Local authorities are responsible for planning and securing sufficient school places in their area, and supporting them in doing so is one of this government\u2019s top priorities.<\/p>
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Basic need funding is allocated to local authorities to support them in their work creating new school places. We use data provided by authorities to ensure funding is targeted according to levels of need in each area. Torbay has received £6 million of basic need funding for 2011-15, helping to create 147 new school places by the end of the academic year 2014-15, with many more in the pipeline. The 2015-18 basic need funding allocation for Torbay is £10 million.<\/p>
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The previous government published the first primary basic need scorecards to hold local authorities to account for the quality of the places they create. Torbay\u2019s scorecard showed that as of summer 2013, 94% of primary places were created in \u2018good\u2019 or \u2018outstanding\u2019 schools.<\/p>
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All teachers are expected to meet the Teacher Standards, which require them to be able to \u2018manage behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment\u2019 and establish \u2018a safe and stimulating environment for students, rooted in mutual respect\u2019. 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>
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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\u2019s 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: www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-tackling-bullying<\/a>.<\/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\u2019s 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\u2019 knowledge and skills in computer science.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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| <\/td> | ITT academic year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012/13<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2013/14<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2014/15 (as at end-May 2015)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Marketing and advertising<\/p><\/td> £6,321,204<\/p><\/td> £3,374,320<\/p><\/td> £5,230,196<\/p><\/td><\/tr> ITT bursaries and scholarships<\/p><\/td> £159,809,000<\/p><\/td> £134,733,000<\/p><\/td> £123,029,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Subject knowledge enhancement programme<\/p><\/td> £20,650,000<\/p><\/td> £9,123,000<\/p><\/td> £14,718,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Additional support services<\/p><\/td> £5,074,155<\/p><\/td> £4,623,591<\/p><\/td> £3,563,250<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> These figures do not include funding for the School Direct (Salaried) or Troops to Teach programmes which pay for the training of teachers and subsidise their employment costs. Funding for schools for School Direct (Salaried) is in the form of a single grant payment and the department does not hold information on the element of spend relating to employment costs, which will vary by school.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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