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749918

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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	Her Majesty's Government how many academies there are in North-West England.
tabling member printed	Lord Fearn
uin	HL603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>As at 1 July 2017 there were 566 academies, free schools, studio schools and University Technical Colleges (UTCs) in the North West region of England. The breakdown of these is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>North West</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academy Converter</p></td><td><p>361</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sponsor Led Academy</p></td><td><p>151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Free School</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Studio School</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UTC</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>566</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>As at 1 July 2017 there were 6,925 academies, free schools, studio schools and UTCs in England</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academy Converter</p></td><td><p>4,615</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sponsor Led Academy</p></td><td><p>1,878</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Free School</p></td><td><p>346</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Studio School</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UTC</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>6,925</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 21/07/2017 09:28:10 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	488 label Biography information for Lord Fearn

621880

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 14 March (HL7000, HL7001 and HL7002), when they expect to publish the outcome of the public consultation, particularly in relation to the issues raised in the 2015 Annual Report of the Office of the Chief Schools Adjudicator.
tabling member printed	Baroness Pinnock
uin	HL2686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government has not undertaken a consultation on this matter as yet. We are considering possible changes to the admissions system; any changes will be subject to a full statutory process.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 01/11/2016 13:24:25 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4341 label Biography information for Baroness Pinnock

600480

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
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 are the current arrangements for a pupil moving from an academy school to a non-academy school, and whether the academy school is obliged to notify the local authority and the receiving school.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL2233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>Parents can apply for a place at any school, at any time.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2012, local authorities have no longer been required to coordinate admissions outside the normal admissions round and parents can apply directly to the admissions authority of their preferred school.</p><p> </p><p>Under whatever circumstance, when a child is taken off a school’s register, the school must inform the relevant local authority. Where it is apparent that the child is moving schools, it must also inform the local authority of the school the child is moving to.</p><p> </p><p>Similarly, when a school receives an in-year application, it is required to notify the local authority of the outcome of that application, even if the child cannot be admitted.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 04/11/2016 13:50:32 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

592898

registered interest
date	03/10/2016
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 consideration they have given to allowing the parents of children born prematurely to nominate their child’s due date, rather than the actual date of birth, when applying for school places.
tabling member printed	Baroness Humphreys
uin	HL2024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>We have announced our intention to support summer born children by allowing them to delay entry to the reception year until they are five and for those children to remain with that cohort as they progress through school.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this work we are giving careful consideration to how we can best implement any new arrangements we might put in place, and how we can best support premature children into school.</p><p> </p><p>We want to support these children in the best way we can, however, it is important that we take the time to consider the wider impact of any policy changes.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 17/10/2016 16:24:30 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4300 label Biography information for Baroness Humphreys

470662

registered interest
date	14/03/2016
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 action they are taking in response to Main Finding 4 of the 2014 Annual Report of the Chief Schools Adjudicator relating to the admission arrangements of schools that are their own admission authority.
tabling member printed	Baroness Pinnock
uin	HL7000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department is giving careful consideration to the findings in the Chief Schools Adjudicator’s annual reports published in December 2014 and November 2015 as part of our current review of the School Admissions Code. We will be conducting a full public consultation in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL7001 HL7002 question first answered 17/03/2016 16:30:55 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4341 label Biography information for Baroness Pinnock

470663

registered interest
date	14/03/2016
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 action they are taking in response to Main Finding 5 of the 2014 Annual Report of the Chief Schools Adjudicator relating to admission priority to Reception Year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Pinnock
uin	HL7001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department is giving careful consideration to the findings in the Chief Schools Adjudicator’s annual reports published in December 2014 and November 2015 as part of our current review of the School Admissions Code. We will be conducting a full public consultation in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL7000 HL7002 question first answered 17/03/2016 16:30:55 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4341 label Biography information for Baroness Pinnock

470664

registered interest
date	14/03/2016
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 action they are taking in response to the findings of the 2015 Annual Report of the Chief Schools Adjudicator, and in particular its conclusion that "the application of fair access protocol procedures for children with special needs mostly works effectively. However, a small minority of schools do not co-operate fully and delay or strongly resist the admission of a child".
tabling member printed	Baroness Pinnock
uin	HL7002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department is giving careful consideration to the findings in the Chief Schools Adjudicator’s annual reports published in December 2014 and November 2015 as part of our current review of the School Admissions Code. We will be conducting a full public consultation in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL7000 HL7001 question first answered 17/03/2016 16:30:55 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4341 label Biography information for Baroness Pinnock

458645

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
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 how they ensure that schools comply with their admission policies, and what action they take when a school is found to be admitting pupils in contravention of their admission policy.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL6797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>All state funded schools are required to comply with the statutory School Admissions Code when setting and applying their admission arrangements. Once admission arrangements have been determined, anyone who believes they are unfair or unlawful may make an objection to the Schools Adjudicator.</p><p> </p><p>When allocating places, admission authorities must ensure they do so strictly in accordance with their published admissions criteria.</p><p> </p><p>Any parent who is refused a place at a school for which they have applied has the right to appeal to an independent appeal panel. If the panel finds that the school’s admission arrangements were unlawful and had not been applied properly in the individual’s case, the appeal must be upheld and the admission authority must admit the child.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 15/03/2016 14:00:36 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

457948

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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 assessment they have made of the current availability of school places.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL6766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities are rising to the challenge of creating new school places where they are needed – 445,000 new places were added between 2010 and 2014, with many more delivered since then. This was supported by £5 billion of funding allocated to local authorities to create new places between 2011 and 2015.</p><p>Supporting local authorities in their responsibility to ensure sufficient school places in their area remains one of this Government’s top priorities. That is why we have committed to investing £23 billion in school buildings between now and 2021 to create a further 600,000 new places, open 500 new schools and address essential maintenance needs.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/03/2016 12:31:59 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

457949

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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 assessment they have made of how many new school places will be required over the next ten years.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL6767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>Pupil forecasts based on Office for National Statistics population projections have been published to 2024 and they suggest that pupil numbers are due to rise significantly over that period. Local authorities are responsible for ensuring that there are sufficient school places to meet that need, and for determining precisely how many new places are needed in their area.</p><p> </p><p>We allocate funding for new school places to local authorities three years in advance in order to balance the need for robust forecasts with the need to ensure certainty for local authorities over their future funding allocations. Supporting local authorities to create additional school places is one of the Government’s top priorities. This is signalled by this Government’s commitment to investing £23 billion by 2021 to create 600,000 new school places, open 500 new free schools and address essential maintenance needs.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 15/03/2016 13:59:56 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath