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star this property date less than 2014-10-22more like thismore than 2014-10-22
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Department for Education more like this
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star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Teachers: Pensions more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will provide funding for schools and colleges providing education for young people under the age of 19 to meet the additional costs arising from the (a) additional employer contribution as set out in the Teachers' Pensions (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 and (b) higher national insurance contributions which will be paid from 1 April 2016 as a result of the Pension Act 2014; and if she will make a statement. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Barnsley Central remove filter
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Dan Jarvis more like this
star this property uin 211581 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2014-10-27more like thismore than 2014-10-27
star this property answer text <p>The Department for Education is asking schools, like other employers across the public sector, to contribute more towards their employees’ pensions to ensure that the cost of public sector pension schemes do not fall unfairly on taxpayers. Our protection of the core schools budget in real terms means that schools are well-placed to cope with changes in their costs in 2015-16. The Department has also deferred the introduction of the increase to September 2015, giving schools an additional five months to plan how they will meet the additional pensions cost.</p><p>In addition, the Chancellor confirmed that the next spending review will take into account the cost to employers of the reforms to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme and the implications for National Insurance.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Yeovil more like this
star this property answering member printed Mr David Laws more like this
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less than 2014-10-27T11:01:14.1320255Zmore like thismore than 2014-10-27T11:01:14.1320255Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mr David Laws more like this
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star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2014-10-28more like thismore than 2014-10-28
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Young Offender Institutions: Education more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many hours per week of education juvenile boys in Hindley and Cookham Wood young offender institutions had in each week in June 2014. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Barnsley Central remove filter
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Dan Jarvis more like this
star this property uin 212297 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2014-11-03more like thismore than 2014-11-03
star this property answer text <p>The information requested is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Young Offender’s Institution</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Week 1</strong></p><p><strong>w/c 02/06/2014</strong></p><p><strong>(Hours per Learner)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Week 2</strong></p><p><strong>w/c 09/06/2014</strong></p><p><strong>(Hours per Learner)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Week 3</strong></p><p><strong>w/c 16/06/2014</strong></p><p><strong>(Hours per Learner)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Week 4</strong></p><p><strong>w/c 23/06/2014</strong></p><p><strong>(Hours per Learner)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Week 5</strong></p><p><strong>w/c 30/06/2014 (one day in June)</strong></p><p><strong>(Hours per Learner)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HMYOI Hindley</strong></p></td><td><p>15.22</p><p> </p></td><td><p>14.85</p><p> </p></td><td><p>14.07</p><p> </p></td><td><p>14.73</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2.42</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HMYOI Cookham Wood</strong></p></td><td><p>8.29</p><p> </p></td><td><p>8.30</p><p> </p></td><td><p>9.87</p><p> </p></td><td><p>11.28</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2.93</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The contracted number of hours per learner per (full) week is 15. The variation in the hours received results from legitimate absences, such as attending court, attending appointments and illness, and occasional provider cancellations (which we reconcile against for funding). The Education Funding Agency works closely with the providers, the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) and the Youth Justice Board to resolve issues affecting the delivery of education and training.</p><p> </p><p>The shortfall in hours per learner shown at HMYOI Cookham Wood is due to cancellations by the prison, rather than by the education provider.</p><p> </p>
star this property answering member constituency Yeovil more like this
star this property answering member printed Mr David Laws more like this
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less than 2014-11-03T17:56:35.7214962Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-03T17:56:35.7214962Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mr David Laws more like this
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star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2014-11-05more like thismore than 2014-11-05
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Cookham Wood Young Offender Institution more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the written answer of 3 November 2014, to Question 212297, what the reasons were for the requests by HMYOI Cookham Wood for cancellation of education hours. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Barnsley Central remove filter
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Dan Jarvis more like this
star this property uin 213604 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2014-11-10more like thismore than 2014-11-10
star this property answer text <p>As reported to the Education Funding Agency for June 2014 for the delivery of education and training at HMYOI Cookham Wood, cancellations by the prison were as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Category under which cancellations are recorded by HM Prison Service</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total percentage of cancelled hours</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Courts</p></td><td><p>2.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Visits</p></td><td><p>1.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sickness/Medical</p></td><td><p>0.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regime Activities</p></td><td><p>1.71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Incidents<a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/213604-%20Dan%20Jarvis/Draft/213604%20Minister%20Amends%2010.11.14%20FINAL.docx#_ftn1" target="_blank">[1]</a></p></td><td><p>42.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Refusal</p></td><td><p>6.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Segregation</p></td><td><p>13.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Discharge/Transfer</p></td><td><p>2.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjudication</p></td><td><p>4.96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offender Management</p></td><td><p>2.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Operational Shortfalls</p></td><td><p>8.59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>11.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Weekly Totals</p></td><td><p>100.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>This performance is not acceptable and the Department will expect a significant reduction in cancelled hours.</p><p><a title="" href="http://3dcpri-papp09/new_parliamentaryquestion/213604-%20Dan%20Jarvis/Draft/213604%20Minister%20Amends%2010.11.14%20FINAL.docx#_ftnref1" target="_blank">[1]</a> This category refers to acts of violence by offenders, such as assaults, fights, etc.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Yeovil more like this
star this property answering member printed Mr David Laws more like this
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less than 2014-11-10T17:27:38.6718316Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-10T17:27:38.6718316Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mr David Laws more like this
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star this property date less than 2014-11-06more like thismore than 2014-11-06
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Teachers more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of additional teachers that will be needed in 2015-16. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Barnsley Central remove filter
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Dan Jarvis more like this
star this property uin 213690 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2014-11-11more like thismore than 2014-11-11
star this property answer text <p>As estimated by the 2015/16 Teacher Supply Model, English primary schools will require 29,700 qualified teachers to enter the active stock in the 2015/16 academic year. The model also estimates that English secondary schools will require 22,500 qualified teachers to enter the active stock in the 2015/16 academic year.</p><p>This need for teachers will be met through a combination of new trainees, those returning to the profession, and those entering the state-funded sector in England for the first time.</p><p>The Department for Education uses the Teacher Supply Model (TSM) to calculate the optimum number of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) places required to match the future supply of teachers to the estimated demand for qualified teachers within the state-funded sector in England. The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) uses this information to inform their allocation of ITT places to teacher training providers.</p><p>The estimates for the future demand for teachers use the projected number of pupils in schools, assumed Pupil Teacher Ratios (PTRs), and our best estimates for the number of teachers required to implement the Department’s policy initiatives. The model also takes into account other flows within the existing stock of teachers such as those leaving the profession or retiring as well as those expected to return to teaching in the state-funded sector.</p><p>Whilst the Department estimates future teacher demand, decision-making taken at school level determines the actual number of teachers required. As with any forecast, uncertainty increases the further into the future the estimate is made for.</p><p>The Department has published estimates of teacher demand in part 1 of the TSM, published online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model</a></p>
star this property answering member constituency Yeovil more like this
star this property answering member printed Mr David Laws more like this
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less than 2014-11-11T12:40:25.296792Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-11T12:40:25.296792Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mr David Laws more like this
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star this property date less than 2014-11-06more like thismore than 2014-11-06
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Science: Teachers more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of additional teachers that will be needed in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18, (d) 2018-19, (e) 2019-20 and (f) 2020-21 in (i) mathematics, (ii) physics and (iii) computer science. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Barnsley Central remove filter
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Dan Jarvis more like this
star this property uin 213691 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2014-11-11more like thismore than 2014-11-11
star this property answer text <p>The following table provides estimates for the number of teachers needed in the English state funded-sector in each academic year from 2015/16 to 2020/21 for maths, physics, and computing. This need for teachers will be met through a combination of new trainees, those returning to the profession, and those entering the state-funded sector in England for the first time.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Maths</strong></p></td><td><p>3,300</p></td><td><p>3,400</p></td><td><p>3,700</p></td><td><p>3,600</p></td><td><p>3,600</p></td><td><p>3,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Physics</strong></p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Computing</strong></p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Teacher Supply Model</em></p><p>The Department for Education uses the Teacher Supply Model (TSM) to calculate the optimum number of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) places required to match the future supply of teachers to the estimated demand for qualified teachers within the state-funded sector in England. The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) use this information to inform their allocation of ITT places to teacher training providers.</p><p>The estimates for the future demand for teachers use the projected number of pupils in schools, assumed Pupil Teacher Ratios (PTRs) and our best estimates for the number of teachers required to implement the Department’s policy initiatives. The model also takes into account other flows within the existing stock of teachers such as those leaving the profession or retiring as well as those expected to return to teaching in the state-funded sector.</p><p>The Department forecasts the need for teacher trainees one year in advance in line with the annual ITT allocation decisions. However, the TSM also forecasts teacher demand over ten years to provide an overview of long term trends.</p><p>Whilst the Department estimates future teacher demand, decision-making taken at school level determines the actual number of teachers required. As with any forecast, uncertainty increases the further into the future the estimate is made for.</p><p>The Department has published estimates of teacher demand in part 1 of the TSM, published online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model</a></p><p> </p>
star this property answering member constituency Yeovil more like this
star this property answering member printed Mr David Laws more like this
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less than 2014-11-11T12:43:23.1295089Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-11T12:43:23.1295089Z
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star this property date less than 2014-11-06more like thismore than 2014-11-06
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Headteachers: Retirement more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many headteachers retired in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Barnsley Central remove filter
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Dan Jarvis more like this
star this property uin 213692 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2014-11-11more like thismore than 2014-11-11
star this property answer text <p>The requested information is not available broken down by the individual grades within the leadership group.</p><p>The following table provides the number of leadership teachers who retired from publicly-funded schools in England by the end of March in the financial years 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13. Information for 2013-14 is not yet available.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Leadership Retirements</strong>[1]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong>[2]</p></td><td><p>3,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>4,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong>[3]</p></td><td><p>3,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13[</strong>3]</p></td><td><p>3,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Database of Teacher Records and Pensioner Statistical System (PENSTATS).</em></p><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 teachers.</p><p>[1] Includes retirements such as Premature, Actuarially Reduced Benefits, Age, and Ill Health of head teachers, deputy heads and assistant heads.<br>[2] Local authority maintained schools.<br>[3] Provisional estimates.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Yeovil more like this
star this property answering member printed Mr David Laws more like this
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less than 2014-11-11T12:45:57.6326215Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-11T12:45:57.6326215Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mr David Laws more like this
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star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2014-11-06more like thismore than 2014-11-06
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Teachers: Recruitment more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many entrants to teaching in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14 were (i) newly qualified entrants, (ii) new to the publicly-funded sector and (iii) returning to the publicly-funded sector. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Barnsley Central remove filter
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Dan Jarvis more like this
star this property uin 213693 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2014-11-11more like thismore than 2014-11-11
star this property answer text <p>The information is currently being collated and quality assured, it will be published later this year. A firm date will be announced on the Department for Education’s ‘forthcoming publications’ website shortly.[1]</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education/about/statistics#forthcoming-publications" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education/about/statistics#forthcoming-publications</a></p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Yeovil more like this
star this property answering member printed Mr David Laws more like this
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less than 2014-11-11T12:39:15.7736221Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-11T12:39:15.7736221Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mr David Laws more like this
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star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2014-11-06more like thismore than 2014-11-06
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Teachers: Recruitment more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many entrants there were to (a) full-time and (b) part-time teaching in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Barnsley Central remove filter
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Dan Jarvis more like this
star this property uin 213694 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2014-11-11more like thismore than 2014-11-11
star this property answer text <p>The information is currently being collated and quality assured, it will be published later this year. A firm date will be announced on the Department for Education’s ‘forthcoming publications’ website shortly.[1]</p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education/about/statistics#forthcoming-publications" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education/about/statistics#forthcoming-publications</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Yeovil more like this
star this property answering member printed Mr David Laws more like this
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less than 2014-11-11T12:37:56.3119475Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-11T12:37:56.3119475Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mr David Laws more like this
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star this property date less than 2014-11-27more like thismore than 2014-11-27
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Teachers more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what modelling her Department has undertaken of the impact of recent changes in (a) pay levels, (b) pension contributions and (c) national insurance contributions on the supply of teachers. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Barnsley Central remove filter
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Dan Jarvis more like this
star this property uin 216272 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2014-12-02more like thismore than 2014-12-02
star this property answer text <p>The Department for Education uses the Teacher Supply Model (TSM) to calculate the optimum number of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) places required to match the future supply of teachers to the estimated demand for qualified teachers within the state funded sector in England. The National College of Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) use this information to inform their allocation of ITT places to teacher training providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not include pension and National Insurance contribution as factors in econometric forecasts of numbers who will leave the profession; however we do use average relative pay.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Department estimates future teacher demand at a national level, decision-making taken at school level determines the actual number of teachers required. In addition, the reforms to teachers’ pay that were introduced from September 2013 have given schools greater freedom to develop local reward packages which enable them to attract and retain the good teachers they need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has published the TSM online, along with an outline of the wastage forecast methodology. This is available through the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model</a></p><p> </p>
star this property answering member constituency Yeovil more like this
star this property answering member printed Mr David Laws more like this
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less than 2014-12-02T12:29:47.69Zmore like thismore than 2014-12-02T12:29:47.69Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mr David Laws more like this
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star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2014-12-02more like thismore than 2014-12-02
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Department for Education more like this
star this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
unstar this property hansard heading Pupil Premium more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have received the pupil premium to date; and what assessment her Department has made of the results and performance of that policy. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Barnsley Central remove filter
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Dan Jarvis more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2014-12-05more like thismore than 2014-12-05
star this property answer text <p>We are not able, in the time available, to assess how many schools have received the pupil premium in total since its introduction in 2011 as this data is not held in the format requested. However, in the 2013-14 financial year, 19,986 schools attracted funding due to having one or more pupils who had been registered for free school meals at any point in the previous six years. There were also 1,349 schools (maintained special schools, special academies, pupil referral units (PRUs) or Alternative Provision academies) for which the local authority received any pupil premium funding due, in line with the conditions of grant. These figures do not take into account schools receiving pupil premium plus for looked after children, as this funding was also allocated to local authorities to distribute.</p><p> </p><p>The gap in pupils achieving Level 4 or above in key stage 2 reading and mathematics has narrowed from 19.3 to 16.2 percentage points between 2011 and 2013. The gap in pupils achieving at least five good GCSEs including English and mathematics has narrowed from 27.4 to 26.7 percentage points over the same period.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst it is too soon to see significant evidence of the impact of the policy on the national attainment statistics, our assessments of the policy show an improving picture. Ofsted concurs with this view, and in its most recent report of July 2014 stated that schools are using the funding more effectively than ever before to raise the attainment of their disadvantaged pupils, and that gaps in many schools are beginning to close, in some cases quite quickly.</p><p> </p>
star this property answering member constituency Yeovil more like this
star this property answering member printed Mr David Laws more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Mr David Laws more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Dan Jarvis remove filter