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1002043

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to require schools to provide advice on mental health to pupils.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	188064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Schools will be required to teach mental health as part of the Department’s plans to make health education compulsory. The Government is currently seeking views on the draft guidance and regulations, which will support the new subjects of relationships education in primary, relationships and sex education in secondary, and health education in all schools. The consultation includes questions on what support schools will need to deliver high-quality teaching. The consultation closed on the 7 November. <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/pshe/relationships-education-rse-health-education/" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/pshe/relationships-education-rse-health-education/</a>.</p><p>The draft statutory guidance sets out core content that schools will teach. The draft mental health content includes teaching pupils how to recognise and talk about their emotions, how to judge when they or someone they know needs support and prevention, including the benefits of physical exercise.</p><p>Schools will decide what further advice to provide to their pupils. To support schools, the Government will fund the training of a Designated Senior Lead for mental health in every school, to put in place a whole school approach to mental health and well-being. This can cover activities as part of pastoral support and advice for individual pupils with specific needs.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/11/2018 13:11:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

348610

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Bullying: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what training is offered to teachers and educational providers providing support to young people in dealing with (a) cyber-bullying, (b) trolling, (c) sharing information online and (d) other social media issues.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	1154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2015 answer text <p>All teachers are expected to meet the Teacher Standards, which require them to be able to ‘manage behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment’ and establish ‘a safe and stimulating environment for students, rooted in mutual respect’. Providers of initial teacher training, headteachers and teachers are best placed to determine the types of training and development that will help teachers to meet these standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is clear that there is no place for any form of bullying in our schools. To help schools tackle bullying the department has issued advice and case studies on preventing and tackling all forms of bullying, including online bullying. We have also issued advice on supporting bullied children’s social, emotional and mental health, and separate advice for parents on how to spot signs that their child is being cyberbullied and what to do if it happens. This advice is published online at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-tackling-bullying" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-tackling-bullying</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department is providing £3.3 million this year to various anti-bullying charities to tackle all forms of bullying in school, on top of the £4 million provided in 2013-15. One of these charities, the National Children’s Bureau, has produced cyberbullying advice for teachers on supporting pupils with a special educational need and/or disability and we link to this in our advice. Furthermore, the department has spent over £3.5 million on programmes to support teachers to deliver the new computing curriculum. Some of these programmes include e-safety content alongside developing teachers’ knowledge and skills in computer science.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 12/06/2015 10:18:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

427599

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Secondary Education: Racial Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to tackle racism in secondary schools.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	15889
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>All forms of bullying and discrimination are unacceptable and all schools are required to have in place a behaviour policy with measures to tackle bullying, which includes racist bullying. They are held to account by Ofsted and inspectors will look at records and analysis of bullying, discriminatory and prejudicial behaviour, either directly or indirectly. This includes racist, disability and homophobic bullying, use of derogatory language and racist incidents.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>In addition, all schools are required to promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faith and beliefs. Our guidance published in November 2014 says that British values include accepting that others of different faiths or beliefs to oneself (or having none) should be accepted and tolerated, and should not be the cause of prejudicial or discriminatory behaviour.</p><br /><p>All publicly funded schools are required to promote community cohesion and teach a broad and balanced curriculum. The curriculum provides many opportunities to foster tolerance and understanding. As part of the history curriculum, pupils can learn about different cultures, and about how different groups have contributed to the development of Britain. The citizenship programme of study sets out a requirement for pupils to be taught about ‘the diverse national, regional, religious, and ethnic identities in the United Kingdom and the need for mutual respect and understanding’. PSHE can teach young people about the rights and responsibilities of living in a diverse community and how to respect others.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/11/2015 15:59:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

522511

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	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, what progress her Department has made on including training on autism in initial teacher training.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	39218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>All initial teacher training (ITT) courses must ensure that trainee teachers can meet the Teachers’ Standards. They must have a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Teachers must be able to adapt teaching to the needs of all pupils, including pupils with autism.</p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of the independent review of ITT by Sir Andrew Carter in 2015, the Government commissioned an expert group, chaired by Stephen Munday CBE, to develop a framework of core ITT content. The Carter Review had found variability in the quality of course content, identifying SEND as one area for improvement.</p><p> </p><p>Stephen Munday’s group, which includes SEND experts, have considered how the new framework of core content for ITT will have a focus on SEND, including conditions such as autism. The Secretary of State for Education has confirmed that autism training will form part of the new core content for ITT. Ministers are currently considering the recommendations of the group and the report is expected to be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/06/2016 15:58:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

576401

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of graduate teachers secured a permanent teaching post within a year of graduation in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	44998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows final year postgraduate trainee award status and employment outcomes for the last five years. The statistics on employment outcomes are collected within six months of trainees being awarded qualified teacher status (QTS).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Trainee cohort</p></td><td><p>Total trainees awarded QTS<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Total in a teaching post, within 6 months of gaining QTS<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>Percentage in a teaching post, within 6 months of gaining QTS<sup> 2</sup></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>22,738</p></td><td><p>21,579</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>23,730</p></td><td><p>22,380</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>23,145</p></td><td><p>21,488</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>23,845</p></td><td><p>21,895</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>25,163</p></td><td><p>21,971</p></td><td><p>87%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>1) Excludes those with unknown employment outcome</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2) This refers to posts in England and includes maintained, non-maintained schools and sector not known.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>This table is derived from Table 6a of the main tables in the ‘Initial teacher training performance profiles: 2014 to 2015’ statistical release which was published on 28 July 2016 and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-performance-profiles-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-performance-profiles-2014-to-2015</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/09/2016 15:13:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

758668

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	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 steps she is taking to increase the study of foreign languages in schools.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	9394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of providing pupils with the opportunity to take a core set of academic subjects, including modern languages. Learning a foreign language provides an opening to other cultures; fosters pupils’ curiosity; deepens their understanding of the world; and equips pupils to study and work in other countries.</p><p> </p><p>Evidence suggests that children can better be taught the sounds of new languages when they are younger. That is why the Government introduced a new foreign language for Key Stage 2 as part of the new National Curriculum, which came into force in September 2014.</p><p>The Government took action in 2010 to halt the decline in the number of school children taking language GCSEs by introducing the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), which requires secondary school pupils to take GCSEs in English, maths, science (including computer science), a language and history or geography. This has had a positive effect on the take up of languages in schools since introduced in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published a response to the consultation on proposals to implement the EBacc on 19 July 2017. It set out that 75% of Year 10 pupils in state funded mainstream schools will start to study GCSEs in the EBacc combination of subjects by September 2022. This is as an important step to reaching 90% of Year 10 pupils studying GCSEs in the EBacc combination of subjects by 2025.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/09/2017 16:56:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

872778

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of children who receive free school transport.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	134591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. Local authorities in England have a statutory duty to provide free transport to eligible children and will hold information about the numbers of eligible children in their areas. <strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/04/2018 14:13:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

873557

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	School Choice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to introduce a right for parents to send their children to the same school.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	134671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>It is for admissions authorities in England to decide whether to give priority to siblings in their admissions arrangements, where the school is oversubscribed, and many schools do choose to do this. The Department expects schools to balance prioritising siblings with ensuring places are also available for other local children who do not have a sibling at the school.</p><p>The Deparment routinely reviews the English school admissions system and seeks regular feedback from stakeholders. Any changes to the School Admissions Code will require a full statutory process, including consultation and parliamentary scrutiny.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/04/2018 13:11:56 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

886136

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Grammar Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many grammar schools he is responsible for.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	136331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>There are 163 state-funded grammar schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/04/2018 15:53:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

890387

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support newly registered teachers to find employment.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	137517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Initial Teacher Training (ITT) providers are required to demonstrate that their trainees go on to secure employment; employment rates are one of the outcome measures that Ofsted uses to grade ITT providers.</p><p> </p><p>The latest data shows that 95% of postgraduate trainee teachers who were awarded Qualified Teacher Status were employed in a teaching post within six months of qualifying.[1]</p><p> </p><p>The Department is developing a free national digital service for schools to publish teacher vacancies and for teachers to search for them. This new service will assist newly registered teachers to find posts.</p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/632451/SFR38_2017_Text.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/632451/SFR38_2017_Text.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 02/05/2018 15:51:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson