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1133569

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date	20/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the (a) postcode, (b) local authority area and (c) rural and urban classification for each state school that has closed and not reopened in another form in each year since 2000.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	267249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>654 schools have closed with no direct replacement provision between 1 January 2000 and 21 June 2019. Of these, 183 were designated as rural schools. Between 1 January 2010 and 21 June 2019, <del class="ministerial">260</del> <ins class="ministerial">249 </ins>schools closed with no direct replacement provision. Of these, <del class="ministerial">104</del> <ins class="ministerial">102 </ins>were designated as rural schools. A full list can be found attached.</p><p>Information about all open and closed schools in England is available on Get Information about Schools[1] (the department’s register of schools). This can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>The Ofsted definition of a state funded school has been used. This definition does not include local authority maintained nursery schools, alternative provision<ins class="ministerial"> or special schools.</ins><del class="ministerial">, studio schools or university technical colleges.</del></p><p> </p><p>[1] Responsibility for updating Get Information about Schools is shared between the Department, schools and local authorities and therefore we cannot guarantee the accuracy of this data.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/06/2019 10:48:31 question first ministerially corrected 10/07/2019 15:39:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 267249_state_school_closures.pdf title 267249_table previous answer version 125528 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 267249_state_school_closures.pdf title 267249_table
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1133615

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
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 plans he has to support eco-friendly solutions to tackle air pollution in schools.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	267280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>The department has recently published guidance, Building Bulletin 101 (BB101), on achieving good indoor air quality in new and refurbished schools. BB101 promotes best practice in controlling both external and internal pollutants and setting maximum standards for levels of pollutants in classrooms. The published guidance for school design and construction can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-design-and-construction" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/school-design-and-construction</a>.</p><p>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.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/06/2019 15:53:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 125162 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

1133711

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new school places created since 2010 are in schools rated (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) requires improvement and (d) inadequate by Ofsted.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	267342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department is on track to create one million places this decade, the largest increase in school capacity for at least two generations.</p><p>The Department collects pupil forecasts, existing school capacities, and plans to deliver additional school places from each local authority via the annual school capacity survey. Around 920,000 new school places have been created since 2010.</p><p>Of those new school places that were created in existing schools between 2016 and 2017, 91%[1] were in schools rated as good or outstanding by Ofsted and 9% of the new places were created in schools rated as requiring improvement or inadequate.</p><p> </p><p>[1] This figure will expire on the 27 June 2019 on publication of the latest local authority school places Scorecards 2018.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 26/06/2019 16:25:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 125033 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1133716

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foreign Languages: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to encourage more people from disadvantaged backgrounds to learn foreign languages.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	267221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>Since September 2014, the reformed national curriculum makes it compulsory for pupils in maintained schools to be taught a modern or classical language in Key Stage 2. The Department introduced the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) performance measure in 2010 where entry into both modern and ancient language GCSEs count towards the languages element of the EBacc.</p><p>The modern foreign languages pedagogy pilot commenced in December 2018, managed by a Centre for Excellence and run through nine school-led hubs, is aiming to improve uptake and attainment in languages at Key Stages 3 and 4, and to share best practice especially in disadvantaged areas. We have also launched a pilot project in languages undergraduate mentoring for secondary school pupils to drive up participation in the subject, specifically targeting areas of high disadvantage to extend access to languages for all pupils.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/06/2019 10:28:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1133732

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Graduates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to make the teaching profession a more popular choice for graduates.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	267223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The government’s top priority is to ensure that teaching continues to be an attractive and fulfilling profession. 34,595 teacher trainees were recruited this year, an increase of 8% on 2017/18.</p><p>We have put in place a range of measures, including generous bursaries, worth up to £26,000, to encourage trainees to key subjects such as languages and physics. We also offer prestigious scholarship schemes, worth up to £28,000, in six subjects including physics, maths and languages: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/funding-initial-teacher-training-itt-academic-year-2018-to-19" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/funding-initial-teacher-training-itt-academic-year-2018-to-19</a>.</p><p>In January we launched the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy. Designed collaboratively with the sector, the centrepiece of the strategy is the Early Career Framework, which will underpin a fully-funded, two-year support package for new teachers, providing them with the early career support enjoyed by other top professions.</p><p>In the strategy we committed to making it easier for great people to become teachers, including a new one-stop application service for initial teacher training. We will also launch a new Discover Teaching initiative, giving as many people as possible the opportunity to experience the opportunities that a career in teaching provides. The strategy can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-recruitment-and-retention-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-recruitment-and-retention-strategy</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/06/2019 11:15:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1133072

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Specialist Maths Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of children's progress in specialist maths schools.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	911509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>There are currently two open maths schools: Kings College London Mathematics School and Exeter Mathematics School. In 2018, both schools had A level progress scores that were ‘well above average’. Pupils achieved progress scores of 1.46 and 1.10 in A level mathematics in Kings College London and Exeter Mathematics Schools respectively. This means that pupils in these schools achieved, on average, a grade higher than similar pupils nationally. These outcomes place both schools in the top 1% of schools in England for progress in A level mathematics.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/06/2019 16:30:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1133143

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions: Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary school pupils were suspended due to violence-related issues in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	266706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The National Statistics releases ‘Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England’ includes information on the number of permanent and fixed period exclusions. The releases are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions</a>.</p><p>In the National tables, table 4 gives exclusions by main reason. The guide to exclusion statistics gives descriptors for each reason category in section 4.4.2, and is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/exclusions-statistics-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/exclusions-statistics-guide</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/06/2019 09:40:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1133148

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions: Secondary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment he has made of the rate of exclusions of secondary school pupils in (a) Sunderland and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	266708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The National Statistics release ‘Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England 2016 to 2017’ includes information on the number and rate of permanent and fixed period exclusions.</p><p>The release is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p>The local authority tables give information at local authority, region, and national level.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/06/2019 16:36:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1133287

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will adopt the recommendations relating to fire safety and classroom notice boards submitted by the British Educational Suppliers Association to his review of Building Bulletin 100.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	266635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>Schools must be safe places in which to work and study. The Department, as part of the regular review of its standards for school buildings, has recently completed research into the flammability of notice boards used in schools. The outcome of this work has been used to clarify the specification the Department uses in relation to noticeboards in new school buildings. The updated specification can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/school-design-and-construction" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/school-design-and-construction</a>.</p><p>The British Educational Suppliers Association responded to our recent call for evidence on Building Bulletin 100, which will be followed by a full public consultation on the guidance and its supporting tools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/06/2019 11:13:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1133289

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Climate Change and Ecology: Curriculum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to introduce climate change and ecological education as a core subject in the national curriculum.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	266617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>It is important that young people are taught about climate change and ecology. Topics related to this are already included in both the science and geography national curriculum.</p><p>For example, in primary school science, pupils are taught about how weather changes across the four seasons and look at how environments can change as a result of human actions. In secondary science, pupils are taught about ecosystems, and the production of carbon dioxide by human activity and the effect this has on the climate. They go on to consider the evidence for additional anthropogenic causes of climate change, and positive and negative interactions with ecosystems and their impact on biodiversity. In secondary geography, pupils will study how human and physical processes interact to influence and change landscapes, environments and the climate.</p><p>In 2017, the Department also introduced a new environmental science A level. This will enable students to study topics that will support their understanding of climate change and how it can be tackled.</p><p>The Department is also funding the Children and Nature Programme, a £10 million programme that aims to support children from disadvantaged backgrounds to have better access to the natural environment. This includes studying about nature and how to care for the natural environment.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/06/2019 16:31:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan