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100355

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's Research Report, Are free schools using innovative approaches?, published in September 2014, what the (a) longest and (b) shortest (i) terms and (ii) school years are in days, according to the responses from the free schools which submitted answers to her Department's questionnaire, referred to in that Report.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	211518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>Our online survey of free schools asked only whether they were operating terms and school years that were different to other schools in the local area. It did not collect data on the actual lengths of terms and school years in the free schools or other local schools.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Two out of 74 (3%) of the free schools completing the survey stated that they do not offer personal, social, health and economic education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211517 211521 question first answered 28/10/2014 17:52:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

100356

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's Research Report, Are free schools using innovative approaches?, published in September 2014, what data is available for publication on the length of (a) terms and (b) school years, in days, from the free schools which responded to her Department's questionnaire, referred to in that Report.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	211517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>Our online survey of free schools asked only whether they were operating terms and school years that were different to other schools in the local area. It did not collect data on the actual lengths of terms and school years in the free schools or other local schools.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Two out of 74 (3%) of the free schools completing the survey stated that they do not offer personal, social, health and economic education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211518 211521 question first answered 28/10/2014 17:52:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

100357

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's Research Report, Are free schools using innovative approaches?, published in September 2014, what proportion of free schools which responded to the Department's questionnaire do not teach personal, social, health and economic education.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	211521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>Our online survey of free schools asked only whether they were operating terms and school years that were different to other schools in the local area. It did not collect data on the actual lengths of terms and school years in the free schools or other local schools.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Two out of 74 (3%) of the free schools completing the survey stated that they do not offer personal, social, health and economic education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211517 211518 question first answered 28/10/2014 17:52:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

101095

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's research report, Are free schools using innovative approaches?, published in September 2014, what data has been gathered on the length in days of (a) terms and (b) school years from the 74 free schools which responded to her Department's questionnaire.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	211967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Our online survey of free schools asked only whether they were operating terms and school years that were different to other schools in the local area. It did not collect data on the actual lengths of terms and school years in the free schools.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Responding to such surveys is voluntary and, after reminders were issued via email and phone, we did not seek detailed reasons for non-response.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211965 211966 question first answered 30/10/2014 15:44:52 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

101096

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to establish why 100 free schools failed to respond to her Department's questionnaire.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	211966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Our online survey of free schools asked only whether they were operating terms and school years that were different to other schools in the local area. It did not collect data on the actual lengths of terms and school years in the free schools.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Responding to such surveys is voluntary and, after reminders were issued via email and phone, we did not seek detailed reasons for non-response.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211965 211967 question first answered 30/10/2014 15:44:52 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

101098

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment (a) her Department and (b) Ofsted have made of the consistency with which free schools are operating in accordance with the School Admissions Code.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	211963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Ofsted has no role in overseeing admissions. It is for the free school trust to ensure that its admission arrangements comply fully with the Admissions Code.</p><p>My Rt hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education can agree different arrangements (‘derogations’ from the Code) for individual academies and free schools, but only in limited circumstances, and where there is demonstrable evidence that it would benefit local children. 54 free schools and three academies have specified derogations.</p><p>Anyone can object to the Schools Adjudicator if they have concerns about admission arrangements. The Schools Adjudicator will consider all objections to the admission arrangements of all state-funded schools, including mainstream free schools. Her decision is binding.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211964 question first answered 03/11/2014 16:59:52 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

101099

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of free schools which do not operate in accordance with the School Admissions Code.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	211964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Ofsted has no role in overseeing admissions. It is for the free school trust to ensure that its admission arrangements comply fully with the Admissions Code.</p><p>My Rt hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education can agree different arrangements (‘derogations’ from the Code) for individual academies and free schools, but only in limited circumstances, and where there is demonstrable evidence that it would benefit local children. 54 free schools and three academies have specified derogations.</p><p>Anyone can object to the Schools Adjudicator if they have concerns about admission arrangements. The Schools Adjudicator will consider all objections to the admission arrangements of all state-funded schools, including mainstream free schools. Her decision is binding.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211963 question first answered 03/11/2014 16:59:52 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

101101

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made contact with the 100 free schools which failed to respond to her Department's questionnaire for the research report, Are free schools using innovative approaches? published in September 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	211965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Our online survey of free schools asked only whether they were operating terms and school years that were different to other schools in the local area. It did not collect data on the actual lengths of terms and school years in the free schools.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Responding to such surveys is voluntary and, after reminders were issued via email and phone, we did not seek detailed reasons for non-response.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 211966 211967 question first answered 30/10/2014 15:44:52 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

164341

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools
	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 3 November 2014 to Question 211963, if she will provide a list of the specified derogations from the Admissions Code that have been made by 54 free schools.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	215695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>All academies and free schools must comply with the School Admissions Code. This ensures their admission arrangements are fair, clear and objective.</p><p>However, in limited circumstances, the Secretary of State has agreed different arrangements for academies and free schools, where she is content that to do so will benefit local children. Such schools must comply with the Code other than in the very limited circumstances specified by the Secretary of State.</p><p>Whilst, at the time of replying to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-10-27/211963/" target="_blank">211963</a>, we explained that the Secretary of State had agreed specific freedoms for 54 free schools (including UTCs), that list now stands at 56, and is set out as attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 01/12/2014 16:33:21 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson attachment 1 file name Free_Schools_Admissions_Freedoms_December_2014.doc title Free schools - admissions freedoms - December 2014
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

167323

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools
	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 3 November 2014 to Question 211963, for what reasons she agreed a derogation from the Admissions Code in respect of each of the 54 free schools referred to in the Answer.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	216721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>Further to my response to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-10-27/211963/" target="_blank">211963</a>, I replied to your Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-11-24/215695/" target="_blank">215695</a> on 1 December listing the (now) 56 free schools (including University Technical Colleges) where the Secretary of State has agreed specific freedoms. The reasons for agreeing these freedoms are listed below:</p><ul><li>Permission to prioritise admission of children of staff without having to meet the two-year qualification set out in the Admissions Code: granted to enable free schools to recruit good quality staff quickly, to benefit all pupils.</li><li>Permission to prioritise admission of pupils eligible for the pupil premium: granted prior to the Secretary of State extending that freedom to all academies and free schools.</li><li>Permission has been granted for three UTCs to adopt two admission numbers for entry, in order to balance entry to each of their distinct technical specialisms to recognise the availability of specialised provision.</li><li>Permission to prioritise admission of founders’ children: granted only to schools where individual founders have played a material role in setting up the free school and where they continue to be involved in the running of the school.</li><li>Meridian Angel Primary School was permitted to admit a group of displaced children who were being taught as a temporary measure in the local primary school’s annex.</li></ul> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 08/12/2014 15:20:43 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman