/13 converter academies previously rated as either ‘good' or 'satisfactory' were more likely to improve their rating than local authority (LA) maintained mainstream schools, and also showed converter academies previously rated as ‘outstanding' were more likely to retain that rating than LA maintained mainstream schools.</p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/performance-of-converter-academies-in-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/performance-of-converter-academies-in-2012-to-2013</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 20/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

42478

registered interest
date	11/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the names are of the free school projects proposed to open in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 that have been cancelled or withdrawn; and what the pre-opening expenditure was for each of those projects.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	191590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>The revenue funding provided to free schools that opened, or projects that planned to open, in 2011 and 2012 is published online:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenue-expenditure-for-free-schools" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenue-expenditure-for-free-schools</a>.</p><p>This publication includes pre-opening expenditure levels. When a project is cancelled or withdrawn, the Department for Education seeks to reclaim as much pre-opening expenditure as possible.</p><p>The publication will be updated shortly to include free schools that opened, or projects that planned to open, in 2013.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

44528

registered interest
date	21/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to designate the New Schools Network as a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	193278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p>There are no plans to designate the New Schools Network as a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

78441

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of applications her Department has received for free schools in districts experiencing a high or severe need for extra primary school places in the present academic year.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	206385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>As reported in the National Audit Office review of free schools, 70% of free schools have opened in areas where there was a need for additional school places.</p><p>Based on data provided by local authorities in May 2013, nine authorities were projected to have high or severe basic need for more primary school places in the 2013/14 academic year. Between May 2010 and May 2014, the Department for Education received a total of 34 applications to open primary free schools in these areas. This represents 8% of all primary free school applications received over the same period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 21/07/2014 16:00:21 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

78444

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a list of all free schools that are planned to open in September 2014 that still have places available before they reach their planned admission number; and how many places at each such school are currently available.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	206386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>Information about the number of children on roll in free schools will be collected during the January school census and published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 21/07/2014 15:57:42 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

78445

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which free school projects pre-approved to open in September 2014 have since been (a) cancelled or withdrawn and (b) delayed; and what the pre-opening expenditure was for each such project.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	206387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>Since 2011, 174 new free schools have opened across the country and around a further 80 are on course to open in September 2014. While free school proposers will have a preferred date for opening their school, the Department for Education does not approve projects to open in any specific year.</p><p> </p><p>The projects aiming to open in September 2014 or beyond that have been withdrawn are:</p><p>1. Inspirar Academy</p><p>2. Marco Polo Academy</p><p>3. Oasis Community School Walthamstow</p><p>4. On Track Chiltern</p><p>5. Phoenix Free School of Oldham</p><p>6. The Advance School</p><p>7. Transforming Lives for Good</p><p>No project was specifically approved to open in September 2014.</p><p>Once the costs are finalised, the Department publishes the pre-opening expenditure for each free school project on the Departmental website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 21/07/2014 15:58:29 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

78446

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the size is of the (a) external and (b) internal play area on the (i) temporary and (ii) permanent site of each free school that is (A) open and (B) planning to open in September 2014.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	206388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Education does not collect this information and it could only be collated at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department ensures that every free school has access to sufficient play and sports space either on- or off-site.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 21/07/2014 15:37:41 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham