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1719736

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date	21/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to schools on engaging with parents of children of (a) primary and (b) secondary school age in the event that there is persistent absence or school refusal.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	27417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The department has a comprehensive strategy to support schools, trusts, and local authorities to tackle school absence, and is supporting schools to engage effectively with parents.</p><p> </p><p>The department’s ‘working together to improve school attendance’ guidance for schools, trusts, and local authorities, which will become statutory in autumn 2024, is clear that engaging with parents and families is central to taking a ‘support first’ approach. The guidance outlines how schools should build strong relationships and work jointly with families, listening to and understanding barriers to attendance and working in partnership with families to remove them. The guidance can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-improve-school-attendance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-improve-school-attendance</a>.</p><p> </p><p>To support schools and local authorities to engage parents, the department has:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Published a toolkit with practical examples to help schools communicate with parents and carers about school attendance: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-improve-school-attendance/toolkit-for-schools-communicating-with-families-to-support-attendance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-together-to-improve-school-attendance/toolkit-for-schools-communicating-with-families-to-support-attendance</a>.</li><li>Delivered a series of webinars and training sessions for schools over the summer term to support embedding the new attendance guidance.<p> </p></li><li>Shared, in collaboration with the Anna Freud Centre, resources for school staff, parents and carers, and children and young people that support attendance and mental health wellbeing: <a href="https://www.mentallyhealthyschools.org.uk/attendance-and-mental-wellbeing-school-college/" target="_blank">https://www.mentallyhealthyschools.org.uk/attendance-and-mental-wellbeing-school-college/</a>.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Additionally, as part of the department’s national communication campaign to parents on the importance of school attendance, it has provided schools and local authorities with resources to amplify the campaign and support their communication with parents, which can be found here: <a href="https://dfegovukassets.blob.core.windows.net/assets/Attendance%20campaign/Attendance%20campaign%20commuications%20toolkit%20for%20schools.pdf%20and%20here:%20" target="_blank">https://dfegovukassets.blob.core.windows.net/assets/Attendance%20campaign/Attendance%20campaign%20commuications%20toolkit%20for%20schools.pdf</a>, and here: <a href="https://dfegovukassets.blob.core.windows.net/assets/Attendance%20campaign/Attendance%20communications%20toolkit%20for%20local%20authority%20attendance%20teams%20and%20other%20stakeholders.pdf" target="_blank">https://dfegovukassets.blob.core.windows.net/assets/Attendance%20campaign/Attendance%20communications%20toolkit%20for%20local%20authority%20attendance%20teams%20and%20other%20stakeholders.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/05/2024 17:10:25 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1719740

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department takes steps to monitor levels of parental engagement in schools.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	27419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The department values the wealth of support parents and carers can provide schools and it strongly supports schools in their engagement with them. Many parents and carers regularly engage with schools as school governors, through parents’ associations and through everyday contact. The department does not routinely monitor levels of parental engagement in schools, but it encourages all schools to have a strategy in place which allows the views of parents and carers to be considered.</p><p> </p><p>As part of government business, the department engages parents and carers to deliver effective policymaking, such as through consultations. The department also engages with a range of stakeholder organisations, some of whom represent parents and carers. For example, the parents, pupils and learners panel regularly surveys parents of primary and secondary school pupils and college learners (in classroom-based education). The panel provides robust, rapid-turnaround evidence to support the department in assessing the ongoing views and experiences of parents and pupils.</p><p> </p><p>Policy teams also engage with parents and carers to gather views and feedback on specific areas. For example, the special educational needs and disabilities teams work with the National Network of Parent Carer Forums, the independent national voice for parent carer forums.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the department regularly uses its Education Hub website to communicate key updates to parents and carers. This includes popular topics, questions and answers and case studies.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/05/2024 17:12:14 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1719741

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Languages: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the Swedish model of providing mother tongue lessons to children of new communities as they migrate into mainstream classes.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	27420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Schools are responsible for ensuring that all pupils, including those with a first language other than English, can access the full school curriculum and have the opportunity to realise their full potential in education. It is for individual schools to determine how to support those pupils with a first language other than English in developing proficiency in the English language, as they are best placed to understand and respond to the specific needs of those pupils. Schools have flexibility over their budgets, including any funding allocated through the English as an Additional Language factor in the national funding formula for schools, in order to put appropriate measures in place to support pupils with English language development needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/05/2024 16:52:51 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1719858

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Literature: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) students that studied texts by female authors and (b) female authors included in exam board syllabi for GCSE English Literature.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	27540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The National Curriculum for English aims to ensure that all pupils appreciate the UK’s rich and varied literary heritage. It encourages pupils to read a range of books, poems and plays to encourage the development of a life-long love of literature.</p><p> </p><p>It is statutory that maintained schools follow the English programmes of study. These do not set out specific reading lists. However, at secondary level, they set out categories from which schools should choose texts. Exam boards will set out a range of choices within these categories, from which schools can select texts. Those taking a GCSE in English Literature must study at least one play by Shakespeare; at least one nineteenth-century novel; a selection of poetry since 1789, including representative Romantic poetry; and fiction or drama from the British Isles from 1914 onwards. The GCSE specification encourages students to read widely within these categories, to broaden their knowledge of literature, and enhance critical and comparative understanding. Teachers have flexibility in the choice of books and plays to teach within the context of the National Curriculum.</p><p> </p><p>Schools make their own decisions on choosing texts, within the set requirements. The department provides guidance for teachers on how to make their choices of texts, with literacy organisations and reading charities offering suggestions, book lists, guidance, research and support.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/05/2024 16:57:47 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1719280

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to evaluate the recommendations of the 2024 School Teachers’ Review Body report.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	27018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) makes recommendations on the pay of teachers in England and reports to my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, and my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister.</p><p>As part of the normal process, the STRB has now submitted its recommendations to the government on teacher pay for 2024/25. The government will publish its response in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 27019 question first answered 23/05/2024 14:47:48 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1719283

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the 2024 School Teachers’ Review Body report.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	27019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) makes recommendations on the pay of teachers in England and reports to my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, and my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister.</p><p>As part of the normal process, the STRB has now submitted its recommendations to the government on teacher pay for 2024/25. The government will publish its response in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 27018 question first answered 23/05/2024 14:47:48 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1719446

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Wellingborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many hours of (a) mathematics, (b) English, (c) sciences and (d) modern foreign languages were taught in secondary schools in Wellingborough constituency by teachers without a relevant (i) A-level and (ii) higher level qualification in the last full year for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Information on the school workforce, including subjects taught in state-funded secondary schools, is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication, which is available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p>The total number of hours taught for each subject are available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/e2daf3ac-54a6-4b06-16e6-08dc75fe4005" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/e2daf3ac-54a6-4b06-16e6-08dc75fe4005</a>.</p><p>The proportion of those hours that were taught by teachers without a relevant post A level or higher level qualification are available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/53228608-dd97-4fc0-0b82-08dc74c3bb80" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/53228608-dd97-4fc0-0b82-08dc74c3bb80</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Timetabled teaching is reported for a typical week in November, as determined by the school. It does not cover an entire year of teaching. If there are variations in timetabling across the year, this is not covered in the data available to the department.</p><p> </p><p>Subject taught is only collected from secondary schools that use electronic timetabling software that can produce data in the format required. Data is then weighted to provide national totals. Breakdowns by local authority and parliamentary constituency are not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/05/2024 14:17:54 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719452

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Wellingborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average staff to student ratio was in secondary schools (a) nationally and (b) in Wellingborough constituency in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021 and (iv) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Information on the school workforce, including the pupil to adult and pupil to teacher ratios at national, regional, local authority and individual school level, is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p>As of November 2022, which is the latest data available, there were record numbers of full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers in state-funded schools in England at over 468,000. This is an increase of 27,000, equivalent to 6%, since 2010. This makes the highest number of FTE teachers since the School Workforce Census began.</p><p>The table below provides the pupil to adult ratio and the pupil to teacher ratio for state-funded secondary schools in Wellingborough constituency and England for the 2019/20 to 2022/23 academic years.</p><p><strong>Pupil to adult and pupil to teacher ratios for state-funded secondary schools in Wellingborough constituency and England, by year <br></strong>2019/20 and 2022/23<sup>1</sup></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Wellingborough constituency<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pupil to adult ratio<sup>3, 5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pupil to teacher ratio<sup>4, 5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pupil to adult ratio<sup>3, 5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pupil to teacher ratio<sup>4, 5</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td><td><p>17.2</p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td><td><p>16.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020/21<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>11.1</p></td><td><p>16.9</p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td><td><p>16.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td><td><p>17.0</p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td><td><p>16.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td><td><p>17.5</p></td><td><p>12.0</p></td><td><p>16.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Workforce Census.</p><p>1. Workforce data as at November and pupil data as at the following January. For instance, 2019/20 relates to November 2019 workforce and January 2020 pupils.</p><p>2. There are 6 secondary schools in Wellingborough constituency.</p><p>3. Pupil to adult ratio includes teachers and support staff (excluding auxiliary staff).</p><p>4. Pupil to teacher ratio includes all teachers.</p><p>5. The ratios are calculated using pupil numbers taken from the publication, Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics, available at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics</a>.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/05/2024 14:30:44 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719453

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Wellingborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school students receive free school meals in Wellingborough constituency.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The department publishes annual statistics on the number of pupils at state-funded schools in England who are eligible for free school meals (FSM). The most recent figures are for January 2023, available here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics/2022-23" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics/2022-23</a>.</p><p> </p><p>21.7% of pupils at state-funded primary schools and 19.0% of pupils at state-funded secondary schools in Wellingborough were eligible for FSM as of January 2023.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/05/2024 17:05:27 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1719457

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Educational Visits: Wellingborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in Wellingborough constituency have been on school trips out of the country since September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
uin	27195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The department recognises the significant benefits that activities outside the classroom, which may include school trips out of the country, can have for children’s mental health and wellbeing, as well as their educational and social development.</p><p> </p><p>The department does not collect data on how many children participate in such trips. Schools are best placed to understand and meet the needs of their pupils and have flexibility to decide what range of extra-curricular excursions to offer.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/05/2024 16:50:20 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen