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Of the 2,631 academies and free schools who do not currently have a sponsor, 14 are sponsored academies that are no longer linked to a sponsor. This can be for a variety of reasons, ranging from an improved Ofsted Inspection Outcome to a Diocesan request for links to be removed.<\/p>
A list of these open academies is available via the link below:<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1132432/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Department welcomes the National Literacy Trust\u2019s research on reading in both print and digital forms.<\/p> <\/p> The Department encourages children to develop the habit of reading widely and often, for both pleasure and information, whatever the format. Research suggests that reading for pleasure is more important for children\u2019s educational development than their parents\u2019 level of education.<\/p> <\/p> There is sound evidence that systematic synthetic phonics is a highly effective method of teaching reading to children. Phonics performance is improving: in 2018, there were 163,000 more 6 year olds on track to become fluent readers compared to 2012. This represented 82% of pupils meeting the expected standard in the phonics screening check, compared to just 58% when the check was introduced in 2012.<\/p> <\/p> Building on the success of our phonics partnerships and phonics roadshows programmes, in 2018 we launched a £26.3 million English Hubs Programme. Hub schools are taking a leading role in improving the teaching of early reading through systematic synthetic phonics, early language development, and reading for pleasure. We have appointed 34 primary schools across England as English Hubs.<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1132441/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Department welcomes the National Literacy Trust\u2019s research on reading in both print and digital forms.<\/p> <\/p> The Department wants children to develop the habit of reading widely and often, for both pleasure and information, whatever the format. Research suggests that reading for pleasure is more important for children\u2019s educational development than their parents\u2019 level of education.<\/p> <\/p> There is sound evidence that systematic synthetic phonics is a highly effective method of teaching reading to children. Phonics performance is improving: in 2018, there were 163,000 more 6 year olds on track to become fluent readers compared to in 2012. This represented 82% of pupils meeting the expected standard in the phonics screening check, compared to just 58% when the check was introduced in 2012.<\/p> <\/p> Building on the success of the Department\u2019s phonics partnerships and phonics roadshows programmes, the Department launched a £26.3 million English Hubs Programme in 2018. Hub schools are taking a leading role in improving the teaching of early reading through systematic synthetic phonics, early language development, and reading for pleasure. The Department has appointed 34 primary schools across England as English Hubs.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1132494/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " In 2013 the department published the children\u2019s centre core purpose, which focussed on improving outcomes for children in greatest need of support. This can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sure-start-childrens-centres<\/a>.<\/p> In July 2018 we set an ambitious goal to halve, by 2028, the percentage of children leaving reception year without the communication, language and literacy skills they need to thrive. We have been clear about the outcomes that we are looking to achieve in the early years and it is for local authorities to decide how best to deliver local services.<\/p> To help local areas monitor and improve these outcomes, we published on 6 June 2019 the Early Years Outcomes Dashboard: https://department-for-education.shinyapps.io/smapey-dashboard/<\/a>. This dashboard makes the most important early years social mobility metrics easily available and will allow local authorities to benchmark their outcomes against their statistical neighbours. This is in addition to the extensive range of data made available to local authorities by Public Health England through its Child and Maternal Health profiles: https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/child-health-profiles<\/a>.<\/p> In line with this emphasis on outcomes, the department has no plans to require local authorities to submit data on children\u2019s centre use. The decision to reduce burdens on local authorities and stop requiring them to submit usage data was set out in paragraphs 5.28 and 5.29 of the Sure Start children\u2019s centre planning and performance management guidance in 2006: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100210171222/http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/_download/?id=4974<\/a>.<\/p> The department believes this is still the right approach. Local authorities should be reviewing data on service use and outcomes in order to ensure that they are meeting the duty to have sufficient children\u2019s centres to meet local need and their commissioning decisions are informed by evidence of the impact of their local services. We will continue to work with local authorities to achieve the Secretary of State\u2019s social mobility ambition, including through our £8.5 million early years local government programme.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report entitled Closed Doors: children\u2019s centre usage between 2014-15 and 2017-18, published in June 2019 by Action for Children, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities submit data on children's centre use in the early years to enable children\u2019s centre provision to meet local need.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1132503/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The government is committed to tackling loneliness and published its first loneliness strategy on 15 October 2018, bringing together the government, local government, public services, the voluntary and community sector and businesses to identify opportunities to tackle loneliness and build more integrated communities.<\/p> The government recognises that learning English is essential in enabling refugees to rebuild their lives. We are working closely across government to develop a new strategy for English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) in 2019, which will provide a shared vision for all publicly funded English language provision, including addressing the needs of refugees.<\/p> We know that language skills are crucial to help people integrate into life in England, as well as to break down barriers to work and career progression. This is why we support adults in England through the Adult Education Budget to secure the English language skills they need. The Home Office and the Department for Education have also provided £10 million to enable refugees resettled through the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme to access additional classes.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of access to English language classes to reduce levels of loneliness among resettled refugees.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1132505/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Department welcomes the National Literacy Trust\u2019s research on reading in both print and digital forms.<\/p> <\/p> The Department encourages children to develop the habit of reading widely and often, for both pleasure and information, whatever the format. Research suggests that reading for pleasure is more important for children\u2019s educational development than their parents\u2019 level of education.<\/p> <\/p> There is sound evidence that systematic synthetic phonics is a highly effective method of teaching reading to children. Phonics performance is improving: in 2018, there were 163,000 more 6 year olds on track to become fluent readers compared to 2012. This represented 82% of pupils meeting the expected standard in the phonics screening check, compared to just 58% when the check was introduced in 2012.<\/p> <\/p> Building on the success of our phonics partnerships and phonics roadshows programmes, in 2018 we launched a £26.3 million English Hubs Programme. Hub schools are taking a leading role in improving the teaching of early reading through systematic synthetic phonics, early language development, and reading for pleasure. We have appointed 34 primary schools across England as English Hubs.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on the conclusions in relation to reading in (a) print and (b) digital formats of the report entitled, Children and young people's reading in 2017-18, published in June 2019 by the National Literacy Trust.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1132508/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Maintained nursery schools (MNS) make a valuable contribution to improving the lives of some of our most disadvantaged children. We are providing local authorities with around £60 million a year of supplementary funding, to enable them to maintain the funding that was provided to MNS in 2016/17. The funding of individual MNS is a matter for local authorities. No estimate has been made of the number of MNS that rely on the supplementary funding they receive in order to stay open.<\/p> <\/p> In February, we announced that we would provide local authorities with further funding of around £24 million to enable them to maintain the funding of MNS for the whole of the 2019/20. This provides MNS with further stability, and what happens after 2019/20 will be determined by the next Spending Review.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of maintained nursery schools that rely on the supplementary transitional protection funding for 2019-20 to stay open; and if he will make it his policy to continue that funding beyond 2020.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1132509/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The department plans to spend £3.5 billion on early education entitlements this year alone.<\/p>