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626566

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Arts and Technology: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which 10 local authority areas had the largest decline in GCSE take-up for (a) art and design, (b) design and technology, (c) drama and (d) music in the last five years; and what proportion of students qualified for free school meals in each of those areas.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	51458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>The ten local authorities with the largest percentage point decline in entries for selected GCSE subjects between 2010 and 2016, and the proportion of students eligible for and claiming free school meals in state funded secondary schools in these areas is listed in the following table:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Local authorities with the largest proportionate decline in entries for selected GCSE subjects<sup>1,2</sup> between 2010 and 2016 and proportion of students eligible for and claiming free school meals in state funded secondary schools in these areas</strong></p><p><strong>Year: From 2010 to 2016 (provisional)<sup>2</sup></strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of pupils at the end of key stage 4</p></td><td><p>Percentage of pupils entered for selected subjects in 2016</p></td><td><p>Percentage of pupils entered for selected subjects in 2010</p></td><td><p>Percentage known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals in secondary schools</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>541,080</p></td><td><p>59.5</p></td><td><p>65.2</p></td><td><p>13.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn with Darwen</p></td><td><p>1,755</p></td><td><p>43.9</p></td><td><p>64.6</p></td><td><p>14.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isles of Scilly</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>56.5</p></td><td><p>77.3</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Tyneside</p></td><td><p>1,535</p></td><td><p>48.4</p></td><td><p>65.8</p></td><td><p>18.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral</p></td><td><p>3,405</p></td><td><p>55.2</p></td><td><p>71.3</p></td><td><p>14.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton and Hove</p></td><td><p>2,144</p></td><td><p>54.8</p></td><td><p>70.3</p></td><td><p>12.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>1,441</p></td><td><p>63.2</p></td><td><p>78.2</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>3,345</p></td><td><p>58.1</p></td><td><p>72.4</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telford and Wrekin</p></td><td><p>2,017</p></td><td><p>56.3</p></td><td><p>70.7</p></td><td><p>13.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>3,647</p></td><td><p>53.5</p></td><td><p>66.9</p></td><td><p>12.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redcar and Cleveland</p></td><td><p>1,619</p></td><td><p>54.2</p></td><td><p>68.4</p></td><td><p>17.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Secondary school performance tables and School Census</em></p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Percentage of pupils with GCSE entries in at least one of art and design, design and technology, drama or music.</li><li>Includes Design and Technology specialising in Electronic Products, Food Technology, Graphic Products, Resistant Materials, Systems and Control and Textiles Technology. Also includes Design and Engineering Technology and Product Design qualifications.</li></ol> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/12/2016 11:59:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

626578

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Sponsorship
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many grammar schools (a) sponsor academy schools, (b) sponsor free schools or (c) run multi-academy trusts; and what the Ofsted grades are for each school sponsored by a (i) university or (ii) multi-academy trust run by a university.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	51314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <ol><li><p>As at 1 October 2016 there were 14 sponsoring academy trusts established by grammar schools sponsoring a total of 30 academies. All 14 trusts are multi academy trusts (MATs).</p></li><li><p>There is one free school sponsored by a grammar school.</p></li><li><p>There are 32 grammar schools that are part of a multi academy trust.</p></li><li><p>The Ofsted categories for each school sponsored by a university are as follows:</p></li></ol><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ofsted category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of academies</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of free schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outstanding</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Good</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Requires Improvement</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inadequate</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not visited</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Ofsted MI – 30 September 2016</em></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/12/2016 12:04:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

626579

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Sponsorship
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many universities sponsor (a) academy schools, (b) free schools or (c) run multi-academy trusts; and what the Ofsted grades are for each school sponsored by a (i) university or (ii) multi-academy trust run by a university.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	51315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <ol><li><p>As at 1 October 2016 there were 17 sponsoring academy trusts established by universities sponsoring a total of 38 academies.</p></li><li><p>There are 16 free schools sponsored or co-sponsored by universities.</p></li><li><p>Of the 38 academies being sponsored by universities, 33 are part of a multi academy trust.</p></li><li><p>The Ofsted categories for each school sponsored by a university are as follows:</p></li></ol><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ofsted category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of academies</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of free schools</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outstanding</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Good</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Requires Improvement</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inadequate</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not visited</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Ofsted MI – 30 September 2016</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 20/12/2016 12:04:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

626580

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Families: Worcestershire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to make available fairer funding to families in Worcestershire.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	51302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2016 answer text <p>We will introduce a national funding formula for early years from the financial year 2017-18. A consultation on the early years formula closed on 22 September and we will set out our response later this autumn.</p><p>We will introduce national funding formulae for schools and high needs from the financial year 2018-19. We are considering the options carefully, taking into account the need to give schools and local authorities stability. We will put forward our detailed proposals later in the autumn, including our proposals for the transition to the formulae. Following a full consultation, we will make final decisions and confirm the arrangements in the new year.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/11/2016 14:31:13 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

626581

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
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, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2016 to Question 48450, which local authorities have teaching schools.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	51337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>There is a teaching school in all but four local authorities in England. Brighton and Hove, Isle of Wight, Isle of Scilly and City of London do not yet have a designated teaching school. Support is offered to schools in these four local authorities by teaching schools from neighbouring areas.</p><p> </p><p>Brighton and Hove and Isle of Wight have been identified as target areas in the November 2016 recruitment round for teaching schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/11/2016 14:59:13 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

626587

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Arts and Humanities: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to address the change in the uptake of arts and humanities subjects at GCSE (a) among disadvantaged students and (b) generally.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	51460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government believes that every child should experience a high quality arts education throughout their time at school.</p><p> </p><p>Our ambition is to increase the number of pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, entering English Baccalaureate (EBacc) subjects at GCSE, including geography or history as humanities subjects. Since the introduction of the EBacc attainment measure in performance tables in 2010/11, the proportion of pupils entering the humanities pillar of the EBacc has increased from 47.7% to 73.7% (2016 provisional).</p><p> </p><p>Last month, we announced a multi-million pound investment in music and cultural education to improve access to the arts for all children, regardless of their background, and to develop talent across the country. This includes:</p><ul><li><p>£300 million over the next four years for a network of music education hubs</p></li><li><p>£29 million a year until 2018 for the Music and Dance scheme which provides support for talented young musicians and dancers to attend world-class institutions</p></li><li><p>£4.1 million a year until 2018 for cultural education programmes</p></li><li><p>£500,000 a year until 2018 for In Harmony, an orchestral training programme for pupils in disadvantaged areas</p></li><li><p>£600,000 for other small music programmes across the country for each year until 2020</p></li><li><p>£13.5 million a year until 2018 for the Dance and Drama Awards Scheme. This scheme offers income-assessed support for tuition fees and living costs for students aged 16-23 at a number of high quality private dance and drama schools.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/12/2016 12:03:13 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

626589

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Arts and Humanities: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the change in the uptake of arts and humanities subjects at GCSE as a result of the English Bacclaureate.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	51459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s ambition is to increase the number of pupils entering English Baccalaureate (EBacc) subjects at GCSE, including geography or history as humanities subjects. Since the introduction of the EBacc attainment measure in performance tables in 2010/11, and the proportion of pupils entering the humanities pillar of the EBacc has increased from 47.7% to 73.7% (2016 provisional). Among other humanities subjects, religious studies continue to be a popular subject at GCSE and A level with entries remaining broadly stable this year. There have also been increases in business studies and economics.</p><p> </p><p>Although GCSE entries in arts subjects declined in 2016, between 2012 and 2015, they rose. Since the EBacc was announced the proportion of pupils in state funded school taking at least one arts subject has increased from 45.8% in 2011 to 47.9% in 2016.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/12/2016 12:01:42 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

625918

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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 proportion of children obtained five or more GCSEs including mathematics and English at Grade A* to C at (a) non-selective schools in selective areas and (b) comprehensive schools in the latest year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	51100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s main measures of secondary school performance are now Progress 8, Attainment 8, Ebacc achievement and entry and pupils achieving a Good Pass in Maths and English. Progress 8 will be used to identify schools beneath the floor. The latest statistics are available in the ‘GCSE and equivalent results: 2015 to 2016 (provisional) in England’ National Statistics release[1].</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-results-2015-to-2016-provisional" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-results-2015-to-2016-provisional</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/11/2016 13:18:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

625919

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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 proportion of pupils at grammar schools obtained five or more GCSEs including mathematics and English at Grade A* to C at in the latest year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	51101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2016 answer text <p>In 2016, 97.1 per cent of pupils at grammar schools achieved five or more GCSEs at grade A* to C including English and mathematics.</p><p>However, the Government’s main measures of secondary school performance are now Progress 8, Attainment 8, Ebacc achievement and entry and pupils achieving a Good Pass in mathematics and English. Progress 8 will be used to identify schools beneath the floor. The latest statistics are available in the ‘GCSE and equivalent results: 2015 to 2016 (provisional) in England’ National Statistics release[1].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-results-2015-to-2016-provisional" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-results-2015-to-2016-provisional</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/11/2016 12:44:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

625925

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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 proportion of GCSE students studied creative subjects in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	50977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not define any particular GCSE subjects as ‘creative’, as many GCSE subjects involve creativity.</p><p>A time series of GCSE results in different subjects is published as part of the ‘provisional GCSE and equivalent results in England’ statistical first release (SFR)[1].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-results-2015-to-2016-provisional" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-results-2015-to-2016-provisional</a> (Subject time series table)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/11/2016 16:45:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith