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348005

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: WiFi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has discussed or plans to discuss with her French counterpart the banning of wi-fi signals in nursery and primary schools in France; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education has not discussed this matter with her French counterpart and no discussion is currently planned.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Educaiton has not issued guidance to nursery and primary schools on the installation of wi-fi in classrooms. The department provides advice to schools on health and safety, and it is for individual schools to decide whether or not to implement wi-fi technology in order to meet their needs. Public Health England leads on this issue and has advised that it sees no reason why schools should not use wi-fi equipment. Schools must take reasonable steps to ensure that staff and pupils are not exposed to health and safety risks by conducting a risk assessment and, if necessary, putting measures in place to minimise any known risk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 715 question first answered 08/06/2015 16:16:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

348006

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: WiFi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has issued guidance to nursery and primary schools on the installation of wi-fi in classrooms.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education has not discussed this matter with her French counterpart and no discussion is currently planned.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Educaiton has not issued guidance to nursery and primary schools on the installation of wi-fi in classrooms. The department provides advice to schools on health and safety, and it is for individual schools to decide whether or not to implement wi-fi technology in order to meet their needs. Public Health England leads on this issue and has advised that it sees no reason why schools should not use wi-fi equipment. Schools must take reasonable steps to ensure that staff and pupils are not exposed to health and safety risks by conducting a risk assessment and, if necessary, putting measures in place to minimise any known risk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 714 question first answered 08/06/2015 16:16:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

348022

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many STEM teachers remain in the teaching profession (a) two years and (b) five years after their initial qualification.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education publishes statistics on teacher retention that show the percentage of all teachers that remain in service after their initial qualification, by length of service. These statistics are not produced by subject of qualification held by teachers or by the subject taught by teachers. The latest information is published online in Table C2 of the additional tables at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/06/2015 15:30:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

348023

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Teach First teachers remain in the teaching profession after (a) two years and (b) five years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Teach First do not retain records for those starting the programme but do retain the data of their programme participants who go on to become ambassadors for the programme. After 2 years, 63% of Teach First ambassadors were still in teaching and after 5 years 56% of ambassadors were still in teaching.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/06/2015 15:35:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

348024

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Teach First teachers in each (a) subject and (b) parliamentary constituency (i) began teaching and (ii) left the teaching profession in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The first table below shows the number of Teach First teachers in each subject that began teaching in each of the last five years. The number of trainees starting is increasing annually including to STEM subjects, and the geographical spread is widening.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Qualified Teacher Status Subject</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Art</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business Studies</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Citizenship</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Design and Technology</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>English</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>255</p></td><td><p>302</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Geography</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>History</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ICT</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maths</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>217</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MFL</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Music</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Primary</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>226</p></td><td><p>344</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Primary EYFS</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RE</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>221</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of Teach First teachers in each subject that left the teaching profession in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Qualified Teacher Status </strong><strong> Subject</strong></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Art</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business Studies</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">19</del><ins class="ministerial">7</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Citizenship</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">16</del><ins class="ministerial">8</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Design and Technology</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9</del><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>English</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">345</del><ins class="ministerial">120</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Geography</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">53</del><ins class="ministerial">13</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>History</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">64</del><ins class="ministerial">22</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ICT</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">22</del><ins class="ministerial">9</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maths</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">333</del><ins class="ministerial">107</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MFL</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">115</del><ins class="ministerial">43</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Music</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">16</del><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Primary</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">285</del><ins class="ministerial">94</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Primary EYFS</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">19</del><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RE</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">27</del><ins class="ministerial">9</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">256</del><ins class="ministerial">87</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>Data for those in the second table gives a summary of those who left teaching either when on, or after completing, the Teach First Leadership Development Programme. This includes all those who have completed the Teach First programme since the first cohort in 2003. The data also includes those who have left more than once – for example an individual who leaves the profession in one year, returned, and then left the profession once more – for example someone taking career breaks and/or maternity leave.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please see detailed tables in Appendix 1 (separate excel file) for data on Teach First teachers in each parliamentary constituency that began teaching in each of the last five years as well as those that left the teaching profession in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/06/2015 11:49:39 question first ministerially corrected 08/07/2015 14:43:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 853 Appendix- teach first teachers entering and leaving B.xlsx title Teach First teachers entering and leaving by PC previous answer version 3497 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 853 Appendix- teach first teachers entering and leaving.xlsx title Teach first teachers entering and leaving by PC
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

348025

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Support Staff Negotiating Body
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will reinstate the School Support Staff Negotiating Body.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The pay and conditions of school support staff is determined locally. Schools should have flexibility over pay and conditions and the freedom to organise staff and resources in a way that reflects local priorities and needs.</p><p> </p><p>It is not the policy of this government to reinstate the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB). The SSSNB was abolished by the previous government in 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/06/2015 11:38:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

348026

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
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 number of teaching assistants who are performing a full teaching role in schools in England.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education has not made an assessment of the number of teaching assistants who are performing a full teaching role in schools in England.</p><p>The Education (Specified Work) (England) Regulations 2012 set out the specific circumstances in which someone employed in a maintained school other than a qualified teacher can teach; and where teaching assistants can be used to cover teacher absence. These regulations state that teaching assistants may only carry out specified teaching work where they are assisting or supporting the work of a qualified teacher in the school and are under the direction and supervision of a qualified teacher as arranged by the headteacher. This ensures that a teacher continues to provide the leading contribution.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/06/2015 11:40:33 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

348027

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average salary is for teaching assistants in (a) state maintained schools, (b) free schools and (c) academy schools.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The salaries of teaching assistants in all state-funded schools are determined locally; factors such as geographical region, school phase, teaching assistants’ relevant experience, level of responsibilities and local labour market conditions will all influence the salary level. The latest available information in the following table does not take any of these factors into account.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Average annual salary of teaching assistants in state-funded schools in England, November 2013</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Average (mean) salary of full and part-time teaching assistants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of full and part-time teaching assistants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local authority maintained schools</p></td><td><p>£16,300</p></td><td><p>259,528</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academy schools</p></td><td><p>£16,200</p></td><td><p>59,536</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Free schools</p></td><td><p>£16,100</p></td><td><p>575</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All schools</strong></p></td><td><p>£16,300</p></td><td><p>319,733</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: School Workforce Census, November 2013</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>The average salary for each school type has been calculated using the total number of full and part-time teaching assistants for whom salary data was available in those schools.</p><p>University Technical Colleges and Studio schools are only included in the all school figures.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13% (48,400) of teaching assistants have been excluded as their full time equivalent salary is outside the range £12,000- £25,000.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/06/2015 15:38:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

348029

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Classroom Assistants: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the number of hours outside contracted hours worked by teaching assistants in (a) Sheffield and (b) England over the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected by the Department for Education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/06/2015 11:25:26 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

348030

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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, what records her Department keeps on the number of job applications for each advertised teaching position.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected by the Department for Education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/06/2015 11:37:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh