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1143107

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Truancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will respond to the petition entitled Stop treating school refusal as truancy hosted by 38 Degrees from Not Fine in School which calls for the creation of a new legal attendance / absence code that will measure the scale of school refusal.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	284511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department trusts schools to record, authorise and monitor attendance effectively and to work constructively with individual parents and pupils to improve school attendance where it is a problem.</p><p> </p><p>The law places a duty on parents to ensure that their child attends school regularly where the child is of compulsory school age and registered at a school. The Education Act 1996 also sets out the situations in which an absent pupil will not be taken to have failed to attend school regularly, such as where the child was prevented from attending due to illness.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises that mental health problems can have an impact on a pupil’s attendance and the guidance to schools is clear that they should authorise pupil absence due to illness (both physical and mental health related) unless they have genuine cause for concern about the veracity of an illness. If the authenticity of illness is in doubt, schools can request parents to provide medical evidence to support absence, but this is not mandatory.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory Special Educational Need and Disability Code of Practice sets out the approach that schools should take when staff notice an emerging issue, including mental health issues. Where more serious problems occur, schools should expect pupils and families to be able to access support from specialist services.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities must arrange suitable full-time education for children of compulsory school age who, because of illness, would not receive suitable education without such provision. The Department’s statutory guidance states that local authorities should provide such education as soon as it is clear that a child will be away from school for 15 days or more, whether consecutive or cumulative.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 284514 284778 question first answered 05/09/2019 16:32:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1143108

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Truancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the petition entitled Stop treating school refusal as truancy hosted by 38 Degrees from Not Fine in School, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a new legal attendance / absence code to measure the scale of school refusal.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	284778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department trusts schools to record, authorise and monitor attendance effectively and to work constructively with individual parents and pupils to improve school attendance where it is a problem.</p><p> </p><p>The law places a duty on parents to ensure that their child attends school regularly where the child is of compulsory school age and registered at a school. The Education Act 1996 also sets out the situations in which an absent pupil will not be taken to have failed to attend school regularly, such as where the child was prevented from attending due to illness.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises that mental health problems can have an impact on a pupil’s attendance and the guidance to schools is clear that they should authorise pupil absence due to illness (both physical and mental health related) unless they have genuine cause for concern about the veracity of an illness. If the authenticity of illness is in doubt, schools can request parents to provide medical evidence to support absence, but this is not mandatory.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory Special Educational Need and Disability Code of Practice sets out the approach that schools should take when staff notice an emerging issue, including mental health issues. Where more serious problems occur, schools should expect pupils and families to be able to access support from specialist services.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities must arrange suitable full-time education for children of compulsory school age who, because of illness, would not receive suitable education without such provision. The Department’s statutory guidance states that local authorities should provide such education as soon as it is clear that a child will be away from school for 15 days or more, whether consecutive or cumulative.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 284511 284514 question first answered 05/09/2019 16:32:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1143109

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Truancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that schools are consistent in their responses to cases of school refusal.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	284514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department trusts schools to record, authorise and monitor attendance effectively and to work constructively with individual parents and pupils to improve school attendance where it is a problem.</p><p> </p><p>The law places a duty on parents to ensure that their child attends school regularly where the child is of compulsory school age and registered at a school. The Education Act 1996 also sets out the situations in which an absent pupil will not be taken to have failed to attend school regularly, such as where the child was prevented from attending due to illness.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises that mental health problems can have an impact on a pupil’s attendance and the guidance to schools is clear that they should authorise pupil absence due to illness (both physical and mental health related) unless they have genuine cause for concern about the veracity of an illness. If the authenticity of illness is in doubt, schools can request parents to provide medical evidence to support absence, but this is not mandatory.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory Special Educational Need and Disability Code of Practice sets out the approach that schools should take when staff notice an emerging issue, including mental health issues. Where more serious problems occur, schools should expect pupils and families to be able to access support from specialist services.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities must arrange suitable full-time education for children of compulsory school age who, because of illness, would not receive suitable education without such provision. The Department’s statutory guidance states that local authorities should provide such education as soon as it is clear that a child will be away from school for 15 days or more, whether consecutive or cumulative.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 284511 284778 question first answered 05/09/2019 16:32:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1143826

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
	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 value of per pupil funding for secondary school pupils in July (a) 2016 and (b) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	285387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 285388 question first answered 09/09/2019 16:40:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1143827

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
	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 value of per pupil funding for primary school pupils in July (a) 2016 and (b) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	285388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 285387 question first answered 09/09/2019 16:40:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1171328

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Hove
	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 adequacy of funding for early years childcare providers in Hove.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	4423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government funds local authorities to deliver the early education entitlements. Last October we announced increases in hourly rates paid to local authorities for those entitlements for 2020-21.</p><p>In 2020-21, all local authorities will see an increase of 8p an hour to the hourly funding rates for the 2-year-old entitlement and an increase of 8p an hour for the vast majority of areas for the 3- and 4-year-old entitlement (including the Brighton and Hove local authority).</p><p>Details of rates paid to local authorities can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-funding-2020-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-funding-2020-2021</a></p><p>The Government is planning to spend more than £3.6 billion in 2020-21 to support these entitlements. Funding in 2021-22 and beyond will be determined at the next Spending Review.</p><p>The Department continues to monitor the market closely through a range of research projects which provide insight into various aspects of the childcare and provider market.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 4424 question first answered 21/01/2020 17:35:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1171329

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Hove
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to review funding levels for early years childcare providers in Hove.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	4424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government funds local authorities to deliver the early education entitlements. Last October we announced increases in hourly rates paid to local authorities for those entitlements for 2020-21.</p><p>In 2020-21, all local authorities will see an increase of 8p an hour to the hourly funding rates for the 2-year-old entitlement and an increase of 8p an hour for the vast majority of areas for the 3- and 4-year-old entitlement (including the Brighton and Hove local authority).</p><p>Details of rates paid to local authorities can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-funding-2020-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-funding-2020-2021</a></p><p>The Government is planning to spend more than £3.6 billion in 2020-21 to support these entitlements. Funding in 2021-22 and beyond will be determined at the next Spending Review.</p><p>The Department continues to monitor the market closely through a range of research projects which provide insight into various aspects of the childcare and provider market.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 4423 question first answered 21/01/2020 17:35:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1218229

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Secondary Education: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if guidance for the September 2020 reopening of secondary schools will be available to (a) local authorities and (b) other school providers by the end of this school term.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	65174
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>We want to get all children and young people back into education as soon as the scientific advice allows because it is the best place for them to learn, and because we know how important it is for their wellbeing to have social interactions with their teachers and friends. As such we have announced that all children will return to school from September.</p><p>The guidance on the full opening of schools can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/07/2020 15:21:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1328872

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	School Exclusions Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations of the Timpson Review of School Exclusion, published in May 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	8678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2021 answer text <p>Good behaviour and discipline in schools is crucial if children are to reach their full potential. The Department supports head teachers to use suspensions and expulsions when required as part of creating calm and disciplined classrooms that bring out the best in every pupil. Expulsion should only be used as a last resort, and expulsion from school should not mean exclusion from education.</p><p>Since the publication of the Timpson Review and agreeing the recommendations in principle, the Government has been pursuing a programme of work on school behaviour across the school system. In April we commenced the Behaviour Hubs programme, investing £10 million that will help schools to develop and sustain a culture where good behaviour is the norm. Training is also being reformed as part of the Early Career Framework, so that all new teachers will be shown how to effectively manage behaviour in their first two years in the profession from September 2021. The Department will continue to work with Ofsted to tackle the practice of ‘off-rolling’ which is an unacceptable practice. Additionally, the Department will be consulting on how to help head teachers remove phones in schools, and other revisions to the Department’s behaviour and discipline and expulsions guidance, later in the year.</p><p>The Department intends to go further and is committed to improving outcomes for children and young people in alternative provision who are most at risk of expulsion and disengaging from education. The Department will set out its plans in the forthcoming SEND review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/06/2021 10:43:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1328879

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2021
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Assessments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to prevent the teacher-assessed grading process in the 2020-21 academic year leading to legal disputes.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	8679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>Parents and pupils can have confidence in the grades awarded this summer. Teachers are being supported to assess their students, including through clear guidance published by the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ): <a href="https://www.jcq.org.uk/summer-2021-arrangements/" target="_blank">https://www.jcq.org.uk/summer-2021-arrangements/</a>. The JCQ guidance provides detailed information to schools and colleges on the grading process and the range of support that Awarding Organisations have and will continue to provide. The Department trusts teachers’ judgements as they are best placed to understand the content students have covered, their students’ performance and how they compare to other students this year and in previous years. Teacher assessed grades will allow results to reflect the knowledge students have acquired based on what they have been taught, recognising the variability in teaching that some young people have experienced.</p><p> </p><p>To further support teachers, a robust quality assurance process is in place. There will be a process for both internal and external quality assurance to support teachers to do what is needed, ensure as much consistency as possible and reduce the risk of any malpractice. Head teachers will have to confirm to the exam boards that the requirements for quality assurance have been met at the time of submitting the grades for their centre.</p><p> </p><p>Students should feel confident in their teacher assessed grades, but an appeals system will be in place as a safety net in exceptional circumstances, for example, where an error has been made and not identified in the earlier parts of the process.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/06/2021 10:39:59 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle