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444442

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date	13/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Premium
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why pupils not attending school due to health needs are not entitled to the pupil premium.
tabling member printed	Baroness Massey of Darwen
uin	HL4993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>This Government is determined that all children, regardless of their circumstances, should receive a good education. Where a child of compulsory school age would not receive suitable education due to health needs, local authorities have a duty to ensure that alternative arrangements are put in place. Local authorities are funded to make these arrangements through their high needs budgets.</p><p>The pupil premium is additional funding that recognises the further barriers to educational achievement faced by disadvantaged pupils. Disadvantaged pupils who are unable to attend school because of health needs continue to attract the pupil premium. The premium is paid to all state funded schools with eligible pupils, including special schools, special academies, pupil referral units and alternative provision academies. Where eligible pupils are recorded on the alternative provision census as receiving other forms of alternative provision then the pupil premium is paid to the local authority. Information about pupil premium funding arrangements can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pupil-premium-information-for-schools-and-alternative-provision-settings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pupil-premium-information-for-schools-and-alternative-provision-settings</a></p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 26/01/2016 14:18:56 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2489 label Biography information for Baroness Massey of Darwen

444444

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupil Referral Units
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many pupils in Pupil Referral Units are reintegrated into mainstream education annually, and what support is available for that to happen.
tabling member printed	Baroness Massey of Darwen
uin	HL4995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>Every child, including those who have been excluded, should receive a good quality education to allow them to achieve their full potential. Information on the number of pupils in pupil referral units (PRUs) reintegrated into mainstream education annually is not readily available and it could only be determined at a disproportionate cost.</p><br /><p>PRUs and other alternative providers should work with commissioners to develop a clearly defined set of objectives for each pupil’s time in alternative provision and their reintegration into mainstream education. Progress against these objectives should be frequently monitored and assessed to ensure that pupils’ needs are being addressed and they return to mainstream school when they are ready. An appropriate package of support should be in place to assist in the reintegration process.</p><br /><p>The Department has published statutory guidance in 2013 on alternative provision with clearly defined objectives for commissioners of PRUs and alternative provision (AP) to support pupils back into school after an alternative education placement. A copy has been attached to this answer.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 27/01/2016 17:20:33 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash attachment 1 file name HL4995 attachment.pdf title Alternative Provision guidance
tabling member	2489 label Biography information for Baroness Massey of Darwen

444445

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many children's centres have closed in the last year, and how many will close in 2016.
tabling member printed	Baroness Massey of Darwen
uin	HL4996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>In 2015, 144 children’s centres closed. The Department does not routinely collect data on the number of anticipated closures but expects local authorities to fulfil their duties under the Childcare Act 2006 to ensure sufficient children’s centres to meet the needs of local families. Local authorities must consult fully before any significant changes are made to children’s centre services.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 25/01/2016 16:44:42 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	2489 label Biography information for Baroness Massey of Darwen

444459

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic 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 whether the majority of secondary schools meet the objective of instilling self-confidence and social and emotional skills in their pupils.
tabling member printed	Lord Northbourne
uin	HL5010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>All schools should equip young people with the necessary skills to leave school prepared for life in modern Britain. Personal Social Health and Economic (PSHE) education has a vital role to play in this and we want all schools to put it at the heart of their curriculum.</p><p>This includes developing character traits like self-confidence, motivation and resilience. These traits support academic attainment, are valued by employers, and encourage young people to make a positive contribution to British society. Many schools are already doing this. The 27 schools and organisations that were winners of character awards in 2015 demonstrated excellence in the area. We will continue to support schools in developing these traits in pupils without prescribing compulsory measures. In order to do this, we are investing £5 million in character education, including £3.5m of grants for 14 projects and £1m to the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) to build evidence and expand research into the most effective character education.</p><p>Last September, Ofsted introduced a common assessment framework for the inspection of schools, early years and further education and skills remits. There is an overall effectiveness judgement underpinned by four graded judgements, one of which is a new judgement on personal development, behaviour and welfare. This aspect, therefore, will be graded and reported on in all school inspections.</p><p>Additionally, before making the final judgement on the overall effectiveness of all schools, Ofsted inspectors must evaluate the effectiveness and impact of the provision for pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. This means that when judging the effectiveness of leadership and management, inspectors will consider the design, implementation and evaluation of the curriculum, ensuring breadth and balance and its impact on pupils’ outcomes and their personal development, behaviour and welfare.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL5011 question first answered 26/01/2016 13:08:57 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3201 label Biography information for Lord Northbourne

444460

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Ofsted reports on whether secondary schools meet the objective of instilling self-confidence and social and emotional skills in their pupils when they carry out secondary school inspections.
tabling member printed	Lord Northbourne
uin	HL5011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>All schools should equip young people with the necessary skills to leave school prepared for life in modern Britain. Personal Social Health and Economic (PSHE) education has a vital role to play in this and we want all schools to put it at the heart of their curriculum.</p><p>This includes developing character traits like self-confidence, motivation and resilience. These traits support academic attainment, are valued by employers, and encourage young people to make a positive contribution to British society. Many schools are already doing this. The 27 schools and organisations that were winners of character awards in 2015 demonstrated excellence in the area. We will continue to support schools in developing these traits in pupils without prescribing compulsory measures. In order to do this, we are investing £5 million in character education, including £3.5m of grants for 14 projects and £1m to the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) to build evidence and expand research into the most effective character education.</p><p>Last September, Ofsted introduced a common assessment framework for the inspection of schools, early years and further education and skills remits. There is an overall effectiveness judgement underpinned by four graded judgements, one of which is a new judgement on personal development, behaviour and welfare. This aspect, therefore, will be graded and reported on in all school inspections.</p><p>Additionally, before making the final judgement on the overall effectiveness of all schools, Ofsted inspectors must evaluate the effectiveness and impact of the provision for pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. This means that when judging the effectiveness of leadership and management, inspectors will consider the design, implementation and evaluation of the curriculum, ensuring breadth and balance and its impact on pupils’ outcomes and their personal development, behaviour and welfare.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash grouped question UIN HL5010 question first answered 26/01/2016 13:08:57 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3201 label Biography information for Lord Northbourne

444463

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Assessments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to alter the timing of school exams to accommodate Muslim children during Ramadan, and whether they have similar plans to accommodate Jewish children and the children of other non-Christian religions during their religious festivals.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL5014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) and I have asked its Chief Regulator, Glenys Stacey, to write directly to the Noble Lord. A copy of her reply will be placed in the House of Lords Library.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 27/01/2016 17:19:44 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

444477

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Rural Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how children in small rural primary schools can fully access the National Curriculum.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>The government believes that all children should have an excellent education, regardless of where they live. Maintained schools are required to teach the national curriculum as part of their duty to provide pupils with a broad and balanced school curriculum.</p><br /><p>The government’s view is that schools, including small rural schools, are best placed to decide how best children are taught the curriculum, and which resources meet their needs and to secure these accordingly.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 27/01/2016 17:20:53 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

444478

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Rural Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support they are able to provide to schools in rural areas with attached swimming pools where the age weighted pupil unit is not sufficient to support the operation of such facilities.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department distributes revenue funding to local authorities through the Dedicated Schools Grant. Each local authority receives a fixed level of schools revenue funding per pupil. The local authority is then responsible for designing a local funding formula, in consultation with its schools forum, which must include an age-weight pupil unit (per pupil funding attracted by each pupil at a school) of at least £2,000 per pupil for primary schools, and £3,000 for secondary schools. In consultation with its school forum, the local authority has the flexibility to set rates higher than these minimum levels. There are two further optional factors that are particularly relevant for rural schools: the lump sum and the sparsity factor. It is for individual schools to manage their budgets within the total provided to them, determined by the local formula.</p><p>The Department publishes all local authorities’ funding formulae on GOV.UK.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 27/01/2016 17:21:54 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

443570

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the written answers by Lord Nash on 26 and 27 October 2015 (HL2579 and 2580), and the oral response by Baroness Evans of Bowes Park on 4 November (HL Deb, col 1635), what is the percentage turnover of (1) teachers who achieved Qualified Teacher Status through an undergraduate qualification, and (2) teachers who trained via the Postgraduate Certificate in Education, within (a) two years, (b) five years, and (c) 10 years, of beginning to teach.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL4854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>The latest statistics show that 81 percent of qualified teachers remain in service after 2 years, 72 percent of qualified teachers remain in service after 5 years, and 62 percent of qualified teachers remain in service after 10 years. This information is available in Table C2 of the statistical first release ‘School Workforce in England, November 2014’ published in July 2015.</p><p>The requested breakdown by under/postgraduate route is not available.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 26/01/2016 14:06:50 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

443607

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Reading: Primary Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what instructions, guidance, or other advice, they are giving to primary schools about the promotion of silent reading, reading for pleasure, and reading novels, and about teachers reading books to younger classes.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL4891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>In the next five years, the Government wants children in this country to become the best readers in Europe. We are determined to make sure that every child, no matter where they live or what their background, learns to read well and read widely. We have made improving the teaching of reading a priority, and reforms to the education system have been designed to help every child become a confident, fluent and enthusiastic reader.</p><p>We have placed phonics at the heart of the early teaching of reading.The result from this year’s phonics screening check show that, three years on from its introduction, 120,000 more six-year-olds are now on track to become excellent readers.</p><p>In March 2015 the Department published ‘Reading: Next Steps’ which sets out the Government’s approach to reading and how we will support schools to improve reading standards and promote reading for pleasure. A copy of the document can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reading-supporting-higher-standards-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reading-supporting-higher-standards-in-schools</a></p><p>The reformed national curriculum for English introduced in 2014 clearly states that teachers are expected to encourage pupils to develop the habit of reading widely and often, for both pleasure and information. Within the national curriculum, programmes of study for English have been developed to emphasise the importance of reading for pleasure, including reading whole books. Teachers at key stage 1 should make sure that pupils listen to and discuss a wide range of stories, poems, plays and non-fiction at a level beyond that at which they can read independently to help develop pupils’ pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding. Programmes of study in English at key stage 2 set out that pupils should be able to read silently with good understanding. The programmes of study for English can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-english-programmes-of-study" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-english-programmes-of-study</a></p><p>To inspire thousands more pupils to develop a love of literature and improve their spoken language skills, we are a funding The Reading Agency during 2015-16 to help 200 primary schools set-up book clubs. The book clubs are being established in primary schools where reading attainment is currently low and there are high numbers of disadvantaged pupils. These schools will also enrol their Year 3 pupils with a public library.</p><p>In addition, we are funding The Poetry Archive during 2015-16 to produce teaching resources to help primary teachers to introduce poetry recitation to their pupils at an early age.</p><p>We are also getting behind the ‘Read On. Get On.’ campaign of corporate, public and charitable sector organisations working together to drive improvement to children’s literacy.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 26/01/2016 14:15:51 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves