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454137

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Ministerial Policy Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) policy and (b) other responsibilities are of each special adviser in her Department.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	27950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>All of the special advisers support the Secretary of State and Ministerial team across the full range of departmental business, reflecting the role description set out in the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/468340/CODE_OF_CONDUCT_FOR_SPECIAL_ADVISERS_-_15_OCTOBER_2015_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/468340/code_of_conduct_for_special_advisers_-_15_october_2015_final.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/03/2016 17:10:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

454138

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's wellness strategy is.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	27929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education has a range of policies, procedures and other materials to promote and support the health and wellbeing of its employees.</p><p>The Department’s Wellbeing Group runs regular events and campaigns to raise awareness of the importance of wellbeing. There is also a wellbeing week and an annual wellbeing award that recognises not just the promotion of wellbeing, but also how it has improved the wellbeing of others.</p><p>An Employee Assistance Programme is available to all staff and provides support, information, and advice on a range of issues, including health and wellbeing, problems at work, relationships, legal matters, debt management. Telephone and face to face counselling is also available.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/03/2016 17:29:56 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

454139

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
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, whether she has discussed the study, The impact of classroom design on pupils' learning, by Professor Barrett of Salford University, with her counterparts in the devolved administrations; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
uin	27897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not discussed the study, The Impact of Classroom Design on Pupils' Learning, by Professor Barrett of Salford University, with her counterparts in the devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/03/2016 17:15:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan

454141

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	English Baccalaureate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the total number of students enrolled in the English Baccalaureate in each year since its inception; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	28053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>Information on the percentage of pupils entered for the components of the English Baccalaureate between 2009/10 and 2014/15 is published in the Statistical First Release “Revised GCSE and equivalent results in England: 2014 to 2015”. [1]</p><p> </p><p>[1] 2014/15 revised table can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/494052/SFR01_2016_National_Tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/494052/SFR01_2016_National_Tables.xlsx</a>. (Table 1b)</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/02/2016 18:22:03 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 47563 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

454324

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Education: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will take steps to ensure that there is equality of educational achievement between girls and boys in schools.
tabling member constituency	Lewes
tabling member printed	Maria Caulfield
uin	27848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>Evidence shows that girls outperform boys on average at the end of primary and secondary school. The attainment of boys has been improving in primary school: in 2015, 77% of boys achieved the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics at the end of key stage 2, compared to 71% in 2012. Nonetheless, more remains to be done to raise levels of achievement amongst boys at all key stages.</p><p>While girls have higher attainment, they are still less likely than boys to pursue further study beyond the end of secondary school in subjects such as mathematics and physics – although the number of girls entered for A levels in these particular subjects has risen by 13 percent and 16 percent respectively since 2010.</p><p>In addressing these issues, we have placed high expectations at the heart of our school system through our new curriculum and reformed exams – and our new accountability system will reward those schools that encourage every child, boys and girls alike, to achieve their best. We are committed to delivering educational excellence everywhere so that every child, regardless of gender or background, can reach their potential.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/03/2016 17:19:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield

453706

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
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 her Department has made of the effect on teachers' workloads of the new system for assessment of pupils' achievement in reading, writing and mathematics at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	27663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>We have made removing unnecessary workload a priority so that the efforts of teachers are focused on teaching. Our primary assessment reforms have been designed to put arrangements for the majority of classroom assessment back into the hands of the school and to reduce the tracking burdens that national curriculum levels encouraged. We believe schools are best placed to decide how to assess pupils in line with their curriculum and that over time this should lead to a reduction in teacher workload.</p><p> </p><p>Following the introduction of the new national curriculum and the removal of levels, we have developed new forms of statutory assessment at the end of Key Stages 1 and 2. The duty to report assessment at these points remains unchanged from previous years. We do recognise, however, that in this first year the new forms of assessment are used pupils and teachers will be adapting their approach. The best way to prepare pupils remains to focus on teaching the new national curriculum, which schools have been doing since September 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the introduction of our important reforms to primary assessment, we have worked closely with teachers and head teachers and continue to listen to the concerns of the profession as the details of the new arrangements are finalised. We are working constructively with the teaching profession and their representatives to find solutions to some of the remaining issues.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 01/03/2016 16:52:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

453711

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
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, for what reason her Department did not give one year's notice of the new system for assessment of pupils' achievement in reading, writing and mathematics at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	27668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>The new national curriculum tests at Key Stages 1 and 2 were first announced in March 2014, and since then we have provided schools with further information to help them adapt to the assessment arrangements. In addition to sample questions published in summer 2014, complete sample tests were published in summer 2015 to give primary schools nearly a year of lead-in time to ensure their pupils are adequately prepared.</p><p> </p><p>The new interim teacher assessment frameworks ay Key Stages 1 and 2 were published in September 2015 and were therefore provided at the start of the academic year in time for use this summer. Our public consultation on the frameworks received a large volume of diverse feedback, which we wanted to give proper consideration before introducing the important change for schools. Recent publications in January and February 2016 did not announce any change to assessment arrangements, but provided example materials to support teachers in making teacher assessment judgements.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 01/03/2016 16:54:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

453712

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the findings in the Chief Schools Adjudicator for England's 2015 Annual Report, published in December 2015, what assessment she has made of the effect of the level of the religious oversubscription criteria used by some schools on parents applying to such schools.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	27603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government will shortly consult on a package of changes to the School Admissions Code. These changes will respond to concerns from parents and to the findings within the Chief Adjudicator’s Annual Reports. These changes will include measures to improve fairness and transparency.</p><p> </p><p>Admission authorities for all state-funded schools, including schools with a religious character, are required to comply with the Code. This includes a requirement that ‘the practices and the criteria used to decide the allocation of school places are fair, clear and objective’.</p><p> </p><p>The Code is clear that parents have a right to object to a school’s admission policy. Where an objection is made and the adjudicator finds that the admission arrangements are unclear, or unfair, or that they otherwise fail to comply with the Code, the admission authority is required by law to change them. The deadline for objections is set many months in advance of the closing date for school applications. This ensures that any admission arrangements which breach the Code can be amended to comply before parents apply for a place.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/03/2016 15:57:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

453149

registered interest
date	19/02/2016
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that local authorities, free schools and academies uphold the Armed Forces Covenant in relation to school admissions.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	27482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>All admission authorities and local authorities have a legal duty to comply with the School Admissions Code, which in response to the Armed Forces Covenant, includes a number of provisions intended to ensure that children of UK service personnel are not disadvantaged as a result of their mobility when applying for a school place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/02/2016 14:45:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

453156

registered interest
date	19/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Admissions
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 implications for her policies of the recommendation in the Chief Schools Adjudicator for England's Annual Report, published in December 2015, that her Department should clarify what is expected in guidance produced by relevant religious authorities for schools which give priority on the grounds of religion in their admission arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	27468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>Admission authorities for all state-funded schools, including schools with a religious character, are required to comply with the School Admissions Code. This includes a requirement that ‘parents should be able to look at a set of arrangements and understand easily how places for that school will be allocated’.</p><p>We support the right of schools with a religious designation to prioritise children of their faith. The code requires such schools, as a minimum, to prioritise looked after and previously looked after children of their faith ahead of other children. We have no plans to change this requirement.</p><p>The code can only be applied to bodies within the education sector. It cannot place requirements upon religious bodies. It does, however, require that when schools with a religious designation adopt admission criteria which prioritise children based on their faith, the schools must take account of religious activities as laid out by their religious authority.</p><p>Compliance with the code is enforced by the Schools Adjudicator. Where an objection is made and the adjudicator finds that the arrangements are unclear, unfair, or that they otherwise fail to comply with the code, the admission authority is required by law to change the policy.</p><p>The Government will shortly consult on a package of changes to the code which will both respond to the findings within the Chief Adjudicator’s Annual Reports and concerns raised by parents. That package will include measures to improve fairness and transparency.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 27466 27469 question first answered 14/03/2016 15:56:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff