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348750

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of converter academy schools have been classified as inadequate in England since the introduction of the new inspection descriptors.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	1283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the Hon Member with the information requested. A copy of his reply will be placed in the House library.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 1282 1284 1285 question first answered 10/06/2015 15:20:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

348751

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of sponsored academy schools have been classified as inadequate in England since the introduction of the new inspection descriptors.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	1284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the Hon Member with the information requested. A copy of his reply will be placed in the House library.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 1282 1283 1285 question first answered 10/06/2015 15:20:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

348752

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Maintained Schools: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of maintained schools have been classified as inadequate in England since the introduction of the new inspection descriptors.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	1285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the Hon Member with the information requested. A copy of his reply will be placed in the House library.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 1282 1283 1284 question first answered 10/06/2015 15:20:58 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

348665

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Kids Company: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the children's charity Kids Company on the provision of long-term Government funding to that charity.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	1140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Responsibility for coordinating central government funding to Kids Company was transferred from the Department for Education to the Cabinet Office in April 2013. Details of ministerial meetings will be published in the department’s quarterly returns in due course.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 09/06/2015 16:48:14 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

348275

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Modern Greek Language: GCE A-level and GCE AS-level
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that Modern Greek continues to be available to students to study as A and AS-levels after 2017.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education is currently considering what further support and encouragement can be provided to awarding organisations to enable as wide a range of languages as possible to be maintained at GCSE and A level, including Modern Greek.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government has been clear that it wants to see all pupils provided with the opportunity to take a core set of academic subjects, including modern foreign languages. The number of pupils entering for a modern language GCSE has increased by 20% since 2010 due to the introduction of the English Baccalaureate. There are considerable benefits to learning a second language and the government is keen to see the range of languages at GCSE and A level preserved. To this end, the Secretary of State for Education wrote to exam boards during the pre-election period in April to express her concern about their decision to stop awarding qualifications in some languages. She asked awarding organisations to work with Ofqual on the future of these qualifications and committed, if there is no further action, to launching a consultation on how best to secure the future of these qualifications.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/06/2015 16:15:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

348410

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education and Adoption Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish draft regulations defining coasting before the Second Reading of the Education and Adoption Bill.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	1006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>We will publish draft regulations which define coasting schools in time to allow for parliamentary scrutiny.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will also consult more widely on this definition in the summer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 08/06/2015 15:35:46 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

348005

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: WiFi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has discussed or plans to discuss with her French counterpart the banning of wi-fi signals in nursery and primary schools in France; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education has not discussed this matter with her French counterpart and no discussion is currently planned.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Educaiton has not issued guidance to nursery and primary schools on the installation of wi-fi in classrooms. The department provides advice to schools on health and safety, and it is for individual schools to decide whether or not to implement wi-fi technology in order to meet their needs. Public Health England leads on this issue and has advised that it sees no reason why schools should not use wi-fi equipment. Schools must take reasonable steps to ensure that staff and pupils are not exposed to health and safety risks by conducting a risk assessment and, if necessary, putting measures in place to minimise any known risk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 715 question first answered 08/06/2015 16:16:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

348006

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: WiFi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has issued guidance to nursery and primary schools on the installation of wi-fi in classrooms.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Education has not discussed this matter with her French counterpart and no discussion is currently planned.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Educaiton has not issued guidance to nursery and primary schools on the installation of wi-fi in classrooms. The department provides advice to schools on health and safety, and it is for individual schools to decide whether or not to implement wi-fi technology in order to meet their needs. Public Health England leads on this issue and has advised that it sees no reason why schools should not use wi-fi equipment. Schools must take reasonable steps to ensure that staff and pupils are not exposed to health and safety risks by conducting a risk assessment and, if necessary, putting measures in place to minimise any known risk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 714 question first answered 08/06/2015 16:16:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

348111

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Choice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will revise the guidance offered to LEAs regarding the choices available to parents who seek a place for their child at both grammar and LEA schools.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not offer separate specific guidance to local authorities regarding the choices available for parents at grammar and local authority maintained schools.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The School Admissions Code provides that local authorities must offer information to parents regarding the choices of state-funded schools available in their local area, through their composite prospectus.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/06/2015 15:58:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

348139

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will amend her Department's Governors' handbook and the Academy Converter Checklist for Schools to better highlight the requirements of regulation 46 of the School Governance (Federations)(England) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/1035).
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Academy Orders for Prendergast, Prendergast Vale and Prendergast Ladywell Schools were approved at the South East and South London Headteacher Board meeting on 26 February 2015. The Headteacher Board advises the Regional Schools Commissioner on the strength of all schools that apply to become academies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is for schools to ensure that they have complied with relevant requirements at the point that they make their application. We will amend the application form and update associated guidance to highlight the requirements of regulation 46 of the School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/1035) for federated schools wishing to become academies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 814 question first answered 08/06/2015 15:37:32 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan