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1124421

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Assessments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the education benefits for children and their families of the introduction of tests for children aged four.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL15470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>The reception baseline assessment (RBA) will enable us to create school-level progress measures for primary schools which show the progress pupils make from reception until the end of key stage 2. Progress is an important measure - it will give schools credit for the important work they do with their pupils between reception and year 2 and will give parents better information about which schools may help their children to make the most progress. The RBA is not a test - it is a short, teacher-led assessment and it will provide practitioners with valuable one-to-one time with their pupils within the first few weeks of reception.</p><p>We have worked closely with early years practitioners, schools and other education experts to develop the RBA, and continue to do so. All aspects of the assessment’s development have been informed by an extensive evidence base of early years research.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 15/05/2019 12:25:04 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

1124054

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Playing Fields
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many secondary schools in England and Wales do not have their own playing fields.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL15436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally regarding secondary school playing fields in England.</p><p>Education is a devolved matter; it is for the National Assembly to decide on policy for school playing fields in Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 10/05/2019 12:37:26 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1124065

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Rights: Travellers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to address the findings in the Children’s Rights Alliance for England report on the State of Children’s Rights in England in 2018, in particular in respect of the proportion of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children deprived in three or more dimensions of deprivation compared to the proportion of all other children.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL15447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>The government welcomes this report and we will continue to work with the Children’s Rights Alliance for England through the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Action Group to promote the importance of children’s rights across the government.</p><p>Through the pupil premium, we are addressing low economic circumstances, which affects a high proportion of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children. We have provided over £15 billion in pupil premium funding from April 2011 to March 2019 to help schools improve the progress and attainment of their disadvantaged pupils.</p><p>We are also focusing specifically on Gypsy, Roma and Travellers through a number of initiatives, including working with the communities in Opportunity Areas and prioritising Gypsy, Roma and Traveller young people in our £1.7 million investment in careers provision for disadvantaged young people. I am also very grateful to the noble Baroness Whitaker for chairing a new stakeholder group for my department aimed at ensuring that improvements to the whole school system take into account Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupil needs.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 15/05/2019 12:15:20 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

1123777

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government who is legally responsible for a pupil's education when they are off-rolled.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL15415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2019 answer text <p>Section 7 of the Education Act 1996 states that it is the duty of parents to secure education of children of compulsory school age. The child must receive an efficient full-time education suitable to his age, ability, aptitude and any special needs he may have, by regular attendance at school or otherwise.</p><p>Local authorities have no statutory duties in relation to monitoring the quality of home education on a routine basis. Under section 437(1) of the Act local authorities must intervene if it appears that parents are not providing a suitable education. If a local authority is not satisfied that the education being provided is suitable, they should serve a school attendance order. If the parent requests the local authority to revoke the order because the parent believes they have arranged education that would be suitable, and the authority refuses, the parent has a right under section 442 to ask the Secretary of State for Education to decide the issue.</p><p>The law is clear that a pupil’s name can only be deleted from the admission register on the grounds prescribed in regulation 8 of the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006, as amended.</p><p>Pupils leave school rolls for many reasons including permanent exclusion, moving to another school, or changes of circumstances (as when a pupil moves to a new area). All schools must notify the local authority when a pupil’s name is to be deleted from the admission register.</p><p>Statutory guidance on exclusions is also clear that ‘informal’ or ‘unofficial’ exclusions are unlawful, regardless of whether they occur with the agreement of parents or carers. Any exclusion of a pupil, even for short periods of time, must be formally recorded.</p><p>Local authorities have a duty to make arrangements to establish the identities of children of compulsory school age in their area who are not registered pupils at a school and are not receiving suitable education otherwise.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 10/05/2019 12:33:56 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1123778

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Alternative Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of unregistered alternative education providers in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL15416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>While Ofsted does not directly inspect unregistered settings, inspectors are expected to consider the progress of pupils who attend off-site provision as part of school and college inspections. In all cases, the local authority or school acting as the alternative provision commissioner, should assure themselves that the provision is delivered by high quality staff with suitable training, experience and safeguarding checks.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 14/05/2019 14:01:45 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1123310

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Governing Bodies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether schools in multi-academy trusts are required to have governing bodies.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL15366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2019 answer text <p>An academy trust is run by an overarching board of trustees which is accountable and responsible for the school, or for the group of schools, in a multi-academy trust (MAT).</p><p> </p><p>In a MAT, the board may choose to establish local governing bodies to oversee individual schools or clusters of schools. The trust board decides which governance functions to delegate to local governing bodies but remains accountable for all decisions made.</p><p> </p><p>Although many MATs choose to have local governing bodies, they are not required to, meaning that trust boards are free to establish local governing bodies, and to delegate functions, based on their local needs and circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>All academy trusts must either have at least 2 parents on their boards of trustees or, alternatively, on each established local governing body. This is to ensure that parents play an active role in the governance structures of MATs.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 10/05/2019 12:37:13 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1123311

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Out-of-school Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice, if any, they give to local authorities about funding and placing students in unregistered schools; and whether it is illegal for local authorities to fund such schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL15367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities have a duty to provide suitable educational provision for children of compulsory school age who may otherwise not be able to receive such education. As commissioners, local authorities will determine the most appropriate provision for a child and this includes funding the provision.</p><p>The department provides statutory guidance to local authorities, which makes it clear that the provision should meet the needs of the child, must be registered where appropriate, and should be delivered by high quality staff with suitable safeguarding checks in place. This alternative provision guidance is attached.</p><p>Where a setting meets the threshold for registration as an independent school, but is not registered, then it is operating illegally. The most recent figures show that Ofsted has made sure 63 of these schools have stopped operating illegally between January 2016 and December 2018. Ofsted has powers to inspect without notice if it has reasonable cause to believe that an unregistered independent school is being conducted.</p><p>Local authorities should not commission places at schools that are required to be registered, but are not registered.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 10/05/2019 12:34:59 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL15367_alternative_provision_statutory_guidance.pdf title HL15367_PDF
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1123312

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce "off-rolling" of Year 11 pupils from school rolls; and whether such pupils should still be included in school performance tables.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL15368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>Pupils leave school rolls for many reasons including: permanent exclusion, moving to another school, or changes of circumstances (such as when a pupil moves to a new area). All schools must notify the local authority when a pupil’s name is to be deleted from the admission register. There is no legal definition of ‘off-rolling’. However, the law is clear that a pupil’s name can only be deleted from the admission register on the grounds prescribed in regulation 8 of the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006, as amended.</p><p> </p><p>Statutory guidance on exclusions is also clear that ‘informal’ or ‘unofficial’ exclusions are unlawful, regardless of whether they occur with the agreement of parents or carers. Any exclusion of a pupil, even for short periods of time, must be formally recorded.</p><p> </p><p>Following media coverage of inappropriate off-rolling last summer, the department wrote to all secondary schools, reminding them of the rules surrounding exclusion.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted has recently consulted on proposals that will see inspectors paying particular attention to signs of off-rolling, and if it is found, reflecting this in the school’s inspection judgement. Ofsted will publish the outcome of its consultation in due course.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2018, the government launched an externally-led review of exclusions practice, led by Edward Timpson CBE. The review is exploring how head teachers use exclusion, and why pupils with particular characteristics are more likely to be excluded from school. It is also considering the differences in exclusion rates across primary and secondary schools in England.</p><p> </p><p>The Timpson review and the government’s response were published on 7 May. The review makes 30 recommendations and highlights variation in exclusions practice across different schools, local authorities and certain groups of children. The government agrees with all 30 recommendation in principle and will be taking forward an ambitious response which respects headteachers’ powers to use exclusion, while equipping schools to support children at risk of exclusion.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 13/05/2019 14:26:57 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey