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887111

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary school teachers have been recruited in each year since 2010, and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	136676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>The number of new entrants to state funded secondary schools are shown in the attached table. Figures on the numbers of new entrants are only available for 2011 onwards, figures on the movement of teachers between state funded schools are not available.</p><p> </p><p>The rise in the number of new entrants to state funded secondary schools in 2016 is encouraging and shows that teaching remains an attractive and rewarding career for talented graduates.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/04/2018 09:55:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 136676_Full_Time_Equivalent_number_of_qualified_teacher_entrants_to_State_Funded_Secondary_Schools.pdf title FTE_number_of_qualified_teacher_entrants previous answer version 53875 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

885415

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Religion: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons his Department does not offer a subject knowledge enhancement grant to people training as religious education teachers; and if he will take steps to offer such grants for people wishing to train as teachers in that subject.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Liz Twist
uin	136278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>Religious Education (RE) is important to the Department and is mandatory in all state funded schools.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) training supports universities and schools in recruiting to initial teacher training places in priority subjects. Although funding for SKE does not extend to RE, the Department has protected the bursaries for trainees in RE this year, in recognition of the recruitment challenges faced. Funding is also being continued for schools offering School Direct (salaried) places in RE. Teacher supply modelling, and the financial incentives that support teacher training, are reviewed on an annual basis.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/04/2018 16:56:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 54113 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist

868458

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to review his Department's guidance to Ofsted on parental engagement.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	133678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2018 answer text <p>School leaders and governing bodies should ensure there are mechanisms in place to be connected with and answerable to the communities they serve, particularly parents and carers. This is set out in the Department’s Governance Handbook for maintained schools, academies and multi-academy trusts.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not provide specific guidance to Ofsted on parental engagement. How school inspection is conducted on these and other matters is for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/04/2018 16:11:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 51095 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

861988

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	STEM Subjects
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department has taken to increase the take-up of STEM subjects.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	904441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling our shortage of STEM skills so we can grow the workforce we need for a dynamic economy. We are doing this by investing in programmes to increase the take-up of maths, by incentivising schools using the recently launched advanced maths premium and supporting better teaching of maths, physics and computing in schools, including a new £84 million programme to improve computing teaching.</p><p> </p><p>To improve the development of technical STEM skills, the Government is introducing T levels, which will be developed with employers, and provide progression opportunities into skilled work or higher level study, including degrees.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/03/2018 17:26:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 48392 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

862189

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to tackle (a) eating disorders and (b) body image issues among young people in schools.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	132608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>Poor body image is a factor in eating disorders and other mental health problems. The additional £1.4 billion the Government is making available for children and young people’s mental health services up to 2020, includes £150 million specifically targeted at improving support for young people with eating disorders. The green paper ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision’ set out proposals for new mental health support teams to provide further trained and clinically-supervised support to young people in school.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also funded the provision of information and advice to schools. MindEd (<a href="https://www.minded.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.minded.org.uk/</a>) is a free online portal that provides training for all adults working with children and young people about mental health problems. It includes specific information on eating disorders. The Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) Association has also produced advice on how to teach pupils in all four Key Stages about mental health. This includes specific advice on age-appropriate teaching about body image and eating disorders in secondary school.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has sought views, via a thorough engagement process, on the content of Relationships Education and Relationships and Sex Education, and on the status of PSHE – including on issues such as body image and eating disorders. The findings will inform draft regulations and guidance for schools, which will be subject to further consultation.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/03/2018 17:52:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 48388 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

862286

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of teachers on each point of the main pay range.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	132705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>Pay spine points for teachers were discontinued in 2013 and replaced by pay ranges. A teacher can be paid any salary within their range, the amount paid being at the discretion of the employing school. An academy may elect not to use the standard pay ranges but may instead pay teachers using their own range.</p><p> </p><p>The number of teachers in state funded schools paid on each pay range, as at November 2016, is shown in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 132706 question first answered 20/03/2018 17:57:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 132705 132706 attachment.docx title 132705 132706 attachment previous answer version 48376 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

862287

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of teachers on each point of the upper pay range.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	132706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>Pay spine points for teachers were discontinued in 2013 and replaced by pay ranges. A teacher can be paid any salary within their range, the amount paid being at the discretion of the employing school. An academy may elect not to use the standard pay ranges but may instead pay teachers using their own range.</p><p> </p><p>The number of teachers in state funded schools paid on each pay range, as at November 2016, is shown in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 132705 question first answered 20/03/2018 17:57:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 132705 132706 attachment.docx title 132705 132706 attachment previous answer version 48394 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

862295

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sign Language: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has held with (a) examination boards, (b) teachers, (c) students and (d) other stakeholders on the creation of a GCSE in British Sign Language; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	132714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>I held a meeting on 12 March with interested MPs and representatives from a leading charity within the field, and have scheduled another meeting with that charity and further interested MPs on 20 March. During frequent visits to schools I engage with teachers and students and discuss a range of topics including sign language.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has introduced a number of recent changes to GCSEs, AS and A levels in England that will affect schools in the coming years. We know that extensive changes need time to settle in, and that school leaders will want stability to bring in the new qualifications. There are no plans to introduce new GCSEs, AS or A levels in this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>Schools are free to teach British Sign Language and there are existing qualifications available which schools can enter pupils into at any point of their school career. These include a Level 1 award, Level 2, 3 and 4 certificates and a Level 6 NVQ certificate. British Sign Language is also now an alternative to a Level 1 and Level 2 qualification in English when studying an apprenticeship, where British Sign Language is the apprentice’s primary language. This enables those who use British Sign Language to complete their apprenticeship without having to achieve another English qualification, such as GCSE or Functional Skills.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/03/2018 18:08:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 48390 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

858618

registered interest
date	09/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Police
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 effect of school police liaison officers on (a) pupil's behaviour, (b) truancy rates and (c) youth crime rates in areas where such officers are deployed.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	131873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not conducted an assessment and does not hold statistics about the effect of school police liaison officers on pupils’ behaviour, truancy rates and youth crime rates in areas where such officers are deployed.</p><p> </p><p>It is a matter for local police forces to decide their strategy for working with schools. However, we do recognise that police working with schools through initiatives such as the Safer School Partnerships are a proven method for achieving effective joint working between schools and police.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/03/2018 17:28:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 48391 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

829916

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average GCSE score was for pupils in (a) Barnsley and (b) England in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	124664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The average GCSE attainment of pupils in state-funded schools, at the end of Key Stage 4, in Barnsley and England in each of the last three years[1] can be found in the attached table.</p><p>The Attainment 8 point score system was changed in 2016/17 with the introduction of 9 to 1 grades in some GCSEs; this resulted in an expected decrease in scores for England between 2015/16 and 2016/17 and prevents direct comparisons between the two years for all figures[2].</p><p>‘Shadow data’ was generated for 2015/16 by taking pupil results from 2015/16 and directly matching them to the points that they would have been allocated, if the same pupil took exactly the same subjects and achieved the same marks in 2016/17. For further information, see the ‘Key stage 4 shadow measures’ ad-hoc release here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/604312/KS4_shadow_measures_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/604312/KS4_shadow_measures_FINAL.pdf</a>. This method produced a comparable 2015/16 average Attainment 8 figure for England of 44.6.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] 2016/17 data is revised and all other years are final.</p><p>[2] The decrease between 2015/16 and 2016/17 for England is in line with what was expected due to the change in points scores.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/01/2018 15:31:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 124664 Table.docx title 124664 Table previous answer version 37877 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock