The spending review announced our commitment to making school funding fairer by introducing a National Funding Formula for schools. Implementing such a large scale reform of the distribution of over £40 billion of education funding is a detailed and complex issue, and one we must get right. It is paramount that we consult with the public and sector, and we will set out, and consult on, our detailed plans for a National Funding Formula in due course.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3980", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Surrey"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Sam Gyimah"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2016-03-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2016-03-04T13:23:55.053Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-03-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Schools: Finance"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the consultation on a national school funding formula will begin.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/163", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Ham"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Timms"} ], "uin" : "29231"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/456736", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/456736/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Throughout the introduction of our important reforms to primary assessment, we have worked closely with teachers, head teachers and their union representatives. Recently, these discussions have focused on primary schools adjusting to our new, more rigorous standards and particularly to the use of the new interim teacher assessment frameworks.<\/p>
The Department has received recent correspondence on these issues from teachers and head teachers, to which we are responding. There have also been two e-petitions to cancel both the Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 tests in light of the new arrangements, which reached 10,000 signatures and will receive written Government responses shortly.<\/p>
On 9 February, I met Russell Hobby, General Secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, to discuss teacher assessment arrangements. I subsequently wrote to Mr Hobby to summarise our discussion and address some of his concerns; that letter was published on 19 February and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessments-letter-from-nick-gibb-to-the-naht<\/a>. This letter included confirmation that I have agreed to introduce a revised deadline of 30 June for teacher assessment submission this year in recognition of the unique circumstance of teachers working with a new framework to new standards.<\/p> In February, the Department has also received separate letters from Deborah Lawson, General Secretary of Voice; Mary Bousted, General Secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL); and Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT). I will be responding shortly and I am due to meet representatives from ATL and NUT in the coming weeks.<\/p> Specifically, concerns have been made about the example materials of pupils\u2019 work that the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) published in January and February. These are designed to support teachers in making their judgements and I have asked STA to produce a clarification document to address any misunderstandings.<\/p>"}
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