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1108789

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Swan School Oxford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timetable is for the new Swan School in Oxford to be signed off by his Department as ready to accept applications.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	239314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>​We are committed to a free schools programme which aims to deliver high standards, choice and innovation.</p><p>I am delighted to confirm that my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education agreed in principle, on 27 March 2019, to enter into a funding agreement with the River Learning Trust (RLT) for the Swan School to open, in Oxford, in September 2019. My officials are working closely with the RLT and its legal advisers to finalise the funding agreement, which we expect to agree shortly.</p><p>To minimise uncertainty for parents of the Swan School’s prospective pupils for September, my officials informed the chief executive of the trust of the Secretary of State’s decision on 28 March, and we agreed with the headteacher of the Swan School that these parents could be informed.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/04/2019 15:08:50 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1130983

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupil Premium: Oxford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2019 to Question 231556, what assessment he has made of changes in the level of take-up of pupil premium in Oxford in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	262434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The department publishes information annually at national, local authority and parliamentary constituency levels on the number of pupils who are eligible for the pupil premium in the current financial year, as a result of their having been registered for benefits-based free school meals at any point in the last six years. Figures for the financial years between 2015 and 2019 are available on GOV.UK via the following links:</p><p>2015-16: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2015-to-2016-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2015-to-2016-allocations</a>.</p><p> </p><p>2016-17: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>2017-18: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>2018-19: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-conditions-of-grant-2018-to-2019</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics for Oxford East constituency show that between 2015-16 and 2018-19, the proportion of primary school pupils eligible for the pupil premium fell from 27.9% to 24.9%; and the proportion of eligible secondary school pupils fell from 40.3% to 36.7%.</p><p>Statistics for Oxford West and Abingdon constituency show the same pattern over this period: the proportion of primary school pupils eligible for the pupil premium fell from 14% to 12.5%, and the proportion of eligible secondary school pupils fell from 18.3% to 16.8%.</p><p>Statistics for Oxfordshire local authority show that between 2015-16 and 2018-19, the proportion of primary school pupils eligible for the pupil premium fell from 16.2% to 14.4%; and the proportion of eligible secondary school pupils fell from 19.5% to 18.1%.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 13/06/2019 12:04:37 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1134072

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Health and Sports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how long the funding commitments are for the (a) Primary Sports Premium and (b) Healthy Pupils Capital Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	268532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The primary PE and Sports Premium funding is committed up until the end of the 2019/20 academic year.</p><p>The healthy pupils capital fund was announced as a one-off fund for 2018-19.</p><p>Funding for the 2020/21 academic year onwards will be considered in the context of the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 01/07/2019 15:15:05 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1136319

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Social Workers
	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 adequacy of provision of social workers in schools with a high volume of cases requiring social worker support.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	272261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>Local authority social workers provide statutory support for children in need of help and protection. The department does not hold data on the proportion of the 29,470 full-time equivalent local authority social workers in England who are working in schools as most social workers will hold cases for children who are attending several different schools. Where additional support is provided within school, it is for headteachers to decide how to spend their budget to best meet the needs of their pupils; some choose to employ trained social workers as part of their pastoral support provision.</p><p>Analysis from the June 2019 Children in Need review shows that of all state schools in England in 2017-18: only 2% of schools (499) do not have a single pupil to have been in need of a social worker since 2012-13; in almost a third of schools these children make up between 5-10% of the pupil population; in 12% of schools, over 20% of the pupil population were at some point in need of a social worker.</p><p>As part of a What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care (WWC) Change Programme focussed on moving services closer to children and families, £2.4 million funding was made available in 2019-20 for local authorities and children’s services trusts to test social workers being based in schools. The WWC is working with 3 local authorities -- Lambeth, Southampton and Stockport -- to set up and evaluate new ways of working in which social workers work in schools to prevent harm to children and deal more effectively with harm where it occurs. The evaluation of the programme will begin in Spring 2019 and run until March 2020, when a final report will be published.</p><p>In addition, 2 Opportunity Areas - Stoke and Hastings - are testing the effectiveness of models which embed social workers in schools. In the recently published ‘Help, Protection, Education: concluding the Children in Need review’, the department committed to learn from and consider how to build on the evidence from these trials.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 08/07/2019 13:51:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1179112

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers in UK schools are EU nationals.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	18945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2020 answer text <p>The Migration Advisory Committee’s report, ‘A full review of the Shortage Occupation List’, published in May 2019, estimated that around 4% of secondary school teachers and around 2% of primary and nursery school teachers were born in the European Economic Area (EEA) (excluding UK).</p><p>The Department publishes data on the nationality of initial teacher training (ITT) trainees, which is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2019-to-2020</a>.</p><p>In 2019-20, there were 28,859 postgraduate new entrants to ITT whose nationality was known, which was 98% of all postgraduate new entrants. Of these, 5% (1,484) were EEA nationals (excluding UK).</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/02/2020 09:35:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1179113

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people on the Erasmus scheme work in schools in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	18946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Education has made no estimate of the number of people on the Erasmus Scheme working in schools in the UK. This is because the European Commission records the number of incoming mobilities to the UK. Statistical analysis provides a breakdown by country for school staff mobilities (KA101) but does not break down figures for centralised school mobilities, such as strategic partnerships for school education (KA201) and school exchange partnerships (KA229) by country. Under the 2018 call for proposals, the UK had 2,345 participants for KA101, and 1,912 participants under the 2017 call for proposals.</p><p>More information can be found in the annual statistical analysis for Erasmus+: <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/about/statistics_en" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/about/statistics_en</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 28/02/2020 12:14:59 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1179114

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Languages: Education
	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 potential effect of the UK's withdrawal from the EU on the provision of language teaching in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	18947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2020 answer text <p>All teachers from the EU, including those teaching languages, make a welcome and important contribution to our school system. The Government has made an unequivocal guarantee to all EU citizens living and working here by protecting their rights in UK law through the Withdrawal Agreement Act and the EU Settlement Scheme. We have already provided certainty to almost 2.5 million people, including teachers, granted status through the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p>On 19 February, the Government published a policy statement which set out further detail on the future points-based immigration system, that will be introduced from January 2021, to attract the brightest and best talent from around the world. As skilled workers, teachers will score sufficient points for a visa under this system if they have an offer of a teaching job that pays at least as much as the minimum salary range for teachers and they are able to speak English to the required level.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 18948 question first answered 28/02/2020 12:21:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1179117

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	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, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on teacher recruitment in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	18948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2020 answer text <p>All teachers from the EU, including those teaching languages, make a welcome and important contribution to our school system. The Government has made an unequivocal guarantee to all EU citizens living and working here by protecting their rights in UK law through the Withdrawal Agreement Act and the EU Settlement Scheme. We have already provided certainty to almost 2.5 million people, including teachers, granted status through the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p>On 19 February, the Government published a policy statement which set out further detail on the future points-based immigration system, that will be introduced from January 2021, to attract the brightest and best talent from around the world. As skilled workers, teachers will score sufficient points for a visa under this system if they have an offer of a teaching job that pays at least as much as the minimum salary range for teachers and they are able to speak English to the required level.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 18947 question first answered 28/02/2020 12:21:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1239205

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Training: Remote Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have (a) started and (b) completed courses available in The Skills Toolkit online learning platform since it was launched on 28 April 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	97710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>The platform was launched on 28 April and as of 30 September 2020 we had 97,615 course starts, 16,219 course completions and 1,100,260 page views. The department continues to review the data and outcomes from the platform in partnership with the providers – such as Google and Microsoft – who host the courses that feature on the platform.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 97711 question first answered 05/10/2020 15:11:57 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1239206

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Training: Remote Education
	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 (a) effectiveness of The Skills Toolkit and (b) effect of that toolkit on improving learners' (i) employability, (ii) digital skills and (iii) maths skills.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	97711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>The platform was launched on 28 April and as of 30 September 2020 we had 97,615 course starts, 16,219 course completions and 1,100,260 page views. The department continues to review the data and outcomes from the platform in partnership with the providers – such as Google and Microsoft – who host the courses that feature on the platform.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 97710 question first answered 05/10/2020 15:11:58 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds