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758125

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sign Language: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will encourage exam boards to offer GCSEs in British Sign Language.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	9014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>At present, there are no plans to introduce any further GCSEs beyond those to which the Government has already committed.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/09/2017 14:27:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

758130

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Educational Institutions: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) further education colleges which are clad in flammable substances.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	9052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is taking the impact from the tragic Grenfell Tower fire very seriously. Building owners across the public sector estate have been contacted to ensure any risks are managed and dealt with appropriately and promptly. As set out in our anouncement of 13 July, we have contacted all bodies responsible for fire safety – including in schools and FE colleges - instructing them to carry out checks to identify any buildings which may require further investigation.</p><p>Two schools to date – one a secondary school, one a primary special school - where Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding has been identified and tested, have been alerted to the results. Five FE colleges have been identified as having ACM cladding – in one case, the building affected is shared with a university.</p><p>All these school and college buildings have been inspected by the Fire and Rescue Service - who confirmed appropriate measures are in place to mitigate the risks from potential fire. The buildings have now been declared safe for use. We are continuing to work closely with the schools concerned to support them and ensure all the necessary steps are taken to ensure the continued safety of the buildings.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/09/2017 16:59:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

758135

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	English Language and Literature: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to schools and examination boards on whether English language and English literature should be (a) taught, (b) examined and (c) reflected in school tables separately; and what the practice is of state schools.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	9252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Schools have the freedom to plan their curriculum time to best meet the need of their pupils and it is the decision of individual schools whether English language and English literature are taught separately or together.</p><p>The Department believes that the two subjects should be examined separately as the previous combined English GCSE did not allow pupils to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding in either English language or English literature in sufficient depth or breadth.</p><p>English language and English literature are counted separately in the performance tables as separate qualifications. In 2016, Progress 8 was introduced as a headline measure of secondary school performance to compare the progress pupils make across eight subjects. Progress 8 focuses on an academic core, and both English language and English literature can be double weighted to signify their importance. In order to qualify for double weighting in English, a pupil needs to be entered to sit both GCSE English language and GCSE English literature. If a pupil sits both qualifications, the highest grade achieved in either GCSE English language or GCSE English literature will be double weighted for the English element of Progress 8.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/09/2017 16:58:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

758139

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment she has made of the levels of educational attainment in (a) Northamptonshire and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	9274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department publishes information related to attainment at a national, regional and local authority level across Key stages 2 and 4 and for 16-18 year olds.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent data can be found at the following links:</p><p>Key Stage 2:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-curriculum-assessments-key-stage-2-2017-provisional" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-curriculum-assessments-key-stage-2-2017-provisional</a></p><p>Key Stage 4 (GCSEs)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>and A-level and other 16 to 18 results</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2015-to-2016-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2015-to-2016-revised</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/09/2017 14:40:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

758141

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers have been trained to teach the computing curriculum; and what the average length and cost was of such training.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	9271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Statistics regarding the number of trainees completing Initial Teacher Training (ITT) in Computing can be found in tables 6 and 6a of the ITT Performance Profiles: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-performance-profiles-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-performance-profiles-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p>Postgraduate ITT programmes typically last for one year full time, and undergraduate programmes for three or four years full time.</p><p>The Government offers bursaries of £25,000 to postgraduate Computing trainee teachers with at least a 2:2 degree, and these trainees are also able to access student finance including tuition fee loans. We provide funding of up to £23,900 to schools which employ Computing trainee teachers on the School Direct (salaried) route.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/09/2017 14:30:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

757609

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	ICT: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools teach computing at key stage 3.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	8814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>We do not hold data on the number of schools that teach computing at Key Stage 3.</p><p> </p><p>Computing is compulsory at Key Stage 3 in state maintained schools. Academies and free schools do not have to follow the National Curriculum, but may still offer computing as part of their own curriculum and may use the computing curriculum as a benchmark.</p><p> </p><p>We do hold Key Stage 4 data. In 2016, 62,703 pupils entered the Computer studies/Computing in GCSE[1], with entries in 2,405 schools[2].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2015-to-2016</a> (Subject time series table).</p><p> </p><p>[2] Based on Key stage 4 qualification and subject data, available at: <a href="https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-data" target="_blank">https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-data</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/09/2017 14:37:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

759066

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the retention of teachers.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	900755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The 2016 School Workforce Census shows teacher retention rates have remained stable for teachers over the first five years of their careers. We recognised the problem of unnecessary workload when we launched the Workload Challenge in 2014. Our responses to this and the 2016 Teacher Workload Survey set out comprehensive programmes of action to be taken. We continue our extensive work with the profession, teaching unions and Ofsted to support the retention of teachers.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/09/2017 15:49:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

755728

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Disciplinary Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers have been disciplined under section 406 of the Education Act 1996 in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	6982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Decisions on whether to discipline teachers are a matter for their employers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not, therefore, hold any data on how many teachers are subject to disciplinary proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/09/2017 14:26:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

756934

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Relationships and Sex Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 28 June 2017 to Question 854 on sex and relationship education, if she will provide an update on the engagement process for statutory guidance on relationships and sex education.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	8201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>We will announce shortly further details on the wider engagement process. This will set out how we will build evidence from schools, parents, younger people and other organisations to shape draft statutory guidance, which will then be subject to public consultation.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/09/2017 16:59:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

757067

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Curriculum Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of year 6 SATs on the mental health of 11 year olds in (a) Hull West and Hessle constituency and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	8445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Statutory assessments at the end of Key Stage 2 are a fundamental element of our primary education system. They enable teachers and parents to identify the areas in which individual pupils might require additional support so they can succeed at secondary school and help us to hold primary schools to account for the education they provide. However, statutory assessments in primary schools are not high stakes for individual pupils and are not designed to cause them stress or anxiety. National Curriculum tests undergo a robust three year development process which takes account of pupils’ experiences of the tests through large scale representative trialling and review by teachers, head teachers and assessment and inclusion experts.</p><p>Schools should encourage all pupils to work hard and achieve well, but we do not recommend that they devote excessive preparation time for assessments and certainly not at the expense of a pupil’s wellbeing. We continue to trust teachers to administer tests in a way that does not put undue pressure on pupils. Schools should provide appropriate support as part of a whole school approach to supporting the wellbeing and resilience of pupils. We would encourage schools to ensure that any child experiencing high levels of stress speaks to their teachers or school counsellors.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/09/2017 18:13:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy