From 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2014 the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) collected the information outlined below at the point of referral only and categorised as follows: state schools; academies and free schools; independent schools; Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS); police and public. At the point a case concluded at a panel hearing, cases were categorised by types of behaviour as follows: finance/dishonesty; drink/drugs related; exam misconduct; inappropriate relationships; inappropriate web access; violence; intolerance and other.<\/p>
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From 1 April 2014 NCTL has continued to collect the source of referral. In addition it now collects information relating to types of behaviour at both the point of referral and the conclusion of the case. NCTL has revised the categorisation in light of experience over its first two years of operation. Categories are now: breach of boundaries and/or trust, bullying, dishonesty, drink/drugs related, exam misconduct, false representation, indecent images of children, intolerance and undermining British values, sexual misconduct, violence, other financial misconduct, other serious criminal behaviour and other.<\/p>
Full details of cases that progressed to a hearing where the panel found unacceptable professional conduct, conduct that may bring the profession into disrepute and/or conviction of a relevant offence, are published online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=&publication_filter_option=decisions&topics%5B%5D=schools&departments%5B%5D=national-college-for-teaching-and-leadership&official_document_status=all&world_locations%5B%5D=all<\/a><\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who the approved Academy sponsors for primary and secondary schools are in Sheffield.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching staff were dismissed as a result of unsatisfactory attendance in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much financial and in-kind support, including staff time, has been provided to each of the events entitled the Academies Show held in London and Birmingham since May 2010; and what the cost was of (a) venue hire, (b) catering, (c) promotion and advertising, (d) presentations, (e) work performed by officials in his Department in preparing, promoting and visiting these events and (f) other costs in respect of those events.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/79338/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government announced on 24 July 2014 that the only English and mathematics qualifications that will count in the 2017 secondary school performance tables will be reformed GCSEs in those subjects or qualifications reformed to meet the same standards and expectations. The decision was taken following advice from Ofqual, the independent regulator, about the specific challenges of the first awards of reformed GCSEs in summer 2017. That advice is published online at:<\/p> www.ofqual.gov.uk/news/advice-ministers-performance-tables-2017<\/a><\/p> <\/p> The present arrangements for recognising current level 1/level 2 certificates, such as IGCSEs, will end with the introduction of reformed GCSEs in all subjects.<\/p> <\/p> Following the first exams in the new GCSEs, exam boards will be able to propose alternative academic qualifications for inclusion in performance tables. Any such qualifications will need to be accredited by Ofqual and be at least as demanding as and share key characteristics with the new GCSEs. New alternative academic qualifications could be recognised in performance tables from 2018.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children under the age of 16 have been excluded from school as a result of possession of illegal substances in the latest period for which figures are available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/79340/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " We use the teacher supply model (TSM) to estimate the optimum number of teacher trainees required to start in any academic year. The TSM models trainees across the primary phase; it does not distinguish between early years, primary specialists and other individual primary courses. A technical description of the TSM is published online at:<\/p> www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model-a-technical-description<\/a><\/p> The number of places allocated is not a target and should not be regarded as one. This year, as we do every year, we have over-allocated initial teacher training (ITT) places above the number of required trainees estimated by the TSM. This helps us to ensure we train enough teachers, taking account of the likely level of recruitment in each subject.<\/p> We have published data showing the number of places allocated in each subject. This is published online at:<\/p> www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-allocations-for-academic-year-2014-to-2015<\/a><\/p> UCAS has published recruitment information for the 2014/15 academic year by subject. This includes data on primary courses and is published online at:<\/p> www.ucas.com/data-analysis/ucas-teacher-training-statistical-releases<\/a><\/p> It is important to note that the UCAS Teacher Training scheme is new this year and it is not possible to make a direct comparison with recruitment data from previous years.<\/p> Recruitment figures from the 2013/14 ITT Census are published online at:<\/p>