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1381768

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many National Leaders of Education (NLEs) have been trained over the last twelve months.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	81074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>Over the past 12 months, National Leaders of Education (NLE) and multi-academy trust (MAT) leaders have been trained to support this year’s Trust and School Improvement Offer. As at 25 November 2021, there are 234 NLEs and 93 MAT leaders supporting schools and trusts as part of the offer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 30/11/2021 13:31:21 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1381771

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Discipline
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have been supported by the Behaviour Hubs programme as of 24 November 2021.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	81075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>Since April 2021, the £10 million behaviour hubs programme has supported 22 lead schools and two multi-academy trusts (MATs), who have been working with 34 partner schools and two MATs. A second cohort of 41 partner schools and two MATs have been recruited and their induction took place in September 2021.</p><p>Of the £10 million funding, around 70% is being used to fund teachers’ and senior leaders’ time to engage with the programme and implement action plans. The remainder is being used to contract behaviour and programme delivery experts to develop and deliver specialist training and resources for schools.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 81076 question first answered 30/11/2021 12:36:04 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1381775

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Discipline
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of the £10 million funding for Behaviour Hubs has been allocated to schools as of 24 November 2021.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	81076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>Since April 2021, the £10 million behaviour hubs programme has supported 22 lead schools and two multi-academy trusts (MATs), who have been working with 34 partner schools and two MATs. A second cohort of 41 partner schools and two MATs have been recruited and their induction took place in September 2021.</p><p>Of the £10 million funding, around 70% is being used to fund teachers’ and senior leaders’ time to engage with the programme and implement action plans. The remainder is being used to contract behaviour and programme delivery experts to develop and deliver specialist training and resources for schools.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 81075 question first answered 30/11/2021 12:36:04 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1381785

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Arts: Secondary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential contribution of the arts and creative development subjects to secondary school pupils' education recovery following disruption caused by the covid-19 outbreak; and, with reference to page 4 of the costings document for the Conservative and Unionist Party manifesto 2019, if he will make it his policy to deliver an arts premium to secondary schools in (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) 2023-24; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	80949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>The government is committed to high-quality education for all pupils, and the arts and music are integral to this. With the significant impact of COVID-19 on children’s learning, the department’s priorities have inevitably had to focus on education recovery in the recent Spending Review. The government remains committed to the ambitions in the Plan for Cultural Education published in 2013, and will give consideration for a future arts premium in due course.</p><p>In recognition of the merit of these subjects and how they contribute to a broad and balanced education in and out of school settings, the department will continue to invest around £115 million per annum in cultural education over the next three years, though our music, arts and heritage programmes.</p><p>With the real terms per pupil increases to core school funding and the additional £1 billion new funding announced specifically for recovery, schools will continue to have the flexibility to deliver a broad and ambitious curriculum and enrichment activities.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 30/11/2021 13:05:33 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1381821

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new schools have opened since July 2019; and how many of those have been free schools.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	81077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>The government’s free schools programme has delivered hundreds of new schools and provided thousands of high-quality new school places across the country.</p><p>Since July 2019, a total of 392 new state-funded schools have opened (including sponsored and converted academies), of which 169 are new free schools. These include mainstream, special and alternative provision, and 16-19 free schools. These schools will create more than 86,000 places at capacity.</p><p>Information about all schools in England is publicly available at: <a href="https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 01/12/2021 13:05:56 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1381873

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools involved in Phase 1 of the School Rebuilding Programme have had construction work formally begin.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	81079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>The first 100 schools were announced earlier this year on gov.uk, along with the methodology for selection. This can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-rebuilding-programme-first-50-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-rebuilding-programme-first-50-schools</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-rebuilding-programme-second-set-of-50-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-rebuilding-programme-second-set-of-50-schools</a>. The projects are all progressing through either the feasibility stage or the procurement, design and planning stage. Construction has started at 7 schools.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 01/12/2021 13:13:48 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1381203

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Arts: Education
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 potential merits of introducing a specific arts premium in the education system.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	80362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>The government is committed to high-quality education for all pupils, and the arts and music are integral to this. With the significant impact of COVID-19 on children’s learning, the department’s priorities have inevitably had to focus on education recovery in the recent Spending Review. The government remains committed to the ambitions in the Plan for Cultural Education published in 2013, and will give consideration for a future arts premium in due course</p><p>In recognition of the merit of these subjects and how they contribute to a broad and balanced education in and out of school settings, the department will continue to invest around £115 million per annum in cultural education over the next three years, though our music, arts and heritage programmes.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 30/11/2021 12:06:26 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1381443

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Non-teaching Staff: Schools and Local Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has undertaken or commissioned a study or review of the capacity and effectiveness of (a) school based and (b) local authority based educational support staff.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	80299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2021 answer text <p>In 2019, the department commissioned research about the use and effects of teaching assistants in primary and secondary mainstream schools. The research was published in June 2019 and is available on the government’s website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-deployment-of-teaching-assistants-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-deployment-of-teaching-assistants-in-schools</a>.</p><p>The research explores models of deployment in a range of primary and secondary mainstream schools in England, including the factors that affect deployment and reasons for changes to deployment.</p><p>Schools have the freedom to make decisions about the recruitment, training, use and pay for teaching assistants, according to their own circumstances.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 26/11/2021 12:49:48 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1381444

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Non-teaching Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) teaching assistants and (b) other educational focused support staff employed in schools in England in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	80300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2021 answer text <p>Information on the number of staff, including teaching assistants and other support staff, employed in state-funded schools in England is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p>In 2020/21, the full-time equivalent of 271,370 people were working as teaching assistants in state-funded schools in England. This figure is 49,889 (equivalent to 22.5%) higher than in 2011/12.</p><p>'Teaching Assistants' comprises those support staff based in the classroom for learning and pupil support, for example higher level teaching assistants, teaching assistants, special needs support staff, nursery officers/assistants, minority ethnic pupils support staff and bilingual support assistants.</p><p>Special support assistants are included in the teaching assistant totals and special educational needs coordinator assistants are included in the administrative staff totals.</p><p>Information on the number of school-based support staff trained to aid children with special educational needs and disabilities is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 80301 question first answered 26/11/2021 14:23:43 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1381445

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school-based support staff are trained to aid children with special educational needs and disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	80301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2021 answer text <p>Information on the number of staff, including teaching assistants and other support staff, employed in state-funded schools in England is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p>In 2020/21, the full-time equivalent of 271,370 people were working as teaching assistants in state-funded schools in England. This figure is 49,889 (equivalent to 22.5%) higher than in 2011/12.</p><p>'Teaching Assistants' comprises those support staff based in the classroom for learning and pupil support, for example higher level teaching assistants, teaching assistants, special needs support staff, nursery officers/assistants, minority ethnic pupils support staff and bilingual support assistants.</p><p>Special support assistants are included in the teaching assistant totals and special educational needs coordinator assistants are included in the administrative staff totals.</p><p>Information on the number of school-based support staff trained to aid children with special educational needs and disabilities is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 80300 question first answered 26/11/2021 14:23:43 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham