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School Admissions

Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether it is her intention that under the proposed provisions in the Education and Inspections Bill secondary schools will be allowed to have access to pupils' Key Stage 2 results before they are accepted to attend the school; and if she will make a statement. [60991]

Jacqui Smith: We have no intention of introducing any provision allowing access to Key Stage 2 results prior to, or as a condition of, pupils being accepted into secondary schools. We do not support selection and do not wish to see a return to the 11 plus.

Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether it is her intention that parents be permitted to represent their children in the appeal process regarding moves to secondary schools under the provisions of the Education and Inspection Bill; whether she expects changes to be made to the appeals process by provisions in the Bill; and if she will make a statement. [61122]

Jacqui Smith: Admissions legislation already gives parents the right of appeal to an independent appeal panel, against an admission authority's decision refusing their child admission to a school. The appeal process already allows parents the opportunity to appear in person and make oral representations themselves, or be accompanied, or represented, by a friend. Legal representation will not usually be necessary, but parents are free to have such representation if they wish.

No changes are being made to the appeals process under the provisions of the Education and Inspections Bill.

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what investigative powers she proposes to give (a) the Schools Adjudicator and (b) other bodies to assess the admissions practices of individual schools. [61343]

Jacqui Smith: The Schools Adjudicators already have the power to request the core information they need to consider objections to admission arrangements. In future, we will require admission authorities to provide information needed by the Adjudicators to fulfil their functions.

Admission Forums play a key role in considering admission issues from a local perspective, monitoring how well they are working and advising admission authorities on where they need to be improved. The Bill will strengthen this role by giving Forums the power to object to the Schools Adjudicators about the admission arrangements of any maintained school in their area. It will also give them the power to publish an annual report for the Schools Commissioner about how well admission arrangements are working in their area.
 
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School Inspections (Leicester)

Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools in Leicester Ofsted has inspected in the last three years. [59511]

Jacqui Smith: This is a matter for Ofsted. HM chief inspector, Maurice Smith, has written to my hon. Friend and a copy of his reply has been placed in the Library.

Letter from Maurice J. Smith, dated 17 March 2006:

Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for reply.

You asked how many schools in Leicestershire have been inspected by Ofsted in the last three years.

During the period January 2003 to December 2005, 35 primary schools, 11 secondary schools, seven special schools and one pupil referral unit were inspected in Leicester. School inspections before September 2005 were carried out under Section 10 of the School Inspections Act 1996, as amended by the Education Act 2002. School inspections since September 2005 are carried out under Section 5 of the Education Act 2005.

A copy of this reply has been sent to Jacqui Smith and will be placed in the library of both Houses.

School Performance (Exemptions)

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 21 March 2006, Official Report, column 217W, on the Education Act 2002, what plans she has to commence the provisions of Chapter 2 of the Education Act 2002 conferring exemptions related to school performance. [61627]

Jacqui Smith: We are keeping the provisions of Chapter 2 of the Education Act 2002, conferring exemptions related to school performance, under review.

School Ratings (Lancashire)

Mr. Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which schools in Lancashire local education authority were rated (a) grade one, (b) grade two, (c) grade three and (d) grade four when last assessed by the Office of Standards in Education. [59599]

 
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Jacqui Smith: This is a matter for Ofsted. HM chief inspector, Maurice Smith, has written to the hon. Member and a copy of his reply has been placed in the House Library.

School Trusts

Mr. Davey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) whether a fast food company would be permitted to set up a school trust; [35341]

(2) when she will answer question 35341, tabled on 1 December 2005 by the hon. Member for Kingston and Surbiton, on trust schools. [56833]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 6 December 2005]: It will not be open to any organisation to set up a school trust. It will be for the governing bodies of individual schools to decide whether to form partnerships with trusts, following consultation with parents and other stakeholders. All such trusts will be charities and the consultation will need to set out who the members of the charity will be. In deciding whether to acquire a particular trust, governing bodies will need to take account of the impact of the trust on driving up standards and promoting the well-being of pupils and the wider community. The school would be inspected against the contribution it makes to the five outcomes, including being healthy". As part of this, inspectors would assess the school's success in promoting healthy eating. Where there are concerns about the nature of a proposed trust, the local authority will be able to refer the case to the schools adjudicator for determination.

Schools (Brighton and Hove)

David Lepper: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many full-time equivalent teachers were working in maintained schools in Brighton and Hove in each year since 1996–97. [58672]

Jacqui Smith: The following table provides the full-time equivalent number of regular teachers (excluding occasionals) employed in maintained schools by each local authority and Government office region, January 1997 to 2005.

Brighton and Hove local authority was created on 1 April 1997 and therefore figures are not available for January 1997.
Table 15: full-time equivalent regular teachers (excluding occasionals) in service in the maintained sector⁽²⁴⁾ each year by local authority⁽²⁵⁾ and Government office region: January 1997 to 2005 England

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Gateshead	1,680	1,630	1,580	1,630	1,670	1,660	1,650	1,620	1,630
Newcastle upon Tyne	2,120	2,130	2,140	2,130	2,180	2,230	2,170	2,160	2,170
North Tyneside	1,650	1,640	1,630	1,600	1,820	1,690	1,650	1,700	1,730
South Tyneside	1,370	1,350	1,380	1,310	1,440	1,460	1,410	1,430	1,410
Sunderland	2,660	2,620	2,650	2,620	2,670	2,670	2,640	2,670	2,690
Hartlepool	840	810	800	820	840	850	840	850	870
Middlesbrough	1,380	1,340	1,270	1,300	1,270	1,310	1,280	1,150	1,160
Redcar and Cleveland	1,300	1,280	1,300	1,300	1,280	1,410	1,370	1,390	1,380
Stockton on Tees	1,650	1,660	1,660	1,720	1,740	1,760	1,760	1,770	1,720
Former Durham	4,910	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Darlington	—	820	820	800	780	840	840	850	860
Durham (post 1 April 1997)	—	4,120	4,190	4,190	4,240	4,270	4,310	4,300	4,300
Northumberland	2,630	2,560	2,600	2,590	2,620	2,760	2,760	2,810	2,790
North East	22,200	22,000	22,000	22,000	22,500	22,900	22,700	22,700	22,700
Cumbria	4,030	4,060	4,130	4.240	4,180	4,380	4,430	4,450	4,560
Former Cheshire	8,190	8,240	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Cheshire (post 1 April 1998)	—	—	5,490	5,610	5,600	5,680	5,770	5,710	5,700
Halton	—	—	1,220	1,140	1,140	1,140	1,170	1,140	1,130
Warrington	—	—	1,530	1,650	1,680	1,720	1,730	1,780	1,800
Bolton	2,440	2,430	2,430	2,500	2,500	2,560	2,540	2,540	2,510
Bury	1,460	1,420	1,460	1,470	1,480	1,490	1,500	1,500	1,550
Manchester	3,850	3,730	4,220	3,750	3,790	3,760	3,820	3,830	3,990
Oldham	2,240	2,220	2,230	2,220	2,280	2,270	2,250	2,290	2,380
Rochdale	1,830	1,840	1,830	1,880	1,870	1,900	1,890	1,930	1,920
Salford	1,920	1,900	1,900	1,950	1,920	1,920	1,890	1,930	1,930
Stockport	2,220	2,170	2,210	2,210	2,330	2,350	2,340	2,380	2,280
Tameside	1,830	1,870	1,940	1,960	1,930	2,070	2,030	2,010	1,990
Trafford	1,750	1,860	1,880	1,910	1,900	1,880	2,020	1,970	1,960
Wigan	2,760	2,690	2,690	2,690	2,590	2,800	2,800	2,830	2,890
Former Lancashire	11,870	11,930	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Lancashire (post 1 April 1998)	—	—	9,690	9,750	9,710	9,640	9,710	9,920	9,910
Blackburn with Darwen	—	—	1,360	1,390	1,310	1,390	1,400	1,410	1,420
Blackpool	—	—	1,010	1,030	1,100	1,120	1,150	1,160	1,220
Knowsley	1,530	1,530	1,570	1,640	1,530	1,450	1,570	1,510	1,500
Liverpool	4,340	4,280	4,240	4,130	4,320	4,750	4,290	4,410	4,350
St. Helens	1,590	1,570	1,570	1,570	1,570	1,580	1,630	1,550	1,600
Sefton	2,540	2,520	2,510	2,540	2,610	2,620	2,660	2,700	2,520
Wirral	2,930	2,970	2,990	2,970	3,020	3,090	3,080	3,050	3,050
North West	59,300	59,200	60,100	60,200	60,400	61,600	61,700	62,000	62,200
Kingston-Upon-Hull, City of	2,080	2,030	2,060	2,110	2,110	2,150	2,150	2,240	2,260
East Riding of Yorkshire	2,410	2,400	2,410	2,500	2,530	2,560	2,640	2,630	2,690
North East Lincolnshire	1,370	1,300	1,310	1,380	1,360	1,450	1,480	1,450	1,420
North Lincolnshire	1,290	1,240	1,290	1,290	1,340	1,300	1,280	1,340	1,350
North Yorkshire (post 1 April 1996)	4,580	4,560	4,680	4,840	4,940	4,940	5,020	5,080	5,080
York	1,290	1,270	1,290	1,350	1,380	1,390	1,380	1,390	1,390
Barnsley	1,620	1,610	1,610	1,640	1,640	1,650	1,680	1,650	1,720
Doncaster	2,690	2,650	2,630	2,670	2,690	2,790	2,780	2,810	2,820
Rotherham	2,360	2,350	2,360	2,380	2,500	2,520	2,500	2,560	2,610
Sheffield	3,930	3,980	4,050	4,050	4,190	4,110	4,120	4,140	4,150
Bradford	4,660	4,590	4,610	4,610	4,400	4,870	4,640	4,690	4,700
Calderdale	1,770	1,740	1,790	1,800	1,840	1,870	1,900	1,920	1,980
Kirklees	3,260	3,240	3,250	3,300	3,370	3,320	3,350	3,420	3,430
Leeds	5,900	5,860	5,910	6,130	6,040	6,080	5,800	6,130	6,220
Wakefield	2,670	2,620	2,630	2,590	2,700	2,750	2,780	2,790	2,830
Yorkshire and the Humber	41,900	41,400	41,900	42,700	43,000	43,700	43,500	44,200	44,600
Former Derbyshire	7,530	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Derbyshire (post 1 April 1997)(26)	—	5,450	5,590	5,670	5,760	5,870	6,190	5,970	6,160
Derby	—	1,920	1,830	1,890	1,980	2,020	1,970	2,070	2,130
Former Leicestershire	7,690	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Leicestershire (post 1 April 1997)(26)	—	4,800	4,860	4,930	5,020	5,040	5,290	5,220	5,220
Leicester	—	2,570	2,660	2,600	2,760	2,710	2,590	2,730	2,830
Rutland	—	250	260	220	240	250	270	260	260
Lincolnshire	5,130	5,120	5,050	5,090	5,300	5,110	5,240	5,590	5,630
Northamptonshire	5,500	5,290	5,360	5,530	5,330	5,760	5,720	5,760	5,720
Former Nottinghamshire	7,810	7,860	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Nottinghamshire (post 1 April 1998)	—	—	5,860	5,950	5,970	6,070	6,180	6,310	6,240
Nottingham	—	—	2,030	2,070	2,110	2,080	2,240	2,300	2,220
East Midlands	33,700	33,300	33,500	34,000	34,500	34,900	35,700	36,200	36,400
Former Hereford and Worcester	5,370	5,420	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Herefordshire	—	—	1,250	1,290	1,300	1,350	1,360	1,380	1,410
Worcestershire	—	—	4,150	4,210	4,270	4,390	4,430	4,490	4,560
Former Shropshire	3,330	3,350	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Shropshire (post 1 April 1998)	—	—	1,940	2,050	2,110	2,140	2,110	2,110	2,080
Telford and Wrekin	—	—	1,360	1,340	1,410	1.420	1,470	1,450	1,420
Former Staffordshire	8,510	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Staffordshire (post 1 April 1997)	—	6,510	6,690	6,740	6,800	6,940	7,160	7,100	7,160
Stoke-on-Trent	—	1,900	1,890	1,900	1,920	1,940	1,980	1,980	1,980
Warwickshire	3,870	3,940	4,000	4,080	4,150	4,200	4,320	4,380	4,420
Birmingham	9,910	9,800	9,760	9,880	10,220	10,440	10,150	10,110	10,540
Coventry	2,800	2,780	2,810	2,800	2,870	2,920	2,910	2,920	2,910
Dudley	2,690	2,690	2,760	2,740	2,780	2,710	2,710	2,740	2,900
Sandwell	2,730	2,710	2,750	2,680	2,620	2,680	2,730	2.760	2,790
Solihull	1,850	1,850	1,920	1,940	2,050	2,000	2,020	1,970	2,000
Walsall	2,590	2,540	2,610	2,360	2,570	2,500	2,530	2,510	2,650
Wolverhampton	2,230	2,220	2,240	2,270	2,290	2,200	2,260	2,310	2,360
West Midlands	45,900	45,700	46,200	46,300	47,400	47,800	48,200	48,200	49,200
Former Cambridgeshire	5,400	5,390	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Cambridgeshire (post 1 April 1998)	—	—	3,870	3,940	4,040	4,060	4,210	4,180	4,220
Peterborough	—	—	1,550	1,610	1,510	1,760	1,640	1,590	1,600
Norfolk	5.940	5,940	5,980	5,910	6,050	6,150	6,320	6,230	6,190
Suffolk	5,330	5,380	5,450	5,450	5,490	5,660	5,700	5.900	5,810
Former Bedfordshire	4,990	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Bedfordshire (post 1 April 1997)	—	3,360	3,410	3,330	3,250	3,680	3,750	3,720	3,590
Luton	—	1,570	1,560	1,660	1,660	1,730	1,810	1,810	1,870
Former Essex	12,580	12,560	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Essex (post 1 April 1998)	—	—	10,580	10,400	10,520	10,920	10,890	10,980	11,190
Southend-on-Sea	—	—	1,270	1,380	1,410	1,520	1.560	1,610	1,640
Thurrock	—	—	1,060	1,110	1,180	1,210	1,230	1,250	1,250
Hertfordshire	9,040	8,970	9,070	9,030	9,170	9,550	9,610	9,820	9,810
East of England	43,300	43,200	43,800	43,800	44,300	46,200	46,700	47,100	47,200
City of London	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Camden	1,500	1,480	1,440	1,340	1,430	1,570	1,450	1,420	1,480
Greenwich	2,070	2,010	2,030	2,040	2,030	2,080	2,140	2,190	2,260
Hackney	1,450	1,490	1,520	1,510	1.480	1,470	1,600	1,550	1,630
Hammersmith and Fulham	930	920	930	1,000	1,000	1,010	1,060	1,120	1,140
Islington	1,420	1,410	1,330	1,350	1,300	1,460	1,380	1,440	1,440
Kensington and Chelsea	680	670	680	650	660	670	720	690	690
Lambeth	1,710	1,700	1,660	1,620	1,580	1,670	1.620	1,670	1,770
Lewisham	1,870	1,870	1,810	1,890	1,980	2,070	2,040	2,010	1,990
Southwark	1,750	1,800	1,850	1,840	1,960	2,060	2,090	2,030	2,030
Tower Hamlets	2,270	2,170	2,310	2,250	2,180	2,220	2,310	2,280	2,310
Wandsworth	1,690	1,680	1,700	1,680	1,730	1,770	1,750	1,780	1,840
Westminster	1,140	1,160	1,160	1,190	1,250	1,300	1,320	1,290	1,340
Barking and Dagenham	1,450	1,420	1,450	1,470	1,480	1.510	1,570	1,680	1,650
Barnet	2,770	2,730	2,720	2,710	2,740	2,820	2,850	2,800	2,790
Bexley	1,860	1,870	1,940	1,920	2,030	2,160	2,090	2,110	2,050
Brent	2,160	2,190	2,160	2,100	2,110	2,160	2,380	2,350	2,490
Bromley	2,270	2,330	2,340	2,340	2,540	2,640	2,590	2,620	2,690
Croydon	2,620	2,640	2,590	2,880	2,820	2,860	2,880	2,890	3,000
Ealing	2,230	2,220	2,250	2,240	2,220	2,320	2,310	2,300	2,330
Enfield	2,550	2,610	2,650	2,740	2,670	2,670	2,820	2,880	2,950
Haringey	1,870	1,830	1,860	1,850	1,850	1,890	1,910	1,910	1,970
Harrow	1,580	1,500	1,490	1,380	1,490	1,500	1,550	1,560	1,590
Havering	1,870	1,870	1,900	1,890	1,950	2,040	2,060	2,090	2,050
Hillingdon	2,000	2,030	2,030	2,130	2,180	2,230	2,230	2,350	2,400
Hounslow	2,000	1,940	1,980	1,950	2,020	2,010	2,010	2,120	2,160
Kingston upon Thames	1,060	1,050	1,040	1,060	1,070	1,070	1,170	1,150	1,190
Merton	1,210	1,170	1,190	1,150	1,210	1,210	1,240	1,180	1,260
Newham	2,190	2,200	2,290	2,350	2,420	2,520	2,570	2,790	2,820
Redbridge	2,100	2,130	2,180	2,200	2,370	2,380	2,470	2,510	2,470
Richmond upon Thames	1,070	1,070	1,060	1,030	1,040	1,090	1,100	1,050	1,060
Sutton	1,390	1,420	1,450	1,480	1,530	1,590	1,710	1,700	1,750
Waltham Forest	2,010	2,080	2,090	2,060	1,940	2,020	1,940	2,080	2,120
London	56,800	56,700	57,100	57,300	58,300	60,100	60,900	61,600	62,700
Former Berkshire	6,280	6,290	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Bracknell Forest	—	—	730	760	760	760	810	790	780
Windsor and Maidenhead	—	—	1,000	1,000	990	1,060	1,050	1,130	1,120
West Berkshire	—	—	1,310	1,440	1,330	1,400	1,440	1,500	1,520
Reading	—	—	930	970	990	1,030	1,010	1,010	1,030
Slough	—	—	1,060	1,040	1,090	1,320	1,180	1,150	1,230
Wokingham	—	—	1,220	1,250	1,280	1,350	1,310	1,320	1,390
Former Buckinghamshire	5.370	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Buckinghamshire (post 1 April 1997)	—	3,790	3,740	3.930	3,900	4,030	4,240	4,210	4,270
Milton Keynes	—	1,730	1,790	1,750	1.760	1,810	1,900	2,040	2,070
Former East Sussex	5,110	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
East Sussex (post 1 April 1997)	—	3,430	3,410	3,560	3,610	3,620	3,740	3,730	3,690
Brighton and Hove	—	1,600	1,650	1,660	1,730	1,800	1,770	1,770	1,750
Former Hampshire	11,990	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Hampshire (post 1 April 1997)	—	8,960	8,980	8,980	8,970	9,310	9,370	9,380	9,680
Portsmouth	—	1,320	1,540	1,430	1,480	1,430	1,420	1,410	1,390
Southampton	—	1,670	1,670	1,640	1,640	1,710	1,700	1,740	1,730
Isle of Wight	1,020	1,030	1,060	1,070	1,100	1,150	1,170	1,140	1,180
Former Kent	13,180	13,080	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Kent (post 1 April 1998)	—	—	10,860	11,300	11,320	11,310	11,460	12,200	12,510
Medway	—	—	2,280	2,180	2,180	2,200	2,520	2,560	2,500
Oxfordshire	4,270	4,260	4,290	4,680	4,790	4,900	4,900	4,900	4,900
Surrey	7,220	7,160	7,140	7,290	7,310	7,560	7,660	7,690	7,650
West Sussex	5,400	5,490	5,590	5,560	5,610	5,770	5,920	5,810	5,890
South East	59,800	59,800	60,300	61,500	61,800	63,500	64,600	65,500	66,300
Isles of Scilly	20	20	20	20	20	20	30	30	20
Bath and North East Somerset	1,370	1,350	1,350	1,360	1,390	1,410	1,440	1,390	1,410
City of Bristol	2,900	2,810	2,710	2,700	2,790	2,700	2,800	2,730	2,810
North Somerset	1,450	1,380	1,360	1,360	1,420	1,480	1,490	1,500	1,540
South Gloucestershire	1,970	1,980	2,050	2,090	2,120	2,160	2,180	2,180	2,180
Cornwall	3,610	3,590	3,570	3,730	3,800	3,880	4,020	4,010	4.100
Former Devon	7,700	7,800	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Devon (post 1 April 1998)	—	—	4,780	4,970	5,030	5,120	5,160	5,420	5,450
Plymouth	—	—	2,150	2,180	2,210	2,250	2,250	2,200	2,210
Torbay	—	—	960	910	970	1,060	1,040	1,080	1,140
Former Dorset	4,730	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Dorset (post 1 April 1997)	—	2,790	2.770	2,790	2,880	2,940	3,050	3,120	3,100
Poole	—	1,060	1,010	1,010	1,030	1,050	1,090	1,070	1,060
Bournemouth	—	1,040	1,070	1,090	1,110	1,140	1,130	1,130	1,130
Gloucestershire	4,410	4,460	4,480	4,620	4,680	4,910	5,080	5,170	5,100
Somerset	3,480	3,480	3,380	3,530	3,770	3,770	3,890	3,980	4,090
Former Wiltshire	4,690	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wiltshire (post 1 April 1997)	—	3,180	3,170	3,100	3,340	3,390	3,520	3,560	3,680
Swindon	—	1,440	1,480	1,490	1,440	1,600	1,570	1,600	1,590
South West	36,300	36,400	36,300	37,000	38,000	38,900	39,700	40,200	40,600
England	399,200	397,700	401,200	404,600	410,200	419,600	423,600	427,700	431,900

⁽²⁴⁾Figures are for the maintained sector. Teachers in academies (including those that were previously maintained schools) are not included. See note to editors 1 in SFR 41/2005 for further details.
⁽²⁵⁾The first, second and third phases of local government reorganisation came into effect on 1 April 1996, 1 April 1997 and 1 April 1998 respectively. The new authorities are shown directly below their former parent local authorities.
⁽²⁶⁾Figures for Derbyshire and Leicestershire for 2003 may be overstated.
Notes:
1.See note to editors 2 in SFR 41/2005 for falling pupil numbers.
2.Totals may not appear equal to the sum of the component parts because of rounding.
Source:
61 8g survey




 
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