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Pupil Numbers
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the (a) average and (b) maximum class size in Hampshire was at Key Stage (i) 1, (ii) 2 and (iii) 3 for each year since 1997. [157286]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The information requested is shown in the tables.
| Hampshire(10) | Hampshire(11) | Portsmouth(11) | Southampton(11) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 Key Stage 1 | 27.5 | — | — | — |
| Key Stage 2 | 28.2 | — | — | — |
| Pupils aged mainly under 14 in maintained secondary schools | 23.9 | — | — | — |
| 1998 Key Stage 1 | — | 28.0 | 27.8 | 27.0 |
| Key Stage 2 | — | 28.6 | 28.1 | 28.8 |
| Pupils aged mainly under 14 in maintained secondary schools | — | 24.3 | 23.9 | 23.5 |
| 1999 Key Stage 1 | — | 27.8 | 27.5 | 27.0 |
| Key Stage 2 | — | 28.6 | 28.7 | 28.4 |
| Pupils aged mainly under 14 in maintained secondary schools | — | 24.9 | 24.8 | 24.4 |
| 2000 Key Stage 1 | — | 27.3 | 26.1 | 26.8 |
| Key Stage 2 | — | 28.7 | 28.6 | 28.6 |
| Pupils aged mainly under 14 in maintained secondary schools | — | 25.0 | 24.9 | 23.4 |
| 2001 Key Stage 1 | — | 26.3 | 25.3 | 26.2 |
| Key Stage 2 | — | 28.4 | 28.2 | 28.7 |
| Pupils in year groups 7, 8 and 9 in maintained secondary schools | — | 25.0 | 24.1 | 24.4 |
| 2002 Key Stage 1 | — | 26.0 | 24.8 | 26.7 |
| Key Stage 2 | — | 28.0 | 27.6 | 28.1 |
| Pupils in year groups 7, 8 and 9 in maintained secondary schools | — | 25.0 | 24.7 | 23.5 |
| 2003 Key Stage 1(11) | — | 26.2 | 25.1 | 26.2 |
| Key Stage 2 | — | 28.1 | 26.9 | 28.2 |
| Pupils in year groups 7, 8 and 9 in maintained secondary schools | — | 24.9 | 24.0 | 24.5 |
(9) Classes taught by one teacher
(10) Before local government reorganisation
(11) After local government reorganisation
(12) Includes Reception classes to produce a coverage as close as possible to that available in previous years.
Source:
Annual Schools' Census
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| Hampshire(14) | Hampshire(15) | Portsmouth(15) | Southampton(15) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 Key Stage 1 | 44 | — | — | — |
| Key Stage 2 | 39 | — | — | — |
| Pupils aged mainly under 14 in maintained secondary schools | 37 | — | — | — |
| 1998 Key Stage 1 | — | 45 | 38 | 41 |
| Key Stage 2 | — | 38 | 37 | 37 |
| Pupils aged mainly under 14 in maintained secondary schools | — | 36 | 33 | 34 |
| 1999 Key Stage 1 | — | 47 | 36 | 36 |
| Key Stage 2 | — | 39 | 36 | 35 |
| Pupils aged mainly under 14 in maintained secondary schools | — | 40 | 33 | 33 |
| 2000 Key Stage 1 | — | 41 | 34 | 36 |
| Key Stage 2 | — | 38 | 36 | 37 |
| Pupils aged mainly under 14 in maintained secondary schools | — | 44 | 33 | 35 |
| 2001 Key Stage 1 | — | 33 | 31 | 31 |
| Key Stage 2 | — | 38 | 36 | 35 |
| Pupils in year groups 7, 8 and 9 in maintained secondary Schools | — | 35 | 35 | 35 |
| 2002 Key Stage 1 | — | 32 | 30 | 31 |
| Key Stage 2 | — | 37 | 35 | 36 |
| Pupils in year groups 7, 8 and 9 in maintained secondary schools | — | 39 | 34 | 35 |
| 2003 Key Stage 1 (16) | — | 37 | 30 | 32 |
| Key Stage 2 | — | 37 | 34 | 35 |
| Pupils in year groups 7, 8 and 9 in maintained secondary schools | — | 37 | 34 | 34 |
(13) Classes taught by one teacher
(14) Before local government reorganisation
(15) After local government reorganisation
(16) Includes Reception classes to produce a coverage as close as possible to that available in previous years.
Source:
Annual Schools' Census
School Meals
Mr. Randall: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the Department's policy is on encouraging the provision of hot school meals. [158494]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: In guidance "Healthy School Lunches", produced to assist caterers to implement the requirements of the nutritional standards regulations, the Secretary of State strongly recommends that some hot food should be available. However, he does not have powers to require a school to provide hot food. The guidance can be viewed on our website: www.dfes.gov.uk/schoollunches.
School Sports Facilities
James Purnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans he has to ensure that schools open their sports facilities to the wider community out-of-hours. [157763]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to the hon. Member for Ribble Valley (Mr. Evans) on 2 March 2004, Official Report, column 884W.
James Purnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each Parliamentary constituency open their sports facilities for community use out-of-hours. [157766]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: We do not currently hold the data requested and they could be provided only at disproportionate costs.
Schools Funding
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the administrative cost of the Standards Funds grants is for 2003–04. [159186]
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Mr. Miliband: This information is not collected centrally.
Special Educational Needs
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children were first identified as having special educational needs (a) before the start of compulsory schooling, (b) at primary school and (c) at secondary school in the last year for which figures are available. [157153]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: Information is not collected about numbers of children first identified as having special educational needs. However, figures are available for children for whom new statements were issued. The last year for which figures are available is 2002.
During 2002, statements were made for the first time for 7,120 children aged under 5. 15,690 statements were issued for children aged 5–10 and 7,910 for children aged 11–19.
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the distribution of children with special educational needs across maintained schools; and what impact publication of the arrangements made by local education authorities to monitor admissions of children with special educational needs has had on that distribution. [157175]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The following table shows the distribution of children with special educational needs (SEN)—with and without statements of SEN—across maintained primary and maintained secondary schools in England.
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| Primary schools | Secondary schools | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils with SEN | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
| Up to 5 per cent. | 682 | 3.8 | 258 | 7.5 |
| 5 per cent. up to 25 per cent. | 13,864 | 77.6 | 2,616 | 76.1 |
| 25 per cent. up to 35 per cent. | 2,459 | 13.8 | 373 | 10.9 |
| 35 per cent. up to 50 per cent. | 761 | 4.3 | 170 | 4.9 |
| 50 per cent. and above | 95 | 0.5 | 19 | 0.6 |
| Total number of schools | 17,861 | 3,436 | ||
Source:
Statistics of Education—Special Educational Needs in England: January 2003 Issue Number 09/03, published November 2003
Local Education Authorities' Admission Forums consider how well admission arrangements work locally, including arrangements for the admission of children with special educational needs. As Admissions Forums became mandatory only on 20 January 2003, it is too early to determine the impact they will have had on promoting protocols for the admission of these children.
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what progress the Department has made in developing descriptions for types of special educational needs for use in the Pupil Level Annual Schools Census. [157177]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: Draft descriptions of types of special educational need were developed in autumn 2002. These were then sent to a sample of schools, local authorities and voluntary organisations for consultation at the end of November 2002. The descriptions were amended in the light of the responses received and the final version sent to local authorities in June 2003 and also placed on the Department's website.
In September 2003, copies of the guidance were sent to all maintained and non-maintained schools to enable them to prepare for the Pupil Level Annual Schools Census in January 2004.
There are eleven categories of need described in the guidance, grouped into the four main areas of difficulty set out in the SEN Code of Practice 2001. From January 2004, data on pupils type of need will be collected for all pupils with a statement of SEN and those at "school action plus".
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools have been awarded the Special Educational Needs Quality Mark; and how many have failed to meet the criteria for its award. [158089]
Mr. Stephen Twigg: The Government do not run a scheme of Special Educational Needs Quality Marks.
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