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518994

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Arts: English Baccalaureate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what impact assessment was conducted to identify the consequences of not including arts in the English Baccalaureate.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	37357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s ambition is that at least 90% of pupils in mainstream secondary schools will enter GCSEs in the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) subjects of English, maths, science, history or geography, and a language.</p><p>The EBacc has been designed to be limited in size to provide a rigorous academic core whilst leaving space in the curriculum for other subjects. On average, pupils in state-funded schools enter nine GCSEs and equivalent qualifications, rising to more than ten for more able pupils.[1] For many pupils, taking the EBacc will mean taking seven GCSEs; and for those taking triple science, it will mean taking eight. This means that there will continue to be room to study other subjects, including arts subjects. A good foundation in the EBacc subjects helps to keep options open for work and further study.</p><p>Since the EBacc was first introduced the proportion of pupils in state-funded schools taking at least one GCSE in an arts subject has increased, rising from 46 per cent in 2011 to 50 per cent in 2015.</p><p>On 3 November 2015 the Secretary of State for Education launched a public consultation seeking views on the government’s proposals for the implementation of the English Baccalaureate.[2] The consultation closed on 29 January 2016 and the government’s response will be published in due course.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/schools-by-type?step=phase&amp;geographic=all&amp;region=0&amp;phase=secondary&amp;for=Key%20stage%204%20performance&amp;basedon=Exam%20entries&amp;show=All%20pupils&amp;&amp;schoolTypeFilter=allSchools" target="_blank">https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/schools-by-type?step=phase&amp;geographic=all&amp;region=0&amp;phase=secondary&amp;for=Key%20stage%204%20performance&amp;basedon=Exam%20entries&amp;show=All%20pupils&amp;&amp;schoolTypeFilter=allSchools </a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/implementing-the-english-baccalaureate" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/implementing-the-english-baccalaureate</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/05/2016 12:27:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

519035

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Cooperative Trust Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to encourage the establishment of co-operative schools.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
uin	37158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s ambition is to provide an excellent education for all, through an autonomous, self-improving system. Good co-operative schools with strong governance are and will continue to be a part of this system.</p><p>As increasing numbers of schools are opting to become academies, we have worked with the Society for Co-operative Schools (SCS) to update our model articles of association for co-operative trusts. This will ensure that co-operative schools are able to convert to academy status and form multi-academy trusts (MATs) using a model based on robust governance structures that also reflects co-operative principles.</p><p>The new co-operative model articles will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/05/2016 12:34:20 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

519036

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) timescale and (b) terms of reference are of the review referred to in paragraph 6.69 of the Educational excellence everywhere White Paper, Cm 9230, of what is happening in practice for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	37119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2016 answer text <p>The White Paper <em>Educational Excellence Everywhere</em> set out an intention to review what is happening in practice for all children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), not only those with statutory plans, and to review what more can be done to improve these children’s attainment, outcomes and experiences.</p><p>This work is being taken forward internally and is informed by our ongoing dialogue and close working relationship with stakeholders.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 23/05/2016 14:42:39 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

519037

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Class Sizes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Key Stage 1 children in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley local authority area and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber were in classes of more than 35 children in the academic year beginning September (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2013, (iv) 2014 and (v) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
uin	37096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>Information about the number of pupils in infant classes with more than 30 pupils is available at school level in the underlying data of the ‘schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistics.[1]</p><p>Information on class sizes for the academic year beginning September 2015 is not yet available and is due to be released in June 2016.</p><p>[1] Data from January 2011 is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2011</a> in the file called ‘School_level_classes_2011’ within the underlying data download</p><p>Data from January 2012 is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2012</a> in the file called ‘School_level_classes_2012’ within the underlying data download</p><p>Data from January 2013 is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2013</a> in the file called ‘School_level_classes_2013’ within the underlying data download</p><p>Data from January 2014 is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014</a> in the file called ‘SFR15_2014_school_level_classes_UD’ within the underlying data download.</p><p>Data from January 2015 is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015</a> in the file called ‘SFR16_2015_Schools_Classes_UD’ within the underlying data download.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 37097 question first answered 27/05/2016 12:38:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

519038

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Class Sizes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Key Stage 1 children in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber were in classes of more than 30 children in the academic year beginning September (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2013, (iv) 2014 and (v) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
uin	37097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>Information about the number of pupils in infant classes with more than 30 pupils is available at school level in the underlying data of the ‘schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistics.[1]</p><p>Information on class sizes for the academic year beginning September 2015 is not yet available and is due to be released in June 2016.</p><p>[1] Data from January 2011 is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2011</a> in the file called ‘School_level_classes_2011’ within the underlying data download</p><p>Data from January 2012 is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2012</a> in the file called ‘School_level_classes_2012’ within the underlying data download</p><p>Data from January 2013 is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2013</a> in the file called ‘School_level_classes_2013’ within the underlying data download</p><p>Data from January 2014 is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014</a> in the file called ‘SFR15_2014_school_level_classes_UD’ within the underlying data download.</p><p>Data from January 2015 is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2015</a> in the file called ‘SFR16_2015_Schools_Classes_UD’ within the underlying data download.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 37096 question first answered 27/05/2016 12:38:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

519039

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Business: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase entrepreneurship and business education in schools.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	37151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>Entrepreneurship and business education are important components of both high quality careers education and guidance as well as a broad education offer for pupils.</p><p>The careers statutory guidance places a responsibility on schools in England to offer pupils the opportunity to develop entrepreneurial skills and have access to advice on options available post-16, including entrepreneurship. While it is for schools to decide how best to provide entrepreneurship education, we know that contact with entrepreneurs themselves and businesses more widely is essential. That is why we are funding The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company to increase the number and quality of contacts between young people and businesses, including entrepreneurs.</p><p>We have revised the business GCSE, so that from September 2017 there is greater depth and breadth and a clearer focus on the overall purpose, features and workings of businesses and how to apply this knowledge in a business context.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 25/05/2016 11:49:02 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

519040

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Employment Schemes: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding is available for learners formerly on the Youth Contract after the closure of that programme on 31 March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	Stephen Pound
uin	37152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>The Education Funding Agency (EFA) managed Youth Contract for 16 and 17 year olds which ended on 31 March 2016, was introduced as a time-bound programme to help reduce the proportion of young people Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET). It offered targeted extra support to help young people re-engage in education and training.</p><p>In addition to the duty on local authorities to support young people, pathfinders to test Jobcentre Plus support for young people in schools have started and will be rolled out across England by March 2017. Improvements to careers education and guidance are underway with £90m to be invested over this Parliament – including £20m to increase the number of mentors to support those young people who need it most. Youth Engagement Fund and Fair Chance Fund projects are underway to help improve the prospects of 9,600 young people and an additional £105m was announced in the spending review to scale up Social Impact Bonds over the Parliament, to help deal with issues including youth unemployment.</p><p>Local authorities continue to work with the Voluntary and Community Sector and local businesses to support young people and other support is available via European Social Fund provision and support for vulnerable groups such as care leavers. As part of the Government’s forthcoming life chances strategy, the Troubled Families Programme and National Citizenship Scheme will be expanded, both of which include support for young people.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 25/05/2016 15:56:29 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	161 label Biography information for Stephen Pound

519041

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy that parents will retain the right to remain anonymous from the school in question when they object to a schools admission arrangements under the School Admissions Code after the forthcoming review of that code.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	37020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>Regulations allow the Schools Adjudicator to withhold the name and address of a person making an objection to a school’s admission arrangements from the other parties to that objection. We have no plans to change this.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/05/2016 11:59:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

519042

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Private Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools founded since 2015 are compliant with section 5 of the Education (Independent School Standards) (England) Regulations 2010.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	John Pugh
uin	37188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>The Education (Independent School Standards) (England) Regulations 2010 were replaced by the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014, which came into force on 5 January 2015.</p><p>58 fee paying independent schools have been registered since 1 January 2015. Not all of these have been inspected since registration. The normal procedure is for an independent school to be inspected in their first year of operation.</p><p>14 schools have had a standard inspection since registration, and two schools have had material change inspections. Three of the standard inspections do not yet have a report available due to them having taken place very recently.</p><p>Of the 11 inspection reports available, only one shows a failure to meet standard 5.</p><p>All schools will have been inspected prior to registration and judged likely to meet all of the standards. Schools are not permitted to register unless the Secretary of State is satisfied that the school is likely to meet all of the standards on registration.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/05/2016 12:35:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

519043

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Private Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many enforcement actions have been initiated by her Department for contravention of the Education (Independent School Standards) (England) Regulations 2010 section 5 since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	John Pugh
uin	37189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>The Education (Independent School Standards) (England) Regulations 2010 were replaced by the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014, which came into force on 5 January 2015 and set out more demanding standards that independent schools must meet. Standard 5 places requirements on schools on pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.</p><p>The Department commissions Ofsted or one of the approved independent inspectorates to inspect independent schools and report on whether or not they are meeting the standards. Where a school fails to meet the standards, the Department issues a statutory notice requiring an action plan to rectify the failings. In nearly all cases the school improves to meet the standards and regulatory action can stop. However, in rare cases where a school fails to make the required improvements the Secretary of State can take enforcement action: to impose a relevant restriction or to remove the school from the register of independent schools. More information on how the Department regulates the independent sector is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulating-independent-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulating-independent-schools</a></p><p>Since 2015, the Secretary of State has taken enforcement action against two fee-paying independent schools for a failure to meet standard 5. Both schools were also failing to meet a number of the other standards.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/05/2016 12:36:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh