House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 26 Oct 2006 (pt 0011)

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Number of part time funded places^{( 1, 2 )} filled by three and four year olds, Local Authority: Essex
	Part-time funded places filled by 3 year olds			Part-time funded places filled by 4 year olds
Position in January each year	Maintained nursery and primary schools^{( 3)}	Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers	Total 3 year olds	Maintained nursery and primary schools^{( 4)}	Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers	Total 4 year olds
1997	1,600	—	1,600	—	—	⁽⁵⁾14,000
1998	1,900	—	1,900	—	—	⁽⁵⁾15,000
1999	2,000	—	2,000	—	—	⁽⁵⁾15,200
2000	2,000	⁽⁶⁾0	2,000	—	—	⁽⁵⁾15,100
2001	2,000	⁽⁶⁾220	2,200	—	—	⁽⁵⁾15,100
2002	2,000	⁽⁶⁾6,700	8,700	10,400	⁽⁵⁾4,700 5	15,100
2003	2,000	⁽⁶⁾9,500	11,500	10,400	⁽⁷⁾4,600 7	15,000
2004	2,000	⁽⁸⁾9,700	11,700	10,500	⁽⁹⁾4,500 9	15,000
2005	1,900	⁽⁸⁾10,000	11,900	9,900	⁽⁹⁾4,500 9	14,400
2006	2,000	9,900	11,900	9,900	⁽⁹⁾4,200 9	14,100
^{(1 )}A place is equal to five or more sessions and can be filled by more than one child. ^{(2 )}Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 or 100 as appropriate. ^{(3 )}Headcount of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Annual Schools’ Census. ^{(4 )}Headcount of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Annual Schools’ Census. ^{(5 )}Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Nursery Education Grant data collection exercise. ^{(6 )}Part-time equivalent number of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Nursery Education Grant data collection exercise. ^{(7 )}Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census supplementary data collection exercise and the Annual Schools’ Census. ^{(8 )}Part-time equivalent number of children aged three at 31st December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census and the Annual Schools’ Census. ^{(9 )}Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census and the Annual Schools’ Census.

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Number of part time funded places^{( 1, 2 )} filled by three and four year olds, local authority: Cambridgeshire
	Part-time funded places filled by 3 year olds			Part-time funded places filled by 4 year olds
Position in January each year	Maintained nursery and primary schools^{( 3)}	Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers	Total 3 year olds	Maintained nursery and primary schools^{( 4)}	Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers	Total 4 year olds
1997	1,100	—	1,100	—	—	⁽⁵⁾5,800
1998	1,100	—	1,100	—	—	⁽⁵⁾6,500
1999	1,200	—	1,200	—	—	⁽⁵⁾6,300
2000	1,100	⁽⁶⁾0	1,100	—	—	⁽⁵⁾6,400
2001	1,200	⁽⁶⁾870	2,000	—	—	⁽⁵⁾5,900
2002	1,200	⁽⁶⁾1.500	2,700	4,700	⁽⁵⁾1,600	6,200
2003	1,100	⁽⁶⁾2,700	3,800	4,600	⁽⁷⁾1,600	6,200
2004	1,000	⁽⁸⁾2,800	3,800	4,500	⁽⁹⁾1,600	6,100
2005	980	⁽⁸⁾4,000	4,900	4,400	⁽⁹⁾1,300	5,700
2006	1,100	⁽⁸⁾4,000	5,100	4,500	⁽⁹⁾1,500	6,000
^{(1 )}A place is equal to five or more sessions and can be filled by more than one child. ^{(2 )}Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 or 100 as appropriate. ^{(3 )}Headcount of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Annual Schools’ Census. ^{(4 )}Headcount of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Annual Schools’ Census. ^{(5 )}Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Nursery Education Grant data collection exercise. ^{(6 )}Part-time equivalent number of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Nursery Education Grant data collection exercise. ^{(7 )}Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census supplementary data collection exercise and the Annual Schools’ Census. ^{(8 )}Part-time equivalent number of children aged three at 31st December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census and the Annual Schools’ Census. ^{(9 )}Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census and the Annual Schools’ Census.

The latest figures on early education places for three and four year olds in England were published in Statistical First Release 32/2006 ‘Provision for children under five years of age in England—January 2006 (final)’ in September, which is available on my Department’s website at:

www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/.

Faith Schools

Mr. Walter: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of pupils attending (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in North Dorset are (i) Christian, (ii) Muslim, (iii) Jewish, (iv) Buddhist, (v) Hindu and (vi) of no religion.[96718]

Jim Knight: The information requested is not collected centrally.

Mr. Walter: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many faith schools there are in North Dorset. [96719]

Jim Knight: The information requested is shown in the table.

Maintained primary and secondary schools^{( 1)} : number of schools by religious character, January 2006, North Dorset parliamentary constituency
	Maintained primary	Maintained secondary
No religious character	12	5
Church of England	27	3
Roman Catholic	2	0
Methodist	0	0
Other Christian faith⁽²⁾	0	0
Jewish	0	0
Muslim	0	0
Sikh	0	0
Other	0	0
Total	41	8
⁽¹⁾ Includes middle schools as deemed. ⁽²⁾ Includes schools of mixed denomination and other Christian beliefs. Source: Schools’ Census and EduBase

Hard-to-teach Children

Mr. Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what criteria are used to determine which children are designated as hard to teach; [92814]

(2) what guidelines his Department provides for educating ‘hard to teach’ children. [92815]

Jim Knight: ‘Hard to teach’ is not part of our standard terminology for describing groups of children and young people; therefore we do not have criteria to define it.

‘Hard to reach’ and ‘hard to place’ are similar terms used in the Department’s guidance to schools and wider children’s services. ‘Hard to reach’ is not precisely defined, but refers to children and families who are generally disengaged from mainstream public services, and are at risk of experiencing poor life chances and outcomes. ‘Hard to place’ refers to children who experience difficulties gaining admission to a school, perhaps because they have moved due to family circumstances, or have been excluded from another school. This issue is addressed in the new School Admissions code, for which the current consultation ends 1 December 2006.

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The Department also publishes guidance on children and young people with special educational needs (SEN), including the SEN code of practice and toolkit.

International GCSE

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what progress the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority has made on the comparability study between the GCSE and the International GCSE. [95197]

Jim Knight: The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) have completed their working paper on the comparability between the General Certificate for Secondary Education (GCSE) and the International General Certificate for Secondary Education (iGCSE). Now, with the agreement of Cambridge Assessment and Edexcel, QCA will be asked to publish its working paper, so that the Government can invite a wider debate within the education community on the iGCSE’s use in the maintained sector.

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