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	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the findings of her Department's review into the status and professionalism of teaching assistants announced in October 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	10004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2015 answer text <p>Ministers have considered the latest evidence on the effective deployment and professional development of teaching assistants, together with a summary of the call for evidence and the draft teaching assistant standards submitted by the expert panel.</p><p> </p><p>In the light of this evidence, the Government believes that schools are best placed to decide how they use and deploy teaching assistants, and to set standards for the teaching assistants they employ. The Secretary of State has therefore decided not to publish the draft standards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/10/2015 09:40:42 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 21854 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

348749

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools: Standards
	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 free schools have been classified as inadequate in England since the introduction of the new inspection descriptors.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	1282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the Hon Member with the information requested. A copy of his reply will be placed in the House library.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 1283 1284 1285 question first answered 10/06/2015 15:20:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

348750

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Standards
	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 converter academy schools have been classified as inadequate in England since the introduction of the new inspection descriptors.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	1283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the Hon Member with the information requested. A copy of his reply will be placed in the House library.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 1282 1284 1285 question first answered 10/06/2015 15:20:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

348751

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Standards
	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 sponsored academy schools have been classified as inadequate in England since the introduction of the new inspection descriptors.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	1284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the Hon Member with the information requested. A copy of his reply will be placed in the House library.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 1282 1283 1285 question first answered 10/06/2015 15:20:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

348752

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Maintained Schools: Standards
	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 maintained schools have been classified as inadequate in England since the introduction of the new inspection descriptors.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	1285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the Hon Member with the information requested. A copy of his reply will be placed in the House library.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 1282 1283 1284 question first answered 10/06/2015 15:20:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

845629

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Crafts: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with representatives from the craft industry on craft education and the national curriculum.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	128601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>The national curriculum provides many opportunities for pupils to develop knowledge and skills in a wide range of creative subjects, including art and design, music, and design and technology.</p><p>The programme of study for art and design states that all pupils should become proficient in craft and design, and learn about great craft makers.</p><p>The Department’s officials meet subject specific stakeholders regularly. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has not yet had meetings with representatives from the craft industry on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/02/2018 14:17:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

349014

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Maintained Schools: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools which have remained as maintained schools following an inadequate Ofsted grade and been subsequently re-inspected have been graded (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) requires improvement and (d) inadequate.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	1353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the Hon Member with the information requested. A copy of his reply will be placed in the House library.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/06/2015 15:27:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

910276

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Music: GCSE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have taken GCSE Music by ethnic group in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	147369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The number of entries[1], by pupils in state-funded schools, at the end of key stage 4, into GCSE (or equivalent) music[2], between 2012/13 – 2016/17 are provided in the table below:[3]</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14<strong>[4]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15<strong>[5]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>White</strong></p></td><td><p>30,197</p></td><td><p>30,623</p></td><td><p>31,717</p></td><td><p>30,143</p></td><td><p>27,865</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mixed</strong></p></td><td><p>1,803</p></td><td><p>1,992</p></td><td><p>2,125</p></td><td><p>2,095</p></td><td><p>1,992</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Asian</strong></p></td><td><p>1,256</p></td><td><p>1,357</p></td><td><p>1,596</p></td><td><p>1,680</p></td><td><p>1,622</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Black</strong></p></td><td><p>1,960</p></td><td><p>2,155</p></td><td><p>2,338</p></td><td><p>2,275</p></td><td><p>2,132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Chinese</strong></p></td><td><p>345</p></td><td><p>326</p></td><td><p>331</p></td><td><p>332</p></td><td><p>296</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Any other ethnic group</strong></p></td><td><p>459</p></td><td><p>411</p></td><td><p>473</p></td><td><p>502</p></td><td><p>464</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Unknown ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p>398</p></td><td><p>384</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>358</p></td><td><p>379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>36,418</p></td><td><p>37,248</p></td><td><p>38,980</p></td><td><p>37,385</p></td><td><p>34,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>The percentage of all <br>pupils entering music</strong></p></td><td><p>6.4</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] Total number of entries include pupils who were absent, whose results are pending and results which are ungraded or unclassified.</p><p>[2] Discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once and only one entry is counted in these circumstances. Only the first entry is counted, in all subjects, in line with the early entry guidance (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores</a>).</p><p>[3] All figures are based on final data.</p><p>[4] In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of key stage 4 performance measures data: 1) Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations which: restrict the qualifications counted; prevent any qualification from counting as larger than one GCSE; and cap the number of non-GCSEs included in performance measures at two per pupil, and 2) an early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification, in subjects counted in the English Baccalaureate.</p><p>[5] From 2014/15, early entry policy, under which only a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification is counted in performance measures, is extended to all subjects.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/06/2018 16:22:09 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

910277

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Music: GCE A-level
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have taken A Level Music by ethnic group in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	147370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The total entries in each year are provided in the below table: [1], [2], [3], [4]</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnicity<strong>[5]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017[5]</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>White</strong></p></td><td><p>3,701</p></td><td><p>3,501</p></td><td><p>3,215</p></td><td><p>3,034</p></td><td><p>2,930</p></td><td><p>2,466</p></td><td><p>2,604</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mixed</strong></p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Asian</strong></p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Black</strong></p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Chinese</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Any other ethnic group</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Unknown ethnicity<strong>[6]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p>1,251</p></td><td><p>1,246</p></td><td><p>1,153</p></td><td><p>1,184</p></td><td><p>1,122</p></td><td><p>1,025</p></td><td><p>1,052</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>5,236</p></td><td><p>5,032</p></td><td><p>4,649</p></td><td><p>4,543</p></td><td><p>4,348</p></td><td><p>3,784</p></td><td><p>3,933</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Information is not available for 2010</p><p> </p><p>[1] For 2010/11 – 2015/16 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-level-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-level-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics</a>. For 2016/17 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2016-to-2017-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results-2016-to-2017-revised</a> (open the ‘A level exam results and A level and vocational participation csv’ and then the ‘A level subjects by characteristics’ file).</p><p>[2] Figures are based on final data.</p><p>[3] Students, at the end of their 16-18 study, who entered A level music.</p><p>[4] Includes entries into A level music qualifications which are eligible for inclusion in performance tables. Where qualifications taken by a student are in the same subject area and similar in content, ‘discounting’ rules have been applied to avoid double counting qualifications.</p><p>[5] The methodology through which students ethnicity is identified was changed in 2016/17. Up to 2015/16 a student’s ethnicity was taken from their census record three years prior to the academic year the figures are reported for. In 2016/17 a student’s ethnicity is taken from the census record of their final year of key stage 4 study (normally, three years prior). Due to this change, 2016/17 figures can not be compared to earlier years.</p><p>[6] A student’s ethnicity may be unknown for several reasons, including if they attended an independent secondary school (which do not complete the school census).</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/06/2018 11:03:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

917135

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Music: GCSE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students (a) in total and (b) eligible for free school meals took GCSE Music in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	149623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>The number of pupils[1], in state-funded schools, eligible for Free School Meals, at the end of Key Stage 4, who entered into GCSE (or equivalent) music[2], between 2012/13 – 2016/17[3] are provided in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Pupils entering GCSE Music</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Academic year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Free School Meal eligible pupils</strong><strong><strong>[4]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All other pupils<strong>[5]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total pupils</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of all pupils entering music</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13[6]</p></td><td><p>5,804</p></td><td><p>30,614</p></td><td><p>36,418</p></td><td><p>6.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14[7]</p></td><td><p>6,575</p></td><td><p>30,673</p></td><td><p>37,248</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15[8]</p></td><td><p>7,320</p></td><td><p>31,660</p></td><td><p>38,980</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>7,185</p></td><td><p>30,200</p></td><td><p>37,385</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>6,788</p></td><td><p>27,962</p></td><td><p>34,750</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Total number of entries include pupils who were absent, whose results are pending and results which are ungraded or unclassified.</p><p>[2] Discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once and only one entry is counted in these circumstances. Only the first entry is counted, in all subjects, in line with the early entry guidance <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-4-qualifications-discount-codes-and-point-scores</a>.</p><p>[3] All figures are based on final data.</p><p>[4] Free School Meal (FSM) status is taken from the pupils census record for that academic year and indicates that they were eligible for FSM in at least one of the previous 6 academic years.</p><p>[5] Includes pupils whose FSM status was unknown.</p><p>[6] Data for periods prior to 2012/13 are not available.</p><p>[7] In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of Key Stage 4 performance measures data: 1) Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations which: restrict the qualifications counted; prevent any qualification from counting as larger than one GCSE; and cap the number of non-GCSEs included in performance measures at two per pupil, and 2) an early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification, in subjects counted in the English Baccalaureate.</p><p>[8] From 2014/15, early entry policy, under which only a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification is counted in performance measures, is extended to all subjects.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/06/2018 16:46:17 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan