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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-02-07more like thismore than 2024-02-07
answering body
Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Secondary Education: Veterans more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of employing veterans as mentors in secondary schools to help tackle (a) persistent absenteeism and (b) disruptive behaviour in classrooms. more like this
tabling member constituency Birmingham, Selly Oak more like this
tabling member printed
Steve McCabe remove filter
uin 13493 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-02-19more like thismore than 2024-02-19
answer text <p>The department recognises the valuable skills and experience that former military personnel can bring to the education sector.</p><p>The undergraduate veteran teaching bursary provides financial support to eligible veterans who are studying for a degree with qualified teacher status in secondary subjects that are in high demand, such as biology, chemistry, computing, languages, mathematics, or physics. The bursaries are worth £20,000 in each of the last two years of the course and are available to veterans who have left the armed forces within the last five years or are due to leave within the next two years.</p><p>Graduate veterans are also eligible to access generous bursaries in priority subjects via postgraduate Initial Teacher Training routes, alongside other graduates.</p><p>The department does not have plans, at this stage, to look to employ veterans as mentors to support better behaviour and attendance in school. The department is currently delivering an attendance mentoring pilot which is designed to test and evidence effective practice for improving attendance through individual support and targeted family engagement. The pilot, which is delivered by Barnardo’s, involves mentors supporting a group of persistently absent pupils and their families on a one-to-one basis to help identify and address their barriers to education. The pilot is currently being evaluated to improve the existing evidence base on the effectiveness of this style of attendance intervention. The information from this pilot will then be published to help inform both school and local authority practice.</p>
answering member constituency East Hampshire more like this
answering member printed Damian Hinds more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-02-19T14:14:30.697Zmore like thismore than 2024-02-19T14:14:30.697Z
answering member
3969
label Biography information for Damian Hinds more like this
tabling member
298
label Biography information for Steve McCabe more like this