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	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure the sustainability of designated teaching schools when funding is withdrawn due to a non-exceptional Ofsted inspection.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	8260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Teaching schools are outstanding schools which work with others to provide high-quality training and support in their area and make an important contribution to raising standards in schools. There are currently 691 designated teaching schools working with over 500 school partnerships (‘alliances’) across England. The government recognises the commitment and hard work of the headteachers and staff at these schools and the contribution they make.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To ensure that teaching schools continue to deliver high-quality support, the National College for Teaching and Leadership undertakes a review of teaching schools whenever circumstances change, including when an Ofsted inspection results in the school no longer being judged to be outstanding. <br></p><p> </p><p>The review is undertaken in accordance with the ‘teaching schools review of designation policy’<em>, </em>published on GOV.UK at<em>: <br> </em><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/384358/teaching-school-rod-policy.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/384358/teaching-school-rod-policy.pdf</a></p><p><br> Over 100 alliances are led by more than one teaching school, further strengthening the sustainability of their support.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/09/2015 12:13:45 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

391748

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Rickets
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide guidance to head teachers and governors of primary schools on the appropriateness of head covering for girl pupils in order to help tackle rickets.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	8222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not intend to provide specific guidance to headteachers and governors of primary schools on the appropriateness of head covering for girls in order to help tackle rickets.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department provides advice to schools on health and safety. Schools must take reasonable steps to ensure that staff and pupils are not exposed to risks to their health or safety by conducting a risk assessment and, if necessary, putting measures in place to minimise any known risk.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is for individual schools to decide whether or not to provide guidance on the appropriateness of head covering. It is for the governing body of each school to set their own policies on school uniform and other matters of appearance. Our guidance to schools on school uniform is clear that, in doing so, they must have full regard to their obligations under equalities law.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/09/2015 12:09:36 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

391745

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Languages: GCSE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of pupils entered for GCSEs in (a) Gujarati, (b) modern Hebrew, (c) Bengali and (d) Mandarin Chinese in each year since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	8252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The requested information is provided in the table below. It is not possible to identify pupils entered for Mandarin Chinese from the Department for Education’s data. The department does hold information on the number of entries into GCSE Chinese which includes Mandarin Chinese and other Chinese subjects. The number of pupils entered for GCSEs in Chinese is also published in the GCSE statistical first release.[1]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>GCSE entries in selected modern foreign languages</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year<strong>[2]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gujarati</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Modern Hebrew</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Bengali<strong>[3]</strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Chinese<strong>[4]</strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>873</p></td><td><p>421</p></td><td><p>1,282</p></td><td><p>2,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>708</p></td><td><p>431</p></td><td><p>1,126</p></td><td><p>2,542</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>676</p></td><td><p>406</p></td><td><p>995</p></td><td><p>2,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>663</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>961</p></td><td><p>2,307</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>590</p></td><td><p>372</p></td><td><p>1,002</p></td><td><p>2,341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>591</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>1,025</p></td><td><p>2,832</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2013-to-2014</a> (Subject time series table)</p><p>[2] Data for all years is final</p><p>[3] Includes Bengali (Any Other),Bengali (Chittagong/Noakhali) and Bengali (Sylheti)</p><p>[4] Includes Chinese (Any Other),Chinese (Cantonese),Chinese (Hokkien/Fujianese),Chinese (Hakka) and Chinese (Mandarin/Putonghua)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/09/2015 14:34:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq