House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 19 Jul 2005 (pt 22)

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Progression Targets

Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans she has to introduce targets for progression at (a) 16 and (b) 18 for secondary schools; and if she will make a statement. [11553]

Bill Rammell: The Government's plans for developing measures of young people's progression in learning are set out in the 14–19 Education and Skills White Paper, published on 23 February 2005. We will record what

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qualifications Year 11 pupils go on to achieve by age 19 in order to develop a measure of how successful the pupils of each school are in gaining qualifications after statutory school leaving age. We will consider how this measure can be used to set targets to improve progression.

Special Educational Needs (Essex)

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what the staffing ratios were for (a) Glenwood Severe Learning Difficulty and (b) Cedar Hall Moderate Learning Difficulty special schools in Castle Point in each of the last three years for which figures are available; [12179]

(2) what the staffing ratios are for (a) Glenwood Special School and (b) Cedar Hall Special School in Castle Point. [12186]

Maria Eagle: The information requested is shown in the following table.
Pupil:teacher and pupil:adult ratio for Glenwood and Cedar Hall SchoolPosition in January each year

2003
2004
2005⁽³¹⁾

Pupil:teacher ratio⁽²⁸⁾^(5508060029) Pupil:adult ratio⁽²⁹⁾^(5508060030) Pupil:teacher ratio⁽²⁸⁾^(5508060029) Pupil:adult ratio⁽²⁹⁾^(5508060030) Pupil:teacher ratio⁽²⁸⁾^(5508060029) Pupil:adult ratio⁽²⁹⁾^(5508060030)

Glenwood School 6.0 2.2 6.9 2.5 6.6 2.5

Cedar Hall School 8.8 4.9 8.8 n/a 7.8 4.5

n/a = not available
⁽²⁸⁾ The PTR is calculated by dividing the total FTE number of pupils on roll in schools by the total FTE number of qualified teachers regularly employed in schools.
⁽²⁹⁾ For statistical purposes only, pupils who do not attend both morning and afternoon at least five days a week are regarded as part-time. Each part-time pupil is treated as 0.5 FTE.
⁽³⁰⁾ The PAR is calculated by dividing the total FTE number of pupils on roll by the total FTE number of all teachers and support staff employed in schools, excluding administrative and clerical staff.
⁽³¹⁾ Provisional
Source:
Annual School Census

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	2003	2004	2005⁽³¹⁾
	Pupil:teacher ratio⁽²⁸⁾^(5508060029)	Pupil:adult ratio⁽²⁹⁾^(5508060030)	Pupil:teacher ratio⁽²⁸⁾^(5508060029)	Pupil:adult ratio⁽²⁹⁾^(5508060030)	Pupil:teacher ratio⁽²⁸⁾^(5508060029)	Pupil:adult ratio⁽²⁹⁾^(5508060030)
Glenwood School	6.0	2.2	6.9	2.5	6.6	2.5
Cedar Hall School	8.8	4.9	8.8	n/a	7.8	4.5

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average staffing ratio was for (a) moderate learning difficulty and (b) severe learning difficulty special schools in Essex in each of the last three years for which figures are available. [12187]

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Maria Eagle: The information requested is shown in the following table.
Pupil:teacher ratio and pupil:adult ratio in schools formally approved to make provision for moderate learning difficulties and severe learning difficulties, Essex local education authority

Schools approved to make provision for moderate learning difficulties
Schools approved to make provision for severe learning difficulties

Position in January each year Pupil:teacher ratio 1, 2 Pupil:adult ratio 2, 3 Pupil:teacher ratio 1, 2 Pupil:adult ratio 2, 3

2003 7.7 3.4 6.8 2.7

2004 8.0 3.2 7.6 2.7

2005⁽³⁵⁾ 7.8 3.0 7.7 2.7

⁽³²⁾ The PTR is calculated by dividing the total FTE number of pupils on roll in schools by the total FTE number of qualified teachers regularly employed in schools.
⁽³³⁾ For statistical purposes only, pupils who do not attend both morning and afternoon at least five days a week are regarded as part-time. Each part-time pupil is treated as 0.5 FTE.
⁽³⁴⁾ The PAR is calculated by dividing the total FTE number of pupils on roll by the total FTE number of all teachers and support staff employed in schools, excluding administrative and clerical staff.
⁽³⁵⁾ Provisional
Source:
Annual Schools Census

	Schools approved to make provision for moderate learning difficulties	Schools approved to make provision for severe learning difficulties
Position in January each year	Pupil:teacher ratio 1, 2	Pupil:adult ratio 2, 3	Pupil:teacher ratio 1, 2	Pupil:adult ratio 2, 3
2003	7.7	3.4	6.8	2.7
2004	8.0	3.2	7.6	2.7
2005⁽³⁵⁾	7.8	3.0	7.7	2.7

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average class size for (a) moderate learning difficulty (MLD) and (b) severe learning difficulty (SLD) special schools in Essex was in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and if she will estimate the average class size in (i) MLD and (ii) SLD special schools in Essex in 2005–06. [12188]

Maria Eagle: The information requested is not collected centrally.

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the moderate learning difficulty (MLD) schools in Essex; and how many MLD schools there are in each local education authority. [12250]

Maria Eagle: The information requested is as follows.

Special schools formally approved to make provision for moderate learning difficulties ¹

January 2005 (provisional v4)—Essex local education authority

Kingswode Hoe School

The Hayward School

Cedar Hall School

Oak View School

Castledon School

The Endeavour School

The Leas School

The Edith Borthwick School

St. John's RC School (Essex)

Thriftwood School

Market Field School

Harlow Fields School

The Pioneer School

¹ Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools

Number of special schools formally approved to make provision for moderate learning difficulties1, January 2005 (provisional v4), by local education authority area

Number

England 508

North East 32

841 Darlington 1

840 Durham 7

390 Gateshead 3

805 Hartlepool 2

806 Middlesbrough 2

391 Newcastle upon Tyne 2

392 North Tyneside 3

929 Northumberland 4

807 Redcar and Cleveland 2

393 South Tyneside 3

808 Stockton-on-Tees 2

394 Sunderland 1

North West 81

889 Blackburn with Darwen 2

890 Blackpool 2

350 Bolton 2

351 Bury 2

875 Cheshire 10

909 Cumbria 1

876 Halton 1

340 Knowsley 4

888 Lancashire 16

341 Liverpool 9

352 Manchester 3

353 Oldham 3

354 Rochdale 3

355 Salford 3

343 Sefton 2

342 St. Helens 2

356 Stockport 4

357 Tameside 2

358 Trafford 3

877 Warrington 1

359 Wigan 3

344 Wirral 3

Yorkshire and the Humber 48

370 Barnsley 0

380 Bradford 5

381 Calderdale 3

371 Doncaster 4

811 East Riding of Yorkshire 1

810 Kingston Upon Hull, City of 1

382 Kirklees 5

383 Leeds 4

812 North East 1

813 North Lincolnshire 2

815 North Yorkshire 9

372 Rotherham 4

373 Sheffield 5

384 Wakefield 2

816 York 2

East Midlands 41

831 Derby 3

830 Derbyshire 5

856 Leicester 5

855 Leicestershire 3

925 Lincolnshire 8

928 Northamptonshire 6

892 Nottingham 3

891 Nottinghamshire 7

857 Rutland 1

West Midlands 64

330 Birmingham 14

331 Coventry 4

332 Dudley 4

884 Herefordshire 3

333 Sandwell 1

893 Shropshire 1

334 Solihull 2

860 Staffordshire 12

861 Stoke-on-Trent 3

894 Telford and Wrekin 2

335 Walsall 2

937 Warwickshire 6

336 Wolverhampton 2

885 Worcestershire 8

East of England 52

820 Bedfordshire 5

873 Cambridgeshire 5

881 Essex 13

919 Hertfordshire 10

821 Luton 2

926 Norfolk 4

874 Peterborough 3

882 Southend-on-Sea 3

935 Suffolk 6

883 Thurrock 1

London 57

Inner London 25

202 Camden 2

201 City of London 0

204 Hackney 3

205 Hammersmith and Fulham 1

309 Haringey 3

206 Islington 1

207 Kensington and Chelsea 1

208 Lambeth 3

209 Lewisham 3

316 Newham 0

210 Southwark 3

211 Tower Hamlets 1

212 Wandsworth 3

213 Westminster 1

Outer London 32

301 Barking and Dagenham 1

302 Barnet 3

303 Bexley 1

304 Brent 2

305 Bromley 1

306 Croydon 2

307 Ealing 3

308 Enfield 1

203 Greenwich 2

310 Harrow 2

311 Havering 3

312 Hillingdon 3

313 Hounslow 1

314 Kingston upon Thames 1

315 Merton 1

317 Redbridge 2

318 Richmond upon Thames 1

319 Sutton 1

320 Waltham Forest 1

South East 91

867 Bracknell Forest 1

846 Brighton and Hove 4

825 Buckinghamshire 8

845 East Sussex 10

850 Hampshire 16

921 Isle of Wight 1

886 Kent 13

887 Medway 2

826 Milton Keynes 3

931 Oxfordshire 5

851 Portsmouth 3

870 Reading 1

871 Slough 1

852 Southampton 3

936 Surrey 10

869 West Berkshire 2

938 West Sussex 5

868 Windsor and Maidenhead 1

872 Wokingham 2

South West 42

800 Bath and North East Somerset 3

837 Bournemouth 1

801 Bristol, City of 3

908 Cornwall 1

878 Devon 5

835 Dorset 4

916 Gloucestershire 6

420 Isles of Scilly 0

802 North Somerset 3

879 Plymouth 4

836 Poole 2

933 Somerset 4

803 South Gloucestershire 1

866 Swindon 2

880 Torbay 1

865 Wiltshire 2

⁽³⁶⁾ Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools.
Source:
Annual Schools Census

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		Number
England		508

North East		32
841	Darlington	1
840	Durham	7
390	Gateshead	3
805	Hartlepool	2
806	Middlesbrough	2
391	Newcastle upon Tyne	2
392	North Tyneside	3
929	Northumberland	4
807	Redcar and Cleveland	2
393	South Tyneside	3
808	Stockton-on-Tees	2
394	Sunderland	1

North West		81
889	Blackburn with Darwen	2
890	Blackpool	2
350	Bolton	2
351	Bury	2
875	Cheshire	10
909	Cumbria	1
876	Halton	1
340	Knowsley	4
888	Lancashire	16
341	Liverpool	9
352	Manchester	3
353	Oldham	3
354	Rochdale	3
355	Salford	3
343	Sefton	2
342	St. Helens	2
356	Stockport	4
357	Tameside	2
358	Trafford	3
877	Warrington	1
359	Wigan	3
344	Wirral	3

Yorkshire and the Humber	48
370	Barnsley	0
380	Bradford	5
381	Calderdale	3
371	Doncaster	4
811	East Riding of Yorkshire	1
810	Kingston Upon Hull, City of	1
382	Kirklees	5
383	Leeds	4
812	North East	1
813	North Lincolnshire	2
815	North Yorkshire	9
372	Rotherham	4
373	Sheffield	5
384	Wakefield	2
816	York	2

East Midlands		41
831	Derby	3
830	Derbyshire	5
856	Leicester	5
855	Leicestershire	3
925	Lincolnshire	8
928	Northamptonshire	6
892	Nottingham	3
891	Nottinghamshire	7
857	Rutland	1

West Midlands		64
330	Birmingham	14
331	Coventry	4
332	Dudley	4
884	Herefordshire	3
333	Sandwell	1
893	Shropshire	1
334	Solihull	2
860	Staffordshire	12
861	Stoke-on-Trent	3
894	Telford and Wrekin	2
335	Walsall	2
937	Warwickshire	6
336	Wolverhampton	2
885	Worcestershire	8

East of England		52
820	Bedfordshire	5
873	Cambridgeshire	5
881	Essex	13
919	Hertfordshire	10
821	Luton	2
926	Norfolk	4
874	Peterborough	3
882	Southend-on-Sea	3
935	Suffolk	6
883	Thurrock	1

London		57
Inner London		25
202	Camden	2
201	City of London	0
204	Hackney	3
205	Hammersmith and Fulham	1
309	Haringey	3
206	Islington	1
207	Kensington and Chelsea	1
208	Lambeth	3
209	Lewisham	3
316	Newham	0
210	Southwark	3
211	Tower Hamlets	1
212	Wandsworth	3
213	Westminster	1

Outer London		32
301	Barking and Dagenham	1
302	Barnet	3
303	Bexley	1
304	Brent	2
305	Bromley	1
306	Croydon	2
307	Ealing	3
308	Enfield	1
203	Greenwich	2
310	Harrow	2
311	Havering	3
312	Hillingdon	3
313	Hounslow	1
314	Kingston upon Thames	1
315	Merton	1
317	Redbridge	2
318	Richmond upon Thames	1
319	Sutton	1
320	Waltham Forest	1

South East		91
867	Bracknell Forest	1
846	Brighton and Hove	4
825	Buckinghamshire	8
845	East Sussex	10
850	Hampshire	16
921	Isle of Wight	1
886	Kent	13
887	Medway	2
826	Milton Keynes	3
931	Oxfordshire	5
851	Portsmouth	3
870	Reading	1
871	Slough	1
852	Southampton	3
936	Surrey	10
869	West Berkshire	2
938	West Sussex	5
868	Windsor and Maidenhead	1
872	Wokingham	2

South West		42
800	Bath and North East Somerset	3
837	Bournemouth	1
801	Bristol, City of	3
908	Cornwall	1
878	Devon	5
835	Dorset	4
916	Gloucestershire	6
420	Isles of Scilly	0
802	North Somerset	3
879	Plymouth	4
836	Poole	2
933	Somerset	4
803	South Gloucestershire	1
866	Swindon	2
880	Torbay	1
865	Wiltshire	2

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many special educational needs children there are in each band in Essex moderate learning difficulty schools. [12251]

Maria Eagle: Data collected in January 2005 shows that there were 1,340 pupils with special educational needs (SEN) with a statement in maintained and non-maintained special schools approved to make provision for moderate learning difficulties in Essex local education authority. The corresponding figure for pupils with special educational needs without a statement is zero.

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