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Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what research his Department has commissioned into the effectiveness of (a) integrated curriculum work and (b) subject specialist teaching in improving children's learning in primary schools. [69793]
Ms Estelle Morris [holding answer 9 February 1999]: The Department has not recently commissioned research on the effectiveness of integrated curriculum work. But the current guidance on Key Stage 2 curriculum planning produced by the Schools Curriculum and Assessment Authority (now QCA) in 1995 addresses this issue. The frameworks for teaching literacy and numeracy produced by the Department, together with model schemes of work give the flexibility to plan through integrated themes based on the programmes of study.
The Teacher Training Agency has recently published reports of research on both effective teachers of literacy and effective teachers of numeracy. These reports and evidence from primary school inspections suggests that subject knowledge is a significant factor in improving children's learning, but that this need not always be taught through subject specialist teaching or by subject specialist teachers.
Mr. Bob Russell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will reduce the distance between primary schools which is used as the criterion for considering provision of additional accommodation; and if he will make a statement. [70192]
Ms Estelle Morris:
The Department will shortly be seeking views from local education authorities on the arrangements for the schools capital expenditure programme in 2000-01. One of the areas likely to be covered is Basic Need.
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Mr. Sanders:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what grants have been made, or are planned to be made, by his Department to Devon County Council in addition to revenue support grant in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000. [69365]
Ms Estelle Morris:
Details of the grants, in addition to revenue support grant, made available, by the Department for Education and Employment to Devon County Council in 1997-98 and 1998-99 and planned to be made in 1999-2000 are shown in the following tables. From 1 April 1998, Torbay and Plymouth became separate unitary authorities, the figures across the first two years are therefore not directly comparable. The allocation of the grants for New Deal for Schools and the reduction of class sizes for 1999-2000 have not yet been made. For the Standards Fund the figures shown include the grant made by the Department and the contribution made by the local education authority.
| Grant title | Allocation £ |
|---|---|
| Standards Fund | |
| School Effectiveness | 2,805,300 |
| National Curriculum Assessment--Verification KS1 | 117,900 |
| National Curriculum Assessment--Supply Cover KS1 | 228,400 |
| Training for KS2 Teacher Assessment | 131,300 |
| KS3 Non-core Teacher Assessment | 43,100 |
| Primary Teachers' Subject Knowledge | 354,400 |
| Special Educational Needs | 369,900 |
| Qualifications--GNVQ Provision | 270,900 |
| Qualifications--Part One GNVQ Pilot | 159,500 |
| Truancy | 137,000 |
| Disruptive and Disaffected Pupils | 246,200 |
| Pupil Behaviour and Discipline | 246,700 |
| Bilingual Pupils | 45,300 |
| Drug Prevention and Schools | 80,000 |
| Training for Careers Teachers | 15,000 |
| Youth Service | 31,600 |
| National Professional Qualification for Headship | 87,600 |
| School Security | 436,300 |
| Child Protection | 26,800 |
| Specialist Schools | 626,400 |
| Specialist Teacher Assistants | 56,900 |
| Baseline Assessment | 193,900 |
| Private Finance Initiative | 75,000 |
| Primary Performance Tables | 11,700 |
| Books for Schools | 497,589 |
| New Deal for Schools | |
| New Deal for Schools | 965,716 |
| Total | 8,260,405 |
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| Grant title | Allocation £ |
|---|---|
| Standards Fund | |
| School Improvement | 3,308,308 |
| National Professional Qualification for Headship | 276,170 |
| School Leadership: Serving Headteachers | 118,359 |
| Local Recruitment Measures | 130,540 |
| Early Years Training and Development | 202,970 |
| National Literacy Strategy--Primary | 608,061 |
| Summer Literacy Schools and Literacy at Key Stage 3 | 122,500 |
| National Numeracy Strategy--Primary | 774,653 |
| Summer Numeracy Schools | 20,000 |
| Family Literacy | 42,000 |
| Family Numeracy | 20,000 |
| Lifelong Learning Development Plans | 94,081 |
| Qualifications | 187,519 |
| Work Related Learning at Key Stage 4 | 37,500 |
| Special Educational Needs | 407,639 |
| Social Inclusion: Pupil Support | 420,308 |
| Drug Prevention | 98,133 |
| Youth Service | 25,945 |
| National Grid for Learning | 1,212,754 |
| School Security | 308,352 |
| Beacon Schools | 37,500 |
| Travellers and Displaced Persons | 259,208 |
| Ethnic Minority Achievement | 17,597 |
| Access Fund for Post-16 Pupils in Schools | 43,412 |
| Year 6 Literacy and Numeracy Booster Classes | 65,357 |
| Total | 8,838,866 |
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Male Teachers
Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what steps his Department has taken to encourage male teachers to teach in primary and junior schools; and if he will make a statement. [69807]
Ms Estelle Morris: The Government recognise the problem of under-representation of men in primary teaching. The Teacher Training Agency has asked all providers of initial teacher training courses to set themselves targets to focus their efforts to recruit more men into teacher training, and to produce action plans stating how they will work towards that goal.
Class Sizes
Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his answer of 14 December 1998, Official Report, columns 385-88, if he will list the values of the bids made by local education authorities before 20 November 1998 for capital expenditure to meet the Government's class size pledge. [70281]
Ms Estelle Morris: The values of applications for capital funding to meet the class sizes pledge are listed in the following table by local education authority. These figures refer to the 1999-2000 bidding round.
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