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64615

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Elizabeth Truss MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Education and Childcare, that "our 15 year-olds are up to three years behind their peers in the top-performing countries in reading and mathematics", what action they propose to address this.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education believes that improving the quality of teaching in literacy and numeracy is crucial to building the foundation for future study and work. The Government has revised the national curriculum and set more rigorous and challenging content in English and mathematics to match the highest performing countries around the world. The new programmes of study for English and maths will challenge pupils to realise their potential in an increasingly competitive global market.</p><p> </p><p>The new maths GCSE will have more content, be more challenging and – alongside English - will be double weighted in school performance tables. The Department has recently allocated £11 million to fund <del class="ministerial">over</del> 32 new maths hubs to support a more challenging maths GCSE to improve the quality of maths education. This initiative, which includes a teacher exchange programme with Shanghai, will enable every school and college in England, from early years to the post-16 sector, to access locally-tailored support in all areas of maths teaching and learning.</p><p> </p><p>The new national curriculum for English places a greater emphasis on reading and requires pupils to study a range of books, poems and plays.</p><p>The national curriculum for English will give teachers greater flexibility and freedom which will help to raise standards and expectations for all pupils. It has been significantly slimmed down and will free up teachers to use their professional judgement to design curricula that meet the needs of their pupils.</p><p> </p><p>The new English language GCSE will place greater demands on pupils and has more emphasis on those skills demanded by employers. The new English literature GCSE will build on this foundation, and encourage students to read, write and think critically.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 08/07/2014 15:42:37 question first ministerially corrected 09/07/2014 15:07:12 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash previous answer version 8669 answering member printed Lord Nash answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

64617

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why independent special schools were removed from the official published league tables, and whether they will consider restoring them.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>Independent schools, including independent special schools, are not required to follow the national curriculum, conduct teacher assessment or enter pupils for key stage 2 national curriculum tests. They have never therefore been published in the primary school performance tables. However, they have always been included in the secondary school performance tables.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 08/07/2014 11:15:53 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

64692

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Retirement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average retirement age was for teachers in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	202996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The average age at which teachers in publicly-funded schools in England drew their retirement benefits in every year between 2008-09 and 2012-13 was 59.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/07/2014 16:47:11 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

64694

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which organisations collect subscriptions through the employers' payroll service in his Department and its agencies.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	203103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department is currently consulting on removing its check-off provision.</p><p> </p><p>The following organisations received subscriptions from staff salaries through the Department's payroll provider in May 2014:</p><p> </p><p>Benenden Health</p><p>Birmingham Hospital Saturday Fund</p><p>British Healthcare Association</p><p>Charity for Civil Servants</p><p>Charity Trust</p><p>Civil Service Club</p><p>Civil Service Sports Club</p><p>FDA</p><p>Forester Health</p><p>Give As You Earn</p><p>Health Sure Group</p><p>Hospital Saturday Fund</p><p>HSA Crown Simply Health</p><p>HSA Individual Simply Health</p><p>Leeds Hospital Fund</p><p>Merseyside Health</p><p>PCS</p><p>Prospect</p><p>Westfield Health</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/07/2014 10:24:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

64695

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
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 trainee (a) English, (b) mathematics, (c) all sciences, (d) general science, (e) biology, (f) chemistry, (g) physics, (h) ICT, (i) design and technology, (j) modern languages, (k) geography, (l) history, (m) art and design, (n) music, (o) physical education, (p) religious education, (q) business studies, (r) citizenship, (s) 14 to 19 diploma subjects, (t) other subjects, (u) secondary and (v) primary school teachers were recruited through (i) Teach First, (ii) EBITT, (iii) HEI-led and (iv) in total in (A) 2010-11 and (B) 2011-12; and what proportion of his Department's supply targets the number recruited in each category in each year represents.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
uin	203085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The data held by the Department on initial teacher training (ITT) recruitment is contained within the ITT Census.</p><p> </p><p>The ITT Census contains data on recruitment to courses and routes.</p><p> </p><p>Supply targets are included in ITT Census publications, but are only generated at overall subject level and do not include Teach First numbers for the years in question.</p><p> </p><p>The ITT Census for 2010-11 and 2011-12 is published online:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training#performance-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training#performance-data</a></p><p> </p><p>Teach First recruitment was as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>English</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maths</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sciences</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ICT</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>D&amp;T</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ML</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Geography</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>History</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Art &amp; Design</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Music</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RE</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business Studies</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Citizenship</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Secondary</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>541</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>687</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Primary</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>19</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>85</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>560</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>772</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Only those subjects listed above were included in the Teach First programme.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/07/2014 16:46:05 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

64696

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
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 trainee (a) English, (b) mathematics, (c) all sciences, (d) general science, (e) biology, (f) chemistry, (g) physics, (h) ICT, (i) design and technology, (j) modern languages, (k) geography, (l) history, (m) art and design, (n) music, (o) physical education, (p) religious education, (q) business studies, (r) citizenship, (s) 14 to 19 diploma subjects, (t) other subjects, (u) secondary and (v) primary school teachers were recruited through (i) Teach First, (ii) School Direct (salary), (iii) School Direct (fee), (iv) other EBITT, (v) HEI-led and (vi) in total in (a) 2011-12 and (B) 2012-13; and what proportion of his Department's supply targets the number recruited in each category represents.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
uin	203084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The data held by the Department on initial teacher training (ITT) recruitment is contained within the ITT Census.</p><p> </p><p>The ITT Census contains data on recruitment to courses and routes, but does not include Teach First (TF) for 2012-13.</p><p> </p><p>Supply targets are included in the ITT Census publications, but are only generated at overall subject level and do not include TF numbers for the years in question.</p><p> </p><p>The ITT Census for 2011-12 and 2012-13 is published online:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training#performance-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training#performance-data</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Teach First recruitment for 2011-12 and 2012-13 was as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>English</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maths</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>191</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sciences</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ICT</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>D&amp;T</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ML</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Geography</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>History</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Music</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RE</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business Studies</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Citizenship</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Secondary</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>687</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>823</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Primary</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>85</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>174</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>772</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>997</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Only those subjects listed above were included in the Teach First programme.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/07/2014 16:45:12 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

64697

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
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 trainee (a) English, (b) mathematics, (c) all sciences, (d) general science, (e) biology, (f) chemistry, (g) physics, (h) ICT, (i) design and technology, (j) modern languages, (k) geography, (l) history, (m) art and design, (n) music, (o) physical education, (p) religious education, (q) business studies, (r) citizenship, (s) 14 to 19 diploma subjects, (t) other subjects, (u) secondary and (v) primary school teachers were recruited through (i) Teach First, (ii) EBITT, (iii) HEI-led and (iv) in total in (A) 2009-10 and (B) 2010-11; and what proportion of his Department's supply targets the number recruited was in each category in each year represents.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Tristram Hunt
uin	203086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The data held by the Department on initial teacher training (ITT) recruitment is contained within the ITT Census.</p><p> </p><p>The ITT Census contains data on recruitment to courses and routes.</p><p> </p><p>Supply targets are included in ITT Census publications, but are only generated at overall subject level and do not include Teach First numbers for the years in question.</p><p> </p><p>The ITT Census for 2010-11 is published online:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training#performance-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training#performance-data</a></p><p> </p><p>The data for 2009-10 recruitment is published in: ‘Additional tables 2: SFR06/2011':</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2010-provisional" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2010-provisional</a></p><p> </p><p>These data do not contain supply target figures.</p><p> </p><p>Teach First recruitment was as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>English</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>161</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maths</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sciences</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ICT</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>D&amp;T</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ML</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Geography</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>History</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Art &amp; Design</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Music</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RE</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business Studies</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Citizenship</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Secondary</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>458</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>541</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Primary</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>27</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>19</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>485</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>560</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Only those subjects listed above were included in the Teach First programme.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/07/2014 16:44:30 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4111 label Biography information for Tristram Hunt

64698

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Qualifications
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 number of children who are taught by unqualified teachers.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	203012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/07/2014 16:03:56 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

64699

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
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, what proportion of newly qualified teachers were still teaching three years after completing their qualifications in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	203011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The information that the Department for Education holds will be published in late July as additional tables to the Statistical First Release ‘School Workforce in England, November 2013', which is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 07/07/2014 14:46:39 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws previous answer version 8035 answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

64700

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
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, what assessment he has made of retention rates of qualified teachers.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	203007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education will publish statistics on teacher retention in late July as additional tables to the Statistical First Release ‘School Workforce in England, November 2013', which is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013</a></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/07/2014 16:05:43 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams