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46737

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will amend the School Admissions Code to allow primary schools' admission arrangements to give priority to pupils attending a primary school's own nursery.
tabling member constituency	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Gibb
uin	195071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the response given to hon. Member for Enfield North, Nick de Bois, on 6 March 2014, Official Report Column 905W.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb

46886

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential role of the local offer in reducing the number of pupils with autism affected by official and unofficial exclusion.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	195296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>An interim evaluation of the school exclusions pilot, published in March 2013, found early indications of schools taking more responsibility for pupils at risk of exclusion, collaborating with each other and working in partnership with local authorities to improve alternative provision in their areas. Such approaches benefit all pupils vulnerable to exclusion, including those with autism.</p><p>The Department for Education has introduced wide ranging reforms through the Children and Families Act 2014 to improve provision and support for children and young people with special educational needs or a disability.</p><p>The Act requires local authorities to publish a local offer of services for children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) or a disability. The local offer will set out in one place information about provision families can expect to be available across education, health and social care for children and young people who have SEN or are disabled, including those who do not have education, health and care (EHC) plans.</p><p>The local offer will provide children, young people and parents with clear, comprehensive and accessible information about the services and support available and how to access it, including that from schools.</p><p>It will make provision more responsive to local needs and aspirations by directly involving families and service providers in its development and review, enabling them to have a greater say in how services and support develop over time.</p><p>This should therefore have an important role to play in improving outcomes and reducing exclusions for children and young people with SEN, including those with autism.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 195295 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

46887

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of the school exclusions pilot on pupils with autism.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	195295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>An interim evaluation of the school exclusions pilot, published in March 2013, found early indications of schools taking more responsibility for pupils at risk of exclusion, collaborating with each other and working in partnership with local authorities to improve alternative provision in their areas. Such approaches benefit all pupils vulnerable to exclusion, including those with autism.</p><p>The Department for Education has introduced wide ranging reforms through the Children and Families Act 2014 to improve provision and support for children and young people with special educational needs or a disability.</p><p>The Act requires local authorities to publish a local offer of services for children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) or a disability. The local offer will set out in one place information about provision families can expect to be available across education, health and social care for children and young people who have SEN or are disabled, including those who do not have education, health and care (EHC) plans.</p><p>The local offer will provide children, young people and parents with clear, comprehensive and accessible information about the services and support available and how to access it, including that from schools.</p><p>It will make provision more responsive to local needs and aspirations by directly involving families and service providers in its development and review, enabling them to have a greater say in how services and support develop over time.</p><p>This should therefore have an important role to play in improving outcomes and reducing exclusions for children and young people with SEN, including those with autism.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 195296 question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

46889

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2014, Official Report, column 356W, on London Academy of Excellence, whether the enrolment data for 2013-14 for the London Academy of Excellence is now available; and if he will publish that data.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	195178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>The London Academy of Excellence is the only 16-19 free school that provides data on its pupil numbers through the individualised learner record; this is the equivalent to the school's census return for further education institutions.</p><p> </p><p>The enrolment numbers requested are not yet available. We are expecting to have them by the end of April.</p><p> </p><p>The pupil numbers and funding covering all open academies and free schools for the academic year 2014/15 will be published in October. This will include the London Academy of Excellence.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

46497

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in Rossendale and Darwen have received funding from the pupil premium; and how many pupils in each such school have attracted such payments.
tabling member constituency	Rossendale and Darwen
tabling member printed	Jake Berry
uin	194837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>In financial year 2013-14, 52 schools in Rossendale and Darwen received a pupil premium allocation. A list of these schools and the number of eligible pupils are provided below. In addition to the main deprivation pupil premium, schools receive allocations for looked after children and service children, though this information is not available at school level due to data protection issues. More information on pupil premium allocations for financial year 2013-14 can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2013-to-2014-final-allocation-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2013-to-2014-final-allocation-tables</a></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>School Name</p></td><td><p>Total Number of Pupils Eligible for the Deprivation Pupil Premium</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Britannia Community Primary School</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Primary School</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sharneyford Primary School</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bacup Thorn Primary School</p></td><td><p>122</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Helmshore Primary School</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ramsbottom Stubbins Primary School</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rawtenstall Water Primary School</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waterfoot Primary School</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonacliffe Primary School</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary School</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crawshawbooth Primary School</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rawtenstall St Paul's Constable Lee Church of England Primary School</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Mary's Rawtenstall Church of England Primary School</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edenfield Church of England Primary School</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary School</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School</p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rawtenstall St Anne's Church of England Primary School, Edgeside</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Veronica's Roman Catholic Primary School, Helmshore</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Bacup</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, Rawtenstall</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St John with St Michael Church of England Primary School, Shawforth</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alder Grange Community and Technology School</p></td><td><p>168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fearns Community Sports College</p></td><td><p>247</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whitworth Community High School</p></td><td><p>124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, Rossendale</p></td><td><p>141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belthorn Primary School</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rawtenstall Cribden House Community Special School</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Sunnyhurst Centre</p></td><td><p>#</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lower Darwen Primary School</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turton Belmont Community Primary School</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avondale Primary School</p></td><td><p>126</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudell Primary School</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holy Trinity VC School</p></td><td><p>134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turton and Edgworth CofE/Methodist Controlled Primary School</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hoddlesden St Paul's Church of England Primary School</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darwen St Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darwen St James' Church of England Primary School</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darwen St Peter's Church of England Primary School</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary School</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Edward's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn the Redeemer CofE Primary</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darwen Vale High School</p></td><td><p>376</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashleigh Primary School</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darwen Aldridge Community Academy</p></td><td><p>361</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><p>X - Schools with less than five pupils or a percentage based on less than five pupils or an allocation amount based on less than five pupils have had their figures suppressed for data protection.</p><p># - Pupil numbers for these schools are not included as they are either a maintained special school, special academy, pupil referral unit (PRU) or alternative provision (AP) academy. The premium for these establishments may be held with the local authority (please see the conditions of grant).</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry

46681

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy on the teaching of instrumental music lessons in (1) maintained schools, and (2) academies.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL6559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>The new national curriculum for music is designed to ensure that all pupils in maintained schools have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, to perform and to progress to the next level of musical excellence. Music remains a statutory subject for all children between the ages of 5 and 14.</p><p>At key stage 1, children should be taught to play tuned and un-tuned instruments musically. At key stage 2, they should be taught to play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, playing musical instruments with increasing fluency, and expression. At key stage 3, pupils should build on their previous learning through playing and performing confidently with increasing fluency and expression.</p><p>At key stage 4, children have an entitlement to study an arts subject, and maintained schools are required to offer at least one arts subject, which can include music.</p><p>Academies' funding agreements require them to offer a broad and balanced curriculum. We trust headteachers to understand the benefits of, and deliver, a high-quality music education.</p><p>In addition, we are providing £171 million funding for 123 music education hubs across the three years 2012-15 to improve the quality and consistency of music education in England. One of the hubs' core roles is to ensure that every child aged 5-18 has the opportunity to learn a musical instrument through whole-class ensemble teaching. Hubs must also provide opportunities for pupils to play in ensembles and perform from an early stage, and ensure that clear progression routes are available and affordable to all young people.</p><p>In the first year of the music education hubs, nearly half a million children were given the opportunity to learn a musical instrument for the first time and hubs organised almost 15,000 school choirs, orchestras and bands in conjunction with schools. More than a third of those children who learned a musical instrument for the first time have continued learning to play. As hubs work with more schools, we want to see that number rise.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

46682

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in each of the last four academic years, what percentage of pupils have attended a live arts performance as part of their school activities in that year; and what funding is available to facilitate such trips.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL6560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>We do not collect data on how many pupils have attended a live arts performance as part of their school activities.</p><p>Schools are free to use their funding for such activities, as well as seek voluntary contributions from parents. They may additionally use pupil premium funding for activities that help raise their disadvantaged pupils' attainment and close the attainment gap between these pupils and their peers.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

45747

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
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	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to place documents published after 8 January 2014, relating to the Children and Families Act 2014, which were formerly on the Department for Education website, in the National Archive.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL6396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>The work to archive material relating to this Act is being undertaken in two phases. We are continuing to work with The National Archives who aim to have the documents published after 8 January 2014, the remaining material relating to this Act, available on the UK Government Web Archive by mid-June.</p><p>Material relating to the Children and Families Act 2014 made available by the Department for Education prior to 8 January 2014 is now on The National Archives website and can be accessed via the following link:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140107110559/http:/www.education.gov.uk/aboutdfe/departmentalinformation/childrenandfamiliesbill/b00221161/children-families-bill/children-families-dec-13" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140107110559/http://www.education.gov.uk/aboutdfe/departmentalinformation/childrenandfamiliesbill/b00221161/children-families-bill/children-families-dec-13</a></p><p>In the meantime, we have temporarily republished all the material relating to the Act on <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/dfe" target="_blank">http://www.education.gov.uk/dfe</a>,and will ensure that it remains available on this site during this transitional period until it has been added to the National Archives.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch