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Literacy and Numeracy — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): I share the hon. Lady’s ambition. We want all schools to be good or outstanding and we want parents to be confident that their local school is a good school that will provide a very high standard of education. I am pleased that there are now 1.9 million more pupils in good or outstanding schools than there were in 2010. I would be delighted to meet the hon. Lady to discuss the particular circumstances at Bebington High School.
Literacy and Numeracy — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Philip Thomas Hollobone (Conservative, Centre-right): Will the Minister join me in congratulating Greenfields Primary School in Kettering? It has just been ranked in the top 1% of schools in England for progress in reading and writing. Prior to becoming an academy in 2013, it was one of the most challenged schools in Kettering, with progress levels significantly below average.
Literacy and Numeracy — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): I am delighted to congratulate Greenfields Primary School in my hon. Friend’s constituency. I am almost certain that I have very recently signed a letter to its headteacher to congratulate them on the superb achievement at the school.
Literacy and Numeracy — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Gentleman is not correct. The attainment-gap index at key stage 2 has closed by 10.5%. We have seen a significant increase in the proportion of children who achieve the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: it rose from 53% last year to 61% this year—an increase of 8 percentage points—and the SATs are significantly more demanding than they were in previous years. We are producing a cohort of primary school leavers who are far better equipped in maths and English, ready for the demands of secondary school.
LGBT Awareness — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): I can give the hon. Gentleman that assurance. We are clear that the new subjects should ensure that young people learn that there are different types of relationships. Schools should ensure therefore that RSE is inclusive and meets the needs of all young people.
LGBT Awareness — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): These are the issues on which we are engaging with subject experts at the moment. We have issued a wide call for evidence from parents, pupils, teachers and young people, and we will assess that call for evidence before we issue further guidance on the matter. There will be a full debate on the regulations in this House when we draft those regulations.
Further Education Provision — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): We have done a number of things in this area. The area reviews have been an opportunity for every college to reorganise and merge, and we have approved £300 million of restructuring money. Plus six grants have been made from the new £15 million strategic college improvement fund. We have appointed seven national leaders of further education, and the work of the FE commissioner, a vital role, has also been extended.
Further Education Provision — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Peter James Guy Aldous (Conservative, Centre-right): I am grateful to the Minister for her answer. Colleges such as East Coast College are doing great work that will improve social mobility and productivity, but they need to be properly funded. Will my hon. Friend outline the steps that have been taken to ensure that that is the case, so that colleges can deliver a high-quality, rounded curriculum?
Further Education Provision — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): Funding is important, which is why I mentioned those figures. The strategic college improvement fund will be very important. My hon. Friend is absolutely right: Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth merged to form East Coast College, which is a much more financially independent institution. We are also putting £500 million a year into technical education to increase the hours of learning for more than 50% of those on technical routes; providing £20 million to help teachers prepare for those routes; and continuing to protect £4,000 a year for 16 and 17-year-olds. I am very aware, however, that this is a complex sector delivering a wide range of courses in quite difficult financial circumstances.
Further Education Provision — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes, my right hon. Friend is absolutely right that further education colleges—seven out of 10 have been graded good or outstanding—are absolutely critical in drawing together businesses from the local area. Along with local authorities and local enterprise partnerships, they can have a significant impact on the education and training that young people get.
Further Education Provision — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): The hon. Lady is right to praise the work of Wakefield College. Such colleges are real exemplars of what can be achieved. I appreciate the importance of outreach work, and that is particularly important when we consider social mobility. I am happy to discuss the matter further with the hon. Lady at any time.
Further Education Provision — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Rebecca Faye Clark (Pow) (Conservative, Centre-right): Does the Minister agree that sixth-form colleges, such as Richard Huish College in my constituency, are an extremely valuable part of our education system, making the great link between education and employment? Will she kindly meet me to discover whether, in the tertiary review, funding might be available from age 16, rather than starting at 18?
Further Education Provision — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): I am always happy to meet my hon. Friend; it would be a pleasure. I was recently at the conference of the Sixth Form Colleges Association. Sixth-form colleges do an excellent job, and I will do everything I can to support them.
Further Education Provision — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): The review is currently under discussion. As the hon. Gentleman knows, I have my tin hat and battledress on, and I will always battle on behalf of the FE sector and independent training providers for the 50% of young people who do not go to university.
Further Education Provision — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): I utterly reject the hon. Gentleman’s suggestion that the situation is a mess. This is the first time that a Government have really got to grips with this issue. I will be running a training session for Members from all political parties. I suggest that the hon. Gentleman come along to discover that it is very easy to get apprenticeships if we do not care about the quality, but I do care about the quality. It is really important that we raise the quality and raise the numbers, ensuring that young people have the skills they need for the future.
Foreign Language Teaching — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): Since 2010, the proportion of pupils taking a language GCSE has increased from 40% to 47%. In December, we outlined plans to improve the quality of language teaching in England, where schools with a good track record in teaching languages will share best practice and pedagogy.
Foreign Language Teaching — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): Language skills are important for young people in Scotland, as they are for those in England. In England, we have looked across the world for examples of best practice in various subjects, and we are happy to share that information with others. I am keen to work collaboratively with the Scottish Government, so that we can both see what we can learn from one another.
Foreign Language Teaching — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): My hon. Friend is exactly right about the importance of Mandarin. Of course, this is a hugely important economy. That is why things like the Mandarin excellence programme are so much in focus at the Department for Education.
Childcare Funding — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the hon. Lady for her question. The Government have always been clear that providers can choose whether to offer parents 30 hours and what pattern of days and hours they offer. Our evaluation indicated that a higher proportion of providers were willing and able to offer 30 hours, with no evidence that financial implications were a substantial barrier to that.
Primary Schools: Academies — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): Since 2010, the number of open academies and free schools has increased from 203 to almost 7,500. The numbers of primary schools converting to academies has grown significantly. As of the first day of the year, there were 4,592.
Primary Schools: Academies — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Stephen Anthony McPartland (Conservative, Centre-right): Herts for Learning is the only local authority-controlled multi-academy trust in the country. Records at Companies House demonstrate that the local authority has more than 25% of shares in it and is an organisation of significant control. It has been converting primary schools in my area since September. Will the Secretary of State clarify the Government’s position with regard to local authority-controlled multi-academy trusts?
Primary Schools: Academies — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): Our position is that we limit local authority representation on academy trust boards to 19.9% to help maintain the independence of academies, while ensuring that boards can benefit from the right mix of skills and experience. I am of course very happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss whatever concerns and wishes he may have.
Primary Schools: Academies — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): We have a framework in place around multi-academy trusts. Academies have been a fundamental part of the improvements that we have seen in schools. Multi-academy trusts, in turn, are a fundamental part of making sure that good practice can be spread more widely across the system. We have the good practice guidance that is published. There are audited accounts and various processes. Ultimately, as Secretary of State, I am accountable to Parliament for the performance of the schools system. In turn, the regional schools commissioners are accountable to me.
Primary Schools: Academies — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative, Centre-right): Will my right hon. Friend, in promoting multi-academy trusts, also show the role that secondary schools can have in leading primary schools that become part of those trusts? That is very important for people attending primary schools and then going on to the secondary school in due course.
Primary Schools: Academies — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): There is more money going into our schools in this country than ever before. We know that real-terms funding per pupil is increasing across the system, and with the national funding formula, each school will see at least a small cash increase. [Official Report, 5 March 2018, Vol. 637, c. 2MC.]
Pupil Premium — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Michelle Emma May Elizabeth Donelan (Conservative, Centre-right): Wiltshire teachers consistently stress their concerns that many parents fear the potential stigma of registering for free school meals, meaning their children do not get the pupil premium. I have stressed that for years. Will the Minister consider introducing an automatic link between the pupil premium and the benefits system, to ensure that all children who need additional funding get it?
Pupil Premium — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): Let me be clear: we should not allow any stigma to get in the way of parents seeking the best for their children. We will continue to highlight effective practice by schools that have made a great effort to get children registered for free school meals and share that practice with all schools and local authorities.
Pupil Premium — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Anne-Marie Belinda Trevelyan (Conservative, Centre-right): In my constituency and across north Northumberland, the pupil premium and the service pupil premium for my military children are valuable additions to the school budget, as targeted interventions for those pupils. However, they are used more effectively in some schools than others. Will the Minister tell the House what plans the Department has to get Ofsted to look more closely at usage and drive best practice across our schools?
Engineering Careers — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): The Year of Engineering, this year, is a cross-government national campaign to raise the profile of jobs in engineering for all young people. More than 980 partners have signed up to be part of the year, which includes workshops, toolkits for use in schools and site tours.
Engineering Careers — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Jeremy Mark Quin (Conservative, Centre-right): Students from Collyer’s in my constituency came first in the UK national robotics competition and proceeded to represent their country in Washington. Does my right hon. Friend agree that this is exactly the kind of innovative initiative that gets people interested in STEM—science, technology, engineering and maths—subjects and will persuade them to take them up as careers in later life?
Engineering Careers — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): The national robotics competition must be the subject of young people’s dreams, and I do indeed congratulate Collyer’s. The £406 million put aside in the autumn Budget to improve skills—particularly STEM skills, including a maths premium for 16 to 19-year-olds —will also drive up the interest in engineering.
Engineering Careers — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch (Conservative, Centre-right): I am an engineer, and I started my career as an apprentice. It is the year of engineering, but the industry is facing a shortfall of 20,000 places. Does the Minister agree that apprenticeships are a good, cost-effective way to study engineering, and if so, will she tell me what the Government are doing to promote them?
Engineering Careers — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): They are an excellent way to study engineering, and I would point my hon. Friend to degree apprenticeships. The first graduates in digital and technology solutions graduated from Aston last year, as did those in quantity surveying from John Moores in Liverpool. We have put aside £10 million to help with the development of degree apprenticeships, which is a brilliant way for young people to get skills.
Engineering Careers — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): Some 980 partners have signed up, and I would point to the fact that my hon. Friend the Member for South Basildon and East Thurrock (Stephen Metcalfe) is the Government’s envoy for the year of engineering. It is absolutely critical: we are putting real money—I repeat, we are putting real money—into improving the teaching of maths for 16 to 19-year-olds. This is really important. As I said earlier, we are using further education colleges and local authorities to get engineering companies into schools to talk to children and teach them about the prospects that exist. For any young woman, I would point to the gender pay gap, which they will see is large in engineering organisations, so there is an opportunity out there.
Engineering Careers — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Labor
Anne Frances Milton (Conservative, Centre-right): There is a lot of concrete work going on. Going back to the apprenticeship levy, engineering companies with a pay bill of over £3 million are putting money aside—0.5% of their pay bill. Employers want engineers and employers will employ engineers, particularly those doing degree apprenticeships.
Schoolchildren with Autism — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): It is clearly incredibly important that autistic children are well supported in their education. We have funded the Autism Education Trust since 2012 to deliver autism awareness training to education staff in early years, school and further education.
Schoolchildren with Autism — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Maria Colette Caulfield (Conservative, Centre-right): I thank the Minister for his reply. We look forward to welcoming the Secretary of State on Wednesday, when the all-party group on autism, co-chaired by me and my hon. Friend the Member for Bexhill and Battle (Huw Merriman), launches its education report. Will the Minister commit to implementing the recommendations of our report, so that we can improve the educational experience for children with autism in this country?
Schoolchildren with Autism — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Social Welfare
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): No local authority needs to cut those services. There is actually over £9 billion being invested in children’s services because, as in the case of Hackney, for example, it is seen as a priority, so there is no reason for a local authority to do that.
Ofsted Inspections — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): Schools have always been subject to inspection by Her Majesty’s inspectors and, from 1992, by Ofsted. Since 2010, we have simplified inspection, reducing graded judgments from 27 to just four. We have freed our best schools from routine inspection and introduced lighter-touch inspections for good schools.
Ofsted Inspections — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Nicolas John Gibb (Conservative, Centre-right): The workload challenge identified a range of drivers of high workload, including accountability and perceived pressures from Ofsted. We took steps to address that in our 2017 action plan, including through Ofsted’s commitment to reducing unnecessary workload around inspections, by dispelling myths about inspection and by training inspectors and monitoring inspection reports. The winter 2016 teacher voice omnibus survey showed that 39% of headteachers had used advice from Ofsted to change practice to reduce unnecessary workload.
Children’s Services — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
William Peter Wragg (Conservative, Centre-right): As the case in Rotherham today shows, the introduction of experienced and high-quality leadership is part of the answer. Will my hon. Friend, in his new portfolio, take on board the recommendation of the Select Committee on Education and place a greater emphasis on giving support and guidance to children’s services when considering intervention?
Children’s Services — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Government Operations
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): Many Government interventions provide support and guidance that works within an authority’s existing structure. In serious cases, an independent commissioner can provide those recommendations, and of course the ultimate reprimand is to be put in a trust.
Children’s Services — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Social Welfare
Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative, Centre-right): I have been to see both Hackney and Doncaster. In Hackney’s case, there was a turnaround in 2006; in Doncaster, it was over the last two years. It is about leadership, and a better-quality outcome depends not just on the leaders at the top, but on the social workers on the frontline being able to feel confident in the service that they provide. [Interruption.]
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): This Government are committing to providing a world-class education for all our young people, raising attainment and narrowing the gap between the affluent and the disadvantaged. Working with our dedicated teachers and professionals throughout education and beyond, we must continue to raise standards, from early years through to further and higher education, and ensure that the right care and support are always there for society’s vulnerable children. I will work to make sure that our education system offers opportunity to everyone, in every phase and in every place. The successes are clear, with 1.9 million more children in good or outstanding schools, and the latest figures showing the attainment gap narrowed by 10%, but there is more to do to spread opportunity, particularly in areas of the country historically left behind.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Social Welfare
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): I join the hon. Lady in paying tribute to her local nursery school. This Government are spending more on childcare and early years than any previous Government, with not only the 30 hours commitment but the extra provision for disadvantaged two-year-olds, and of course there is also the work being done on the hourly rate.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Questions: Figures out today show a worrying rise in the number of hate crimes being committed in schools. Does that not underline the vital role that organisations such as the Holocaust Educational Trust have to play in stamping out these abhorrent attitudes?
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): Yes, it does. Before "Never again" comes "Never forget." Every young person should learn about the holocaust, which is why it is the only historic event that is compulsory within the national curriculum. I commend the work of the Holocaust Educational Trust and other such organisations.
Topical Questions — House of Commons, 2018-01-29
Topic: Education
Questions: Figures out today show a worrying rise in the number of hate crimes being committed in schools. Does that not underline the vital role that organisations such as the Holocaust Educational Trust have to play in stamping out these abhorrent attitudes?
Damian Patrick George Hinds (Conservative, Centre-right): We have a system of higher education finance in this country that means unprecedented levels of disadvantaged people can go to university and our universities are properly funded. In October, the Prime Minister said that we would be taking quick action, raising the threshold for repayment and freezing the top fees for the next academic year. It is also right that we have a full review, looking at all aspects of value for money for young people and others going to university, and at the alternatives to university, such as taking a degree apprenticeship, as we discussed earlier.