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519661

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Grammar: Primary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will set out the reasons for the requirement for year five children in schools in England to learn the meaning of fronted adverbials.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	37613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>Accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar are the cornerstones of effective written communication.</p><p> </p><p>The new national curriculum, introduced in 2014, sets higher expectations supporting pupils to realise their potential in an increasingly competitive global market.</p><p> </p><p>The new programmes of study for English aim to ensure that all pupils acquire a wide vocabulary, a good understanding of grammar, and proper knowledge of linguistic conventions for reading, writing and written language. Explicit teaching of grammar is fundamental to this.</p><p> </p><p>For children from homes where parents read and share books with the family, it may be possible over time to assimilate grammatical forms such as modal verbs and fronted adverbials. For a great number of children, however, the easiest way for a teacher to explain to their pupils the rules that govern our language is to establish a shared vocabulary of grammatical terms.</p><p> </p><p>We have increased the range of grammar and punctuation that should be taught and the terminology that pupils should learn – the meta-language. The aim and the emphasis, however, is not on naming grammatical terms but on being able to use the grammar to be able to speak and write for a full range of purposes.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/06/2016 17:06:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

519664

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Vacancies
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 trends in the number of vacancies for teachers in secondary schools in (a) Calderdale, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	37632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>The following table provides the number of vacancies for full-time teaching posts in state-funded secondary schools in (a) Calderdale local authority and (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England in November 2010 to 2014. Vacancy data is not available on a comparable basis prior to 2010. November 2015 data will be available at the end of June 2016.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rate</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Calderdale</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Yorkshire</strong></p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Workforce Census</p><p>Published national figures for the full time series is available from Table 14 in the statistical first release ‘School Workforce in England’, November 2014 available at the following web link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/05/2016 12:24:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

519665

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
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, how many academy schools that are currently rated as inadequate have been waiting longer than six months to be re-brokered to another academy sponsor.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	37664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>As at 31 March 2016, there are currently 123 inadequate academies and free schools. The Department does not hold information on the number of academies which are awaiting re-brokerage. Regional Schools Commissioners will work with schools in a number of ways before considering moving them to a new sponsor.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 27/05/2016 12:29:28 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

519670

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review the system of provision of schooling for children being treated for childhood cancer, leukaemia and other serious life-threatening and long-term illnesses.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	37588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>Each local authority has a legal responsibility to arrange education for any child of compulsory school age for whom they are responsible, and whose illness prevents them from attending school.</p><p>If a child is able to attend school, the school must ensure that arrangements are in place to support them. Statutory guidance applies to maintained schools and academies in supporting pupils at school with medical conditions, this is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/484418/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/484418/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/05/2016 12:00:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

519671

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance she provides to local authorities, schools and colleges on helping child survivors of cancer and leukaemia to return to education.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	37589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education provides statutory guidance for schools and academies about their duties in relation to supporting compulsory school age pupils with medical conditions, including those who are survivors of cancer and leukaemia. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/484418/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/484418/supporting-pupils-at-school-with-medical-conditions.pdf</a></p><p>We also provide statutory guidance for local authorities to ensure a good education for children who cannot attend school because of health needs, including cancer and leukaemia. Local authorities are responsible for arranging suitable full-time education for children of compulsory school age who, because of such illness, would not receive suitable education without such provision. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269469/health_needs_guidance__-_revised_may_2013_final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269469/health_needs_guidance__-_revised_may_2013_final.pdf</a></p><p>We emphasise in the SEN Code of Practice that long-term health conditions such as cancer are subject to the requirements of the Equality Act 2010. Where they require special educational provision, they are also covered by the SEN definition and duties.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/05/2016 12:28:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

519672

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Vacancies
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 trends in the number of vacancies for teachers in primary schools in (a) Calderdale, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) nationally since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	37574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>The following table provides the number of vacancies for full-time teaching posts in state-funded primary schools in (a) Calderdale local authority and (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England in November 2010 to 2014. Vacancy data is not available on a comparable basis prior to 2010. Data for November 2015 will be available at the end of June 2016.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rate</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Calderdale</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Yorkshire</strong></p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Workforce Census</p><p>Published national figures for the full time series is available from Table 14 in the statistical first release ‘School Workforce in England, November 2014 available at the following web link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/05/2016 12:25:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

519675

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the academy trusts approved to receive the Northern fund for academy sponsors were operating schools that had (a) received a requires improvement rating, (b) received an inadequate rating and (c) had been placed in special measures by Ofsted.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	37551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The Northern Fund was announced by the Chancellor in the 2014 Autumn Statement, to boost academy sponsorship in the North of England as a means of turning around standards in some of the most educationally deprived parts of the country.</p><p> </p><p>The first competition was run in June and July 2015, with awards being announced in November 2015. Two further competitions were run in January and February 2016.</p><p> </p><p>A total of 65 academy sponsors received an award under the Northern Fund. At that time, the number of sponsors operating schools in these categories breaks down as follows:</p><ul><li><p>22 sponsors were operating schools that had received a requires improvement rating.</p></li><li><p>Seven sponsors were operating schools that had received an inadequate rating; and, of these seven sponsors, five were operating schools that had been placed in Special Measures, which is a subset of the inadequate category.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>By definition, approved academy sponsors are working with groups of schools, some of which have the most deeply ingrained challenges. Sponsors will often have a mixed portfolio of schools at different stages of both absolute performance and improvement. The Northern Fund is designed to help selected sponsors develop additional capacity in geographical locations of need. Ministers and Regional Schools Commissioners are confident that recipients of the Northern Fund will be able to benefit schools that need their help.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 06/06/2016 16:35:56 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

519676

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) mathematics and (b) physics teacher training places have been allocated in each available teacher training route for the 2016-17 school year; and how many of those places allocated have been filled.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	37549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>There are no caps on the number of mathematics and physics trainees that universities, School Direct lead schools and school-centred initial teacher training providers can recruit. We changed the approach to ITT allocations for 2016/17 by not allocating places to individual organisations for postgraduate ITT courses.</p><p>We will publish the number of trainees starting courses in the 2016/17 academic year when we publish the ITT Census in November 2016.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/05/2016 12:22:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

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