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registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Out-of-school Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of unregistered schools in England; in which local authority area or areas they are primarily located; how many unregistered schools have been compelled to register in each of the past three years; and what action can be taken to close non-compliant schools and place those pupils affected in more appropriate learning environments.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL3811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not have a fixed estimate of the number of unregistered schools in England or the areas in which they are primarily located. The number of institutions that the Department is aware of and working with fluctuates on a continual basis as they open, close or become registered.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the last three years the Department has asked 33 unregistered schools to register. There were 9 requests in 2012; 16 in 2013 and 8 in 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is a criminal offence to operate an unregistered school. Where a school refuses to register, the Department works with the police and Ofsted to pursue a prosecution. The Department also works with the local authority to ensure that children are placed in more appropriate settings.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Garden of Frognal question first answered 31/12/2014 11:28:36 answering member 3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

170271

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Educational Exchanges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans formally to recognise international high school exchanges.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL3767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government recognises that school links and exchanges can provide valuable opportunities to learn about other countries and to improve language skills. It is, however, for individual schools to decide whether or not they wish to participate in such exchanges.</p><p> </p><p>For those who do, there are many opportunities available, for example through the British Council’s Connecting Classrooms programme, the Global Learning Programme, which is jointly funded by the Department for International Development and the British Council, and the EU’s Erasmus + programme. The British Council also offers an International School Award which enables schools to have their international work recognised.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 18/12/2014 12:49:48 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

170272

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Private Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of possible partnerships between state and private schools, and the possible implications for private schools already offering significant bursaries and scholarships.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL3768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>We welcome the fact that as noted in my previous Answer on this subject (HL3224), more than 9 out of 10 independent schools are engaged on partnership activity. However, we want this to continue to be a voluntary activity, borne out of genuine enthusiasm for the benefits of such arrangements, and carried out in a way proportionate to the resources of the schools involved. It would be counter-productive if an artificial requirement for partnership resulted in a reduction in the resources that schools devote to the provision of scholarships and other assistance with fees, which also demonstrates public benefit and helps social mobility.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 17/12/2014 17:35:22 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

170277

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for each year since 2010, what percentage of exclusions from (1) maintained schools, and (2) academy schools, related to disabled pupils with or without statements.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL3773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not publish information on exclusions of pupils with special education needs (SEN) for academies.</p><p> </p><p>Information for state-funded schools is published in the “Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England: 2012 to 2013” Statistical First Release. This information is published online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2012-to-2013</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 9 gives a time series of the number of permanent exclusions of pupils with SEN. Tables 10a and 10b show the number of fixed-period exclusions of pupils with SEN and the number of pupils with SEN with one or more fixed- period exclusion, respectively. Data for earlier years can be found in the “Statistics: exclusions” series. This information is published online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 18/12/2014 12:40:41 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

170278

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for each year since 2010 what was the average time for (1) a permanently excluded disabled pupil with a Special Educational Need (SEN), and (2) a permanently excluded disabled pupil without SEN, to be accepted at another school.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL3774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not collect information regarding the length of time it takes for an excluded pupil to be accepted at another school.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 18/12/2014 12:48:24 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

170279

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many complaints they have received regarding (1) the admission decisions in relation to children with Special Educational Needs (SEN), and (2) the teaching of children with SEN, by academy schools.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL3775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>On behalf of the Secretary of State, the Education Funding Agency (EFA) deals with academy special educational needs (SEN) admission determination requests involving pupils in receipt of a statement of SEN or Education, Health and Care plan. Between January 2013 and November 2014 the EFA handled 56 admission determination requests.</p><p> </p><p>The EFA does not categorise complaints about the teaching of children with SEN by academy schools, or whether a request for an SEN admission determination was received because an academy refused to admit a child owing to budgetary constraints.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL3776 question first answered 18/12/2014 12:50:32 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

170280

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there have been any cases where an academy has refused to admit a Special Educational Needs pupil owing to budgetary constraints; and, if so, how many.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL3776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>On behalf of the Secretary of State, the Education Funding Agency (EFA) deals with academy special educational needs (SEN) admission determination requests involving pupils in receipt of a statement of SEN or Education, Health and Care plan. Between January 2013 and November 2014 the EFA handled 56 admission determination requests.</p><p> </p><p>The EFA does not categorise complaints about the teaching of children with SEN by academy schools, or whether a request for an SEN admission determination was received because an academy refused to admit a child owing to budgetary constraints.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL3775 question first answered 18/12/2014 12:50:32 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

170281

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many applications to establish a free school with a focus on inclusion of disabled learners, with or without Special Educational Needs, have been agreed to, and how many refused, by the Secretary of State.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL3777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>Since 2010 we have received over 1500 applications to open a free school, all of which will have had some focus on the inclusion of disabled learners. Within this number we have received 89 applications to establish special free schools, 22 of which have been approved to proceed to the pre-opening stage and 67 rejected. The 67 applications were rejected because they failed to meet our quality threshold.</p><p> </p><p>Three of the 11 open special free schools have been inspected by Ofsted, (with two being rated as ‘Good’ and one as ‘Outstanding’). Once open, all free schools have a statutory duty to make sure disabled students are not discriminated against and to promote their interests.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 18/12/2014 12:49:12 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

170282

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 26 November (HL3028), what action they advise local authorities to take to safeguard children who attend unregistered schools that do not teach a broad and balanced curriculum and are based on a narrow set of religious beliefs; and whether they consider that such schooling falls under the relevant provisions of child protection legislation.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL3778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education's statutory safeguarding guidance to local authorities, contained in ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’, is clear on what action authorities have to take if they are concerned about the safety and welfare of any child in their area. <br><br></p><p>The department does not regard an excessively narrow curriculum as a child protection matter, although such provision does relate to parents’ duty to ensure that children of compulsory school age receive a suitable full-time education, and the duty of local authorities to identify children who are not receiving such an education.<br><br></p><p>The department works closely with authorities when unregistered provision is identified to ensure that it is either registered or closed, and that safeguarding concerns are dealt with promptly.<br><br></p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 17/12/2014 17:38:10 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

170283

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Curriculum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 27 November (HL3031), whether they consider that parents who learn that their children are being taught by a school that young earth creationism or intelligent design is scientifically valid are entitled to regard it as evidence that that school is not offering a broad and balanced curriculum under the terms of section 78 of the Education Act 2002.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL3779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>Maintained schools are obliged to comply with section 78 of the Education Act 2002. Maintained schools that teach young earth creationism or intelligent design as valid science undermine the teaching of established evolutionary theory and are therefore not complying with the national curriculum or providing a broad and balanced curriculum as required by section 78. If parents have concerns about this they should raise the matter through the school’s complaints procedure in the first instance.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 18/12/2014 12:48:03 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner