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510179

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Students: Reasonable Adjustments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any college or institution involved in the teaching of Degree Apprenticeships will have the same duty to provide reasonable adjustments and support to any candidate with a disability as a conventional university or institute of higher education.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL7385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>Yes. The training for Degree Apprenticeships will be provided by many of the same universities as traditional degrees.</p><p>Under the Equality Act (2010), all employers and training providers have a duty to make reasonable adjustments for their employees and students. These same duties apply for apprentices, including degree apprentices in exactly the same way.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/04/2016 15:50:10 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

732103

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in ensuring that those going through Initial Teacher Training have received adequate training on dealing with pupils with Special Educational Needs.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>We believe that all children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) should be supported in schools, so they achieve well in their early years, at school and in college.</p><p>The Government does not prescribe the content of initial teacher training (ITT) courses. It is for ITT providers to use their professional judgement to determine the content and structure of courses, but they must be designed so that teacher trainees can demonstrate that they meet all of the Teachers' Standards at the appropriate level.</p><p>The Standards set out the key elements of effective teaching and the minimum expectations for the professional practice and conduct of teachers. In order to be awarded Qualified Teacher Status, trainees must satisfy the Teachers’ Standards which include a requirement that they have a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs (SEN) and are able to use and evaluate distinctive teaching approaches to engage and support them. ‘A Framework of core content for Initial Teacher Training’, published in July 2016 states that providers should ensure special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) training is integrated across the ITT programme. Additional information on the framework can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-government-response-to-carter-review" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-government-response-to-carter-review</a>.</p><p>Additional information on The Teachers’ Standards can be found here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teachers-standards" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/teachers-standards</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 06/07/2017 16:59:59 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

168496

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to remove the automatic eligibility for any disabled student to the Disabled Students' Allowance.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL3526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>There is no automatic eligibility for Disabled Students Allowances. Students must satisfy certain personal and course eligibility conditions and must also provide evidence that they have a disability in order to be eligible for Disabled Students Allowances. That will continue.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/12/2014 17:28:14 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

769199

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether students who take up their full entitlement to Disabled Students' Allowance have higher completion rates and final grades than those disabled students who do not.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL1933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>There are no data available that differentiate completion and attainment rates between students in receipt of Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs) who have taken up their full DSAs entitlement and those who have not. There are, however, completion and attainment data that are differentiated between disabled students in receipt of DSAs (regardless of level of entitlement take-up) and disabled students not in receipt of DSAs. The Higher Education Funding Council for England has published analysis of the non-continuation rates and degree outcomes for disabled students in receipt of DSA and disabled students who are not in receipt of DSA here: <a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/analysis/HEinEngland/students/disability/" target="_blank">http://www.hefce.ac.uk/analysis/HEinEngland/students/disability/</a>.</p><p>A document containing the same information is also attached.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 26/10/2017 16:44:58 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name HL1933 attachment.pdf title HL1933 attachment
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

452252

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the percentage of pupils in an average class who will have some form of special educational need.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL6153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>The percentage of children with special educational needs is collected in the January schools census.</p><p>In January 2015, 14.4% of pupils attending state funded primary schools and 14.3% attending state funded secondary schools were identified as having some form of special educational need. These figures include pupils with a statement of special educational needs, an Education, Health and Care plan, or children who receive SEN support<em>. </em>This figure does not include pupils who attend special schools or pupils who attend independent schools. Nationally, 15.4% of all pupils were identified as having special educational needs in January 2015.</p><p>There has been a decline in the proportion of children with SEN since 2010 when 21.1% of pupils had SEN. This has occurred because the number of pupils with SEN without statements/ EHC plans has declined, due to more accurate identification of those with SEN following implementation of the SEND reforms.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 23/02/2016 15:12:10 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

480004

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2016
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the announced changes to the initial teacher training criteria, why the suggested content was not made compulsory.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL7117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>The initial teacher training (ITT) criteria document contains both statutory guidance and accompanying advice from the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL). Accredited ITT providers must have regard to the statutory guidance when carrying out their duties relating to ITT. The criteria are made under The Education (School Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1662). They set out criteria which providers must ensure that candidates meet when they seek to gain a training place, and programme design, management and quality assurance criteria that must be met by those ITT providers in the design and delivery of their programmes. There are criteria specific to employment-based ITT routes.</p><p> </p><p>The accompanying advice is designed to help training providers understand and interpret the statutory criteria. Ofsted uses the supporting advice when it inspects ITT providers under the relevant initial teacher education framework for inspection. The content of ITT is not specified by the criteria and supporting advice, except that providers must ensure that programmes are designed to enable trainee teachers to be assessed as meeting the relevant standards (the Teachers’ Standards). No changes have been made to the ITT criteria recently; the last change was made in June 2015 (Criterion C2.2). This removed the previously specified age ranges, allowing providers greater scope to work with schools to determine the age range that their programmes would be designed to cover, within the specified primary, middle, and secondary phases.</p><p> </p><p>On 16 March, NCTL combined the statutory guidance and supporting advice into a single document to improve clarity. Some routine and minor amendments were made to the supporting advice to assist ITT providers. These related to safeguarding arrangements, middle years programmes, and secondary subjects that are typically offered in schools in only one Key Stage. NCTL also included advice for ITT providers on the Government’s Prevent strategy.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 23/03/2016 15:48:13 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

480003

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2016
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the announced changes to the initial teacher training criteria run parallel to the proposed recommendations of the Department for Education's independent expert group led by Stephen Munday.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL7116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>The initial teacher training (ITT) criteria and accompanying supporting advice do not prescribe the content of ITT. Providers must ensure that programmes are designed to enable trainee teachers to meet the Teachers’ Standards at the appropriate level.</p><p> </p><p>The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) published an updated version of the ITT Criteria, which combined the statutory guidance and supporting advice into a single document to improve clarity. Some routine and minor amendments were made to the supporting advice to assist ITT providers. These related to safeguarding arrangements, middle years programmes, and secondary subjects that are typically offered in schools in only one Key Stage. NCTL also included advice for ITT providers on the Government’s Prevent strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is awaiting the report from Stephen Munday’s independent expert group which is due shortly and will consider how their recommendations will be taken forward.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 23/03/2016 15:45:39 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

450462

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2016
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government where the criteria for standards in initial teacher training can be found, and whether there are any specific legislative instruments enforcing those criteria.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL5824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2016 answer text <p>The Teachers’ Standards were published in 2011 and apply to all teachers. They define the minimum level of practice expected of teachers. The document can be found on the GOV.UK website, and has been attached to this answer.</p><p> </p><p>The standards refer to:</p><ul><li><p>Schedule 2 of The Education (School Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003</p></li><li><p>The Education (School Teachers’ Appraisal) (England) Regulations 2012</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>As such, the Teachers’ Standards apply to:</p><ul><li><p>Trainees working towards Qualified Teacher Status;</p></li><li><p>All teachers completing their statutory induction period (newly qualified teachers [NQTs]); and</p></li><li><p>Teachers in maintained schools, including maintained special schools, who are covered by the 2012 appraisal regulations.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>The National College for Teaching and Leadership will use Part Two of the Teachers’ Standards, which relates to personal and professional conduct, when assessing cases of serious misconduct, regardless of the education sector in which the teacher works.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 18/02/2016 17:04:17 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash attachment 1 file name Teachers__Standards.pdf title Teachers' Standards
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

480002

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2016
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the announced changes to the initial teacher training criteria, whether the Teacher Standards will also be changed to reflect the increased emphasis on issues such as special educational needs and child development.
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL7115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2016 answer text <p>The Teachers’ Standards state that a teacher must adapt teaching to respond to strengths and needs of all pupils, including by having a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils including those with special educational needs; and by demonstrating an awareness of the physical, social and intellectual development of children, and knowing how to adapt teaching to support pupils’ education at different stages of development.</p><p> </p><p>Following a review of the quality of initial teacher training (ITT) by Sir Andrew Carter, the Secretary of State last year commissioned an expert group, chaired by Stephen Munday CBE, to develop a framework of core content for ITT. This will help to ensure that key areas of training identified by Sir Andrew, including special educational needs, are appropriately addressed in the initial training period for new teachers. Stephen Munday’s expert group will report to Ministers shortly.</p><p> </p><p>On Wednesday 16 March, The National College for Teaching and Leadership published an updated version of the ITT Criteria, which combined the statutory guidance and supporting advice into a single document to improve clarity. Some routine and minor amendments were made to the supporting advice to assist ITT providers. These related to safeguarding arrangements, middle years programmes, and secondary subjects that are typically offered in schools in only one Key Stage. NCTL also included advice for ITT providers on the Government’s Prevent strategy.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 29/03/2016 16:03:43 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington

454656

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the minimum amount of special educational needs teaching required to fulfil the Teacher Standards of having "a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs".
	tabling member printed	Lord Addington
	uin	HL6406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>The Teachers’ Standards set a clear baseline of expectations for the professional practice and conduct of teachers and define the minimum level of practice expected of teachers in England.</p><p>Head teachers and other appraisers should use their professional judgement to assess teachers to a level that is consistent with what should reasonably be expected of a teacher given their role and level of experience and the specific demands of the setting in which they are working.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 01/03/2016 17:54:29 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	3453 label Biography information for Lord Addington