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1136373

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
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 recent trends in real term funding for education on the ability of schools to provide high quality SEND support.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	272292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>We are investing £43.5 billion into schools this year, and are committed to maintaining real terms per pupil funding in our schools. This includes £6.3 billion in high needs funding this year for children and young people with the most complex special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), up from £5 billion in 2013, and includes an additional £250 million, across 2018-19 and 2019-20, what was announced in December 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Institute for Fiscal Studies figures show that real terms per pupil funding for 5 to 16 year olds in 2020 will be more than 50% higher than it was in 2000 and more than 70% higher than in 1990.</p><p> </p><p>However, we are aware that schools and local authorities are facing challenges in managing their budgets in the context of increasing costs and rising levels of demand for SEND support. We are also continuing to engage with schools and colleges, local authorities, health providers and families, to build a shared understanding of what is driving cost pressures, and to work with the sector to help manage them.</p><p> </p><p>We are looking carefully at how much funding for education will be needed in future years, as we approach the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 08/07/2019 13:54:24 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1136374

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
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 the academisation of schools on the ability of schools to deliver high-quality SEND provision.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	272293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The provisions of the Children and Families Act (2014), together with the associated statutory regulations and Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Code of Practice, apply to academies and free schools as well as to schools maintained by local authorities. All schools are required to use their best endeavours to identify and address the special educational needs of pupils and to apply the ‘graduated approach’ to support, which is outlined in Chapter 6 of the SEND Code of Practice, which can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Academies and free schools are inspected by Ofsted under the same framework as local authority maintained schools. The quality of education and support for pupils with SEND is taken into account by inspectors when making a judgement on the performance of a school.</p><p>The new Ofsted common inspection framework for education settings, which will be in force from September 2019, places more emphasis on the quality of SEND provision through the ‘quality of education’ judgement, with a clear focus on curriculum.</p><p> </p><p>Academies are under a duty through the Children and Families Act (2014) to co-operate with the local authority on their SEND provision. Where maintained schools and academies are acting unreasonably or unlawfully, the department has the power to direct them to put matters right, if it would be expedient to do so. The Department of Education and the Education and Skills Funding Agency have a direct role here to investigate complaints.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 08/07/2019 11:05:26 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1064765

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many multi-academy trusts have a Special Educational Needs Coordinator with responsibility for more than one school in the chain in (a) Hampshire, (b) Portsmouth and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	224491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>All maintained nurseries and schools (including academies and free schools) are legally required to have a teacher who holds Qualified Teacher Status designated as the Special Educational Needs coordinator (SENCO). Some Multi Academy Trusts (MATs) also employ a director of inclusion to co-ordinate Special Educational Needs (SEND) provision across the MAT. This is a separate role to that of the school level SENCO, and each individual academy must still employ a SENCO who meets the criteria set out in law to ensure the needs of SEND pupils are met effectively.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/03/2019 09:47:29 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1064766

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Staff
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 ensure the recruitment of adequate numbers of Special Educational Needs Coordinators.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	224492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Every mainstream school and academy must have a Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) who is a qualified teacher. The recruitment of SENCOs is the responsibility of individual schools.</p><p> </p><p>On 28 January 2019, we published the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy and launched the Early Career Framework, which provides the starting point for a review of Initial Teacher Training content.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Whole Schools’ SEND consortium, led by nasen, are delivering a 2 year programme of work. The aim is to embed special educational need and disability within the school led system of school improvement in order to equip the workforce to deliver high quality teaching across all types of special educational needs (SEN). Part of that work is to undertake a review of the learning outcomes of the mandatory Masters level National Award in SEN Coordination to ensure that the qualification reflects the changing needs of the educational system. A report is due in the spring.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 26/02/2019 12:07:55 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1050027

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Class Sizes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average state school class size is in (a) the UK, (b) Hampshire and (c) the city of Portsmouth.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	213450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>information on average class sizes in state-funded schools in England is published in the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018</a>.</p><p>In January 2018, the average primary school class size was 27.1, while the average secondary school class size was 21.2.</p><p>In Hampshire, the average class size for state-funded primary schools is 27.7, while the average class size for state-funded secondary schools is 23.0.</p><p>In Portsmouth, the average class size for state-funded primary schools is 27.6, while the average class size for state-funded secondary schools is 21.9.</p><p>​This only covers England, as education in the UK is a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/02/2019 16:22:40 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1050105

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
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 ensure that School Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators have enough (a) time and (b) resources to provide support to every child.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	213454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>We recognise the pivotal role that Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators (SENCOs) play in schools supporting children and young people with special education needs and disabilities (SEND). We are committed to work with unions, teachers and Ofsted to challenge and remove unnecessary workload.</p><p>We are currently developing resources specifically to support SENCOs. We are funding the Whole School Send Consortium to develop a SENCO Deployment Guide for school leaders which will include top tips and tools to help address SENCO workload challenges. This will be supported by an induction pack for new SENCOs.</p><p>Every mainstream school and academy must have a SENCO who is a qualified teacher. On 28 January 2019, we published the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy and launched the Early Career Framework, which provides the starting point for a review of Initial Teacher Training content guidance. We are also reviewing the learning outcomes of the mandatory Masters level National Award in SEN Coordination to ensure the qualification reflects the changing needs of the educational system.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/02/2019 17:37:23 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1050107

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the January 2019 survey of members of the National Education Union, what steps he is taking to respond to concerns raised in that survey on the effect of reductions in the number of teaching assistants and learning support assistants on the quality of teaching.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	213455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p>The number of full time equivalent teaching assistants in state funded schools in England was 262,800 in 2017. This is 48,900 more than reported in November 2010, and 30,500 more than reported five years previously. This data is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce</a>.</p><p>The figures above include learning support assistants, who report under this category in the school workforce census.</p><p>Schools are best placed to determine how to meet the needs of their pupils, including making decisions about the recruitment, training and deployment of teaching assistants. The Government recognises appropriately skilled and deployed support staff can make an important contribution to the development of children and the support of teachers in delivering teaching and learning.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 01/02/2019 13:50:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

942594

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Teachers' Review Body
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish the 28th report of the School Teachers’ Review Body.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	164525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>The School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) has recently submitted its 28th Report to my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, which makes recommendations on the 2018 pay award. The Government will now consider carefully the report from the STRB and its recommendations. The Department will publish the report and its response as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/07/2018 14:45:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

885324

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	Dentistry: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish the funding arrangements for new pre-registration dental hygiene and dental therapy students who are starting courses on or after 1 August 2018.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	136188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Health and Social Care published an updated policy paper on GOV.UK (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthcare-education-funding-for-postgraduate-and-dental-students/healthcare-education-funding-for-postgraduate-and-dental-students" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthcare-education-funding-for-postgraduate-and-dental-students/healthcare-education-funding-for-postgraduate-and-dental-students</a>) on 6 April 2018. This explains the funding arrangements for new pre-registration dental hygiene and dental therapy students starting courses on or after 1 August 2018.</p><p>From 1 August 2018, most pre-registration dental hygiene and dental therapy students will be able to access the standard student loan package and the Learning Support Fund.</p><p>For the cohort starting in 2018 to 2019 only, students at five specific institutions will continue to have access to an NHS bursary for the duration of their course. These providers will be required to reform their courses to fit the standard model from August 2019.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 23/04/2018 15:46:23 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

864448

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Class Sizes: Portsmouth South
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to reduce class sizes in secondary schools in Portsmouth South.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	132931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>The average class size for state-funded secondary schools in Portsmouth is 21.5, which is in line with the national average of 20.8. It is up to secondary schools to decide on the organisation of classes based on local needs and circumstances, ensuring they are consistent with raising attainment and helping pupils to achieve their potential.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/03/2018 14:53:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan