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576409

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans for the hon. Member for Walsall North to receive a reply to his letter of 1 August 2016 on behalf of a constituent concerning the teaching of mathematics.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Mr David Winnick
uin	44903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>I can confirm that the Department has received the letter to which the Hon. Member refers. I have responded on behalf of the Secretary of State, and he will now have received this response.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/09/2016 13:57:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	316 label Biography information for Mr David Winnick

573422

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department issues guidance on the proportion of a school's annual budget it considers prudent for a school to hold as a cash balance.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	44117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>For maintained schools, local authorities have devolved responsibility for their funding and determine locally their balance control mechanisms. For academies, the Trustees determine the appropriate level of reserves that the Trust should hold in accordance with their responsibilities under Charity Law. The Department monitors the overall level of balances across the sector and keeps this under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/09/2016 13:43:03 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

542154

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Arts: GCSE
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 on uptake at secondary schools of (a) art, (b) drama, (c) music and (d) other arts subjects at GCSE of the introduction of the Ebacc target for GCSE attainment.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	43796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>The numbers and percentages of pupils in English state-funded schools entering GCSEs in art, drama, music and other arts subjects each academic year are published as part of the GCSE and equivalent results statistical first release.[1]</p><p> </p><p>Whilst JCQ exam entry data[2] shows a fall in GCSE entries to arts subjects this year, entries to arts subjects increased between 2013 and 2015.[3] The proportion of pupils in state-funded schools entering at least one GCSE in an arts subject has increased since the EBacc was first introduced, rising from 45.8% in 2011 to 49.6% in 2015.[4]</p><p> </p><p>On average, pupils in state-funded schools enter nine GCSEs and equivalent qualifications, rising to ten for more able pupils.[5] As the EBacc covers seven GCSEs, or eight for those pupils taking triple science, there continues to be room to study other subjects.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4</a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.jcq.org.uk/examination-results/gcses" target="_blank">http://www.jcq.org.uk/examination-results/gcses</a></p><p>[3] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4</a></p><p>[4] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473178/EBacc_and_non-EBacc_subject_entries_and_achievement.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473178/EBacc_and_non-EBacc_subject_entries_and_achievement.pdf</a></p><p>[5] <a href="https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/schools-by-type?step=phase&amp;geographic=all&amp;region=0&amp;phase=secondary&amp;for=Key%20stage%204%20performance&amp;basedon=Exam%20entries&amp;show=All%20pupils&amp;&amp;schoolTypeFilter=allSchools" target="_blank">https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/schools-by-type?step=phase&amp;geographic=all&amp;region=0&amp;phase=secondary&amp;for=Key%20stage%204%20performance&amp;basedon=Exam%20entries&amp;show=All%20pupils&amp;&amp;schoolTypeFilter=allSchools </a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/09/2016 13:47:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

542155

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
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, in which secondary school subjects her Department has been unable to recruit enough trainee teachers to fill the number of training places allocated in each of the last five years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	43795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s teacher recruitment targets for each academic year are calculated on an annual basis and take into account changes in the overall workforce from the previous year and wider economic changes that impact on retention and recruitment. Therefore the absolute targets change each year.</p><p> </p><p>The statistics at the following link show new entrants to initial teacher training (ITT) as a proportion of the targets, for each subject, for academic years 2011/12 to 2015/16. Proportions above 100 per cent represent an over recruitment and proportions below 100 per cent represent a shortfall in recruitment against the target in the year in question.</p><p> </p><p>The relevant statistics are available in Table 1c of the ‘Initial Teacher Training: trainee number census 2015 to 2016’, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p>Equivalent statistics for academic year 2016/17 are due to be published in November.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/09/2016 13:59:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

542156

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to introduce a government-run website for the purpose of advertising teacher vacancies so as to reduce the cost for schools of advertising such vacancies.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	43804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>In the March 2016 white paper, ‘Educational Excellence Everywhere’, the Department announced the following intention: “To reduce costs of recruitment for schools in a more challenging labour market, we will create simple web tools to enable schools to advertise vacancies more easily and a new, free national teacher vacancy website so that aspiring and current teachers can find posts quickly and easily – transforming the current system and reducing the burden on schools when budgets are tight”.</p><p> </p><p>Following the white paper publication, the Department has begun to deliver this in the way that meets the needs of schools and teachers and offers best value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/09/2016 16:08:42 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

542158

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
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, if she will make it policy to adopt a national assessment framework at Key Stage 3 in order to remove from schools the need to spend time writing their own assessment guidelines.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	43803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government removed the system of ‘levels’ used to report children’s attainment in September 2014 and has no plans to replace it. At Key Stages 1, 2 and 3, schools are expected to implement assessment systems that meet the needs of their pupils and takes account of their curriculum.</p><p> </p><p>Levels were only ever intended to be used for end of Key Stage statutory assessment but, over time, they came to dominate all assessment and have a damaging impact on teaching practice. Removing levels has put assessment back in the hands of schools and restored its real purpose of helping teachers to evaluate pupils’ understanding of curriculum content and plan lessons to support their progress. The removal of levels should also help to alleviate teacher workload over time by reducing the tracking burdens that levels encouraged.</p><p> </p><p>In order to support schools so that they can make the most of the freedoms created by the removal of levels, we set up the Commission on Assessment Without Levels. In 2015, the Commission published guidance for schools, which includes examples of best practice. This guidance can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/commission-on-assessment-without-levels-final-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/commission-on-assessment-without-levels-final-report</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/09/2016 16:11:26 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

542159

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to introduce the national funding formula for schools in England; and what plans she has for how that formula will be implemented.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	43802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>We recently announced that the new national funding formulae for schools and high needs will apply from 2018-19. We are determined to introduce this landmark reform and to get it right. It is important that there is wide and full consultation with schools and the education sector. We will bring forward proposals for full consultation in the autumn and we will work closely with the education sector over the coming months to understand their views and priorities for the national funding formula.</p><p> </p><p>The written Ministerial statement from the Secretary of State for Education is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/schools-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/schools-funding</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/09/2016 16:11:51 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

542170

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average cash balance held by schools in England as a percentage of their annual budget was on 31 March (a) 2015 and (b) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	43987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>The latest available revenue balances for Local Authority (LA) maintained schools are given in the table below. They are on an accruals rather than cash accounting basis. Equivalent figures for academies are not available as they report on academic years ending 31 August.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Total revenue balance<sup>1</sup> as a % of total revenue income<sup>2</sup> in LA maintained schools</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2014</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March 2015</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Consistent Financial Reporting survey</p><p>1. A school's total revenue balance is calculated from the combination of any unspent allocations and the cumulative balance of income minus expenditure from revenue funding sources during the financial year and any balances carried forward from previous years.</p><p>2. A school's total revenue income for the year includes all revenue funding available in the year as well as any additional income generated by the school. This does not include any revenue balances carried forward from previous years.</p><p> </p><p>These data are published annually, most recently in the Department’s Statistical Release LA and school expenditure: 2014 to 2015 financial year, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-education-and-childrens-services-spending-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-education-and-childrens-services-spending-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>Figures for 31 March 2016 will be published in December 2016.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/09/2016 13:36:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

542173

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
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, what new measures she is implementing to encourage take-up of teacher training.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	43944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>The latest published figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service show that teaching remains a hugely popular profession; nearly 28,000 people have been recruited to postgraduate teacher training courses in England in 2016/17, with several weeks of the recruitment cycle remaining.</p><p> </p><p>Our 2017/18 teacher recruitment marketing campaign will commence in the autumn and will feature a new television advert, alongside print, online and social media advertising. Forty recruitment events will take place across the country, and teaching will be promoted also at over thirty graduate fairs where our advisors will meet students, setting out the benefits of a career in teaching.</p><p> </p><p>To support recruitment in 2017/18, we will also be announcing a new package of financial incentives, including bursaries and scholarships to attract top graduates in priority subjects such as physics and maths, in early autumn.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we are spending up to £67 million on a programme of measures to upskill the existing maths and physics teaching workforce, and increase the number of new maths and physics specialists entering teaching. This package aims to recruit up to 2,500 new teachers and upskill up to 15,000 existing teachers over the term of this parliament.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/09/2016 13:30:57 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

540986

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
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, what steps she is taking to encourage professionals from the private sector to train as teachers.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	43671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>Professionals are an important source of new teachers and bring relevant knowledge and skills from their previous employment. In 2015/16, 45% of new entrants to initial teacher training (ITT) courses were aged 25 or over. To attract more potential career changers, our marketing campaign, Your Future | Their Future, uses a range of media including television advertising, national newspaper advertising and targeted digital and print communications.</p><p> </p><p>We provide support specifically for career changers to make the transition to teaching, especially in the subjects where they are needed most, including:</p><ul><li><p>The School Direct (salaried) route which is specifically targeted at career changers with three years’ work experience and allows them to earn a salary whilst they train to teach. We provide grant funding to schools to subsidise the costs of salary and training for trainees on this route.</p></li><li><p>Our new flexible routes pilot from September 2016, which will allow career changers to train as maths and physics teachers. The pilot, which is delivered by 18 School Direct lead schools, will test whether schools can attract more career changers by offering flexible training routes which meet the needs of different individuals.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition, career changers can access extensive support that is available for all ITT candidates. This includes bursaries or scholarships of up to £30,000 tax-free; advice and guidance from the expert advisers on the Get Into Teaching Line; help with arranging school experience to assist with their ITT application; and access to our free Train to Teach events.</p><p> </p><p>Those who wish to teach secondary biology, geography, mathematics, physics, chemistry, languages or computing are also eligible for our enhanced Premier Plus service. This includes tailored advice from a dedicated adviser, including the practicalities that often affect career changers, such as childcare funding. Applicants who wish to teach these subjects can also access funded Subject Knowledge Enhancement (SKE) courses, through which they can boost or refresh their subject knowledge.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/09/2016 13:52:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson