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1684013

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Literacy and Numeracy: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative estimate she has made of levels of (a) literacy and (b) numeracy with European countries in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	10737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>​​England participates in several studies that compare reading and mathematics for school-aged pupils internationally. These studies are the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). The department took part in the most recent iterations of all three studies: PISA 2022, PIRLS 2021, and TIMSS 2019.</p><p>​​The latest results from PISA show that, while the pandemic affected the study, England was among the highest performing European countries participating in the study and performed significantly above the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development average in both reading and mathematics.</p><p>​​The latest results from PIRLS showed that England achieved an average score of 558. This is statistically significantly higher than both the International Median score of 520, as well as the European Median score of 524, though not significantly different to England’s scores in most previous PIRLS cycles. It is not possible to compare results to Northern Ireland because of differences in the assessment period, whilst Scotland and Wales did not participate in the study. England’s PIRLS 2021 national report can be found: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pirls-2021-reading-literacy-performance-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pirls-2021-reading-literacy-performance-in-england</a>.</p><p>​​The latest results from TIMSS showed that between 1995 and 2019, the mathematics performance of Year 5 and Year 9 pupils in England has improved, with England achieving its highest ever score in mathematics at Year 5.</p><p>​​Further information on the studies can be found at the following links: <a href="https://www.oecd.org/pisa/" target="_blank">https://www.oecd.org/pisa/</a>, <a href="https://timssandpirls.bc.edu/" target="_blank">https://timssandpirls.bc.edu/</a>.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 25/01/2024 11:00:41 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1683426

registered interest
date	18/01/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Work Experience
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing young adults who are not engaging with school to attend placements with employers.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	10486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>Regular attendance at school is vital for children’s education, wellbeing and long-term development. School attendance is mandatory and parents have a duty, under Section 7 of the Education Act 1996, to ensure that their child of compulsory age, from 5 to 16 years old, receives an efficient full-time education.</p><p> </p><p>During their time in school, pupils should be able to benefit from a range of work experience placements as part of the wider curriculum. The careers statutory guidance makes it clear that schools and colleges should offer every pupil at least one experience of a workplace by age 16 and a further experience by age 18 through work visits, work shadowing and/or work experience, in line with Gatsby Benchmark 6. This provides pupils with multiple opportunities to learn from different employers about work and the skills that are valued in the workplace.</p><p> </p><p>Where a pupil is not attending school regularly, the department expects schools and local authorities to consider the individual circumstances of each pupil and family, and take the best course of action to support the child’s return to school. The department would encourage parents to work with their child’s school and the local authority to discuss the reasons behind their absence and together agree a plan so that the right support can be put in place to help the child return to regular and consistent education.</p><p> </p><p>Ultimately, the local authority has the duty, under Section 19 of the Education Act 1996, to provide education for compulsory aged children. Vocational placements, as part of an alternative provision offer, can provide a valuable ‘hook’ back into learning, as well as providing essential life skills for some of our most disengaged learners.</p><p> </p><p>At post-16, pupils have access to a range of work placement opportunities. Thousands of young people have benefited from world-class T Levels, all of which include a meaningful industry placement with an employer of at least 45 days.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/01/2024 12:20:32 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1683478

registered interest
date	18/01/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Blackpool North and Cleveleys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the number and proportion of children with SEND who are (a) persistently and (b) severely absent from school in Blackpool North and Cleveleys constituency.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	10492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>A pupil is classified as persistently absent if they miss 10% or more of their own possible sessions. A pupil is classified as severely absent if they miss 50% or more of their possible sessions.</p><p> </p><p>This table shows the numbers and rates of persistently absent and severely absent pupils in Blackpool North and Cleveleys parliamentary constituency by Special Educational Need (SEN) status for the latest full academic year available, 2021/22.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Persistent absentees</p></td><td><p>Persistent absentee %</p></td><td><p>Severe absentees</p></td><td><p>Severe absentee %</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEN<sup>1</sup> Support</p></td><td><p>491</p></td><td><p>31.9</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Statement or EHCP<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>31.2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Census.</p><p><sup>1</sup> Special Educational Need</p><p><sup>2</sup> Education, Health and Care Plan.</p><p> </p><p>This table excludes a small number of pupils with unclassified SEN status.</p><p> </p><p>Information on pupil absence, including breakdowns by pupil characteristics, is published in the ‘Pupil absence in schools in England’ national statistic, though this does not give constituency level information. This publication for the latest full academic year, 2021/22, is available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england/2021-22" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england/2021-22</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 24/01/2024 12:55:40 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1683485

registered interest
date	18/01/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Absenteeism
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 help reduce school absenteeism in Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	10380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>The department has a comprehensive national attendance strategy to ensure that every child attends school every day in all regions of the country.</p><p>This includes the recently expanded attendance hubs programme. There are now a total of almost 2,000 schools, including nine schools in Lancashire, who have been assigned a hub to tackle persistent absence, reaching around 1 million pupils. Attendance hubs are led by senior leaders in schools with effective attendance practice as a way for them to share practical approaches and resources for improving attendance.</p><p>The department published guidance on working together to improve school attendance to ensure that all local authorities and schools, including those in Lancashire, work together to reduce school absenteeism. The guidance is available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1099677/Working_together_to_improve_school_attendance.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1099677/Working_together_to_improve_school_attendance.pdf</a>.</p><p>Local authorities, including Lancashire, are expected to rigorously track local attendance data to devise a strategic approach to attendance. In addition, all schools in all regions are required to have an attendance policy and to appoint an attendance champion who is responsible for enforcing this. To help identify children at risk of persistent absence and to enable early intervention, the department established a timelier flow of pupil level attendance data through the daily attendance data collection.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/01/2024 12:36:41 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1682877

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	English Language and Mathematics: Private Education
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 (a) economic impact and (b) effectiveness of private tuition funded by the national tutoring programme; and what information her Department holds on the potential impact of this funding on tuition in (i) mathematics and (ii) English.
tabling member constituency	Worcester
tabling member printed	Mr Robin Walker
uin	10110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The department is investing over £1 billion in tutoring via its flagship National Tutoring Programme. This has seen nearly five million tutoring courses commence since the programme started in November 2020, including over two million in each of the last two academic years. Primary, secondary and special schools are continuing to offer tutoring, with 346,000 courses having started in the first five weeks of the current academic year.</p><p> </p><p>There is extensive evidence that tutoring is one of the most effective ways to accelerate academic progress. The Education Endowment Foundation has found that, on average, pupils who receive small group tutoring may make four months additional progress. The department’s external evaluation of year two of the National Tutoring Programme, carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research, shows that School Led Tutoring has had a positive impact on pupil attainment at both Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 4.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 9807 question first answered 24/01/2024 13:00:05 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker

1682891

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Physical Education: Primary Education
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 PE training for trainee primary school teachers.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	10082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The government does not prescribe the curriculum of initial teacher training (ITT) courses. The ITT Core Content Framework (CCF) sets out a minimum entitlement to training that accredited ITT providers must incorporate into their primary and/or secondary ITT courses. The ITT Core Content Framework does not set out the full ITT curriculum for trainee teachers. It remains for individual providers to design curricula appropriate for the subject, phase and age range that the trainees will be teaching. Providers should ensure their curricula encompass the full entitlement described in the ITT Core Content Framework, as well as integrating additional analysis and critique of theory, research and expert practice as they deem appropriate. The ITT CCF is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-itt-core-content-framework" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-itt-core-content-framework</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The department is continually exploring opportunities to further improve teacher training and professional development, including reviewing the content of the CCF alongside the Early Career Framework. The review is due to be published in early 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Primary schools can use the PE and sport premium to provide staff with professional development, mentoring, training and resources to help them improve the quality of their PE, sport and physical activity provision to all pupils, and to embed physical activity across the school day.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 24/01/2024 14:17:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

1682906

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Air Pollution
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 help ensure that children in school are not exposed to high levels of air pollution.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	9991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The department has published the Building Bulletin 101, which provides non-statutory guidance on ventilation, thermal comfort and indoor air quality in schools. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-bulletin-101-ventilation-for-school-buildings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-bulletin-101-ventilation-for-school-buildings</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Local outdoor air quality is the responsibility of local authorities who should prepare air quality action plans to ensure the level of pollutants is reduced. In January 2019, the government published the Clean Air Strategy setting out plans to deal with all sources of pollution. This is accessible at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clean-air-strategy-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clean-air-strategy-2019</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on good estate management for ventilation in schools is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/good-estate-management-for-schools/health-and-safety" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/good-estate-management-for-schools/health-and-safety</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/01/2024 17:24:10 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1682955

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level: Feltham and Heston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children in Feltham and Heston constituency have received two A-Levels or equivalent in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	10137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>Data are not published at Parliamentary constituency level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 24/01/2024 13:20:24 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1682956

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE: Feltham and Heston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children have achieved five Grade C or higher GCSEs in Feltham and Heston constituency in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	10138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The department did not produce the percentage of pupils achieving five or more grades A* to C, including English and Mathematics GCSEs, at parliamentary constituency level prior to the 2014/15 academic year or from 2016/17 onwards. It is available for the 2014/15 and 2015/6 academic years.</p><p> </p><p>The department publishes the percentage of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate at grades A* to C, or 9 to 4, at parliamentary constituency level. The English Baccalaureate consists of GCSEs in five subjects: English, mathematics, science, a modern foreign language, and geography or history. The information available is attached for Feltham and Heston constituency.</p><p> </p><p>The department publishes Progress 8 scores at school level. School level attainment data for each academic year can be accessed here: <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><p> </p><p>School level attainment data was not published for the 2019/20 and 2020/21 academic years 2019/20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-and-college-accountability-approach-2020-to-2022/" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-and-college-accountability-approach-2020-to-2022/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Progress 8 data for schools in Feltham and Heston is attached. The department publishes data on Progress 8 scores by parliamentary constituency in the following publication: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance-revised/2022-23" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance-revised/2022-23</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent Progress 8 scores by parliamentary constituency for the 2022/23 academic year data can be found in the following table: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/4047060f-e4df-41db-aad7-08dc15deba2a" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/4047060f-e4df-41db-aad7-08dc15deba2a</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 10139 10140 question first answered 23/01/2024 13:12:56 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds attachment 1 file name 10138 10139 10140_Percentage_of_pupils_achieving_grades .xlsx title 10138 10139 10140 Table
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1682958

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Feltham and Heston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in Feltham and Heston constituency have not reached a Progress 8 score of -0.5 in each year since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	10139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The department did not produce the percentage of pupils achieving five or more grades A* to C, including English and Mathematics GCSEs, at parliamentary constituency level prior to the 2014/15 academic year or from 2016/17 onwards. It is available for the 2014/15 and 2015/6 academic years.</p><p> </p><p>The department publishes the percentage of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate at grades A* to C, or 9 to 4, at parliamentary constituency level. The English Baccalaureate consists of GCSEs in five subjects: English, mathematics, science, a modern foreign language, and geography or history. The information available is attached for Feltham and Heston constituency.</p><p> </p><p>The department publishes Progress 8 scores at school level. School level attainment data for each academic year can be accessed here: <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><p> </p><p>School level attainment data was not published for the 2019/20 and 2020/21 academic years 2019/20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-and-college-accountability-approach-2020-to-2022/" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-and-college-accountability-approach-2020-to-2022/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Progress 8 data for schools in Feltham and Heston is attached. The department publishes data on Progress 8 scores by parliamentary constituency in the following publication: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance-revised/2022-23" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance-revised/2022-23</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent Progress 8 scores by parliamentary constituency for the 2022/23 academic year data can be found in the following table: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/4047060f-e4df-41db-aad7-08dc15deba2a" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/4047060f-e4df-41db-aad7-08dc15deba2a</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 10138 10140 question first answered 23/01/2024 13:12:56 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds attachment 1 file name 10138 10139 10140_Percentage_of_pupils_achieving_grades .xlsx title 10138 10139 10140 Table
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra