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Maintained Schools: Overseas Pupils
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils were admitted to maintained schools in England directly from overseas in each year since 2002. [110745]
Jim Knight: The requested information is not collected centrally.
PGCE
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people obtained a post-graduate certificate of education in 2006; and how many went into teaching within state education. [117465]
Jim Knight: The information requested is not yet available.
Performance Profiles data, collected by the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) indicate that in the academic year 2004/05, the latest year for which data are available, 21,780 people gained qualified teacher status (QTS) through post-graduate routes. Of these, 15,530 people (71 per cent.) were known to be teaching in the maintained sector six months after gaining QTS. A further 1,180 (5 per cent.) were in a teaching post but the sector was unknown. The data include trainees from Universities and other Higher Education (HE) institutions, School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) and Open Universities (OU), but exclude employment based routes.
School Exclusions
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many (a) permanent and (b) temporary exclusions there were in England in each year from 2000 to 2006; and how many were as a result of (i) drug taking, (ii) drug selling, (iii) violence towards other pupils, (iv) violence towards teachers, (v) vandalism of school property, (vi) theft of school property, (vii) possession of a weapon and (viii) other reasons; [116958]
(2) how many instances were reported of teachers in England being (a) verbally and (b) physically abused by (i) pupils and (ii) parents in each of the last 10 years. [116961]
Jim Knight: The number of assaults on school staff is not collected centrally.
For the academic years 2003-04 and 2004-05 information is available on the reasons for pupil exclusions. These reasons include physical assault against an adult and verbal abuse/threatening behaviour against an adult.
Tables showing the available information about the number of pupils who have been excluded from school on either a permanent of fixed period basis including all the available reasons for exclusion have been placed in the House Library.
School Leavers: Bexleyheath and Crayford
Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students in Bexleyheath and Crayford left further education having completed A-levels or equivalent to enter full-time employment in 2005-06. [110902]
Bill Rammell: In 2005/06, 260 students aged 16-18 completed their A level (or equivalent qualification) studies in institutions located in the Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency. There is no data available on the number of these young people who entered full-time employment at this local level.
Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students in Bexleyheath and Crayford left secondary education having completed GCSE qualifications and (a) entered full-time employment and (b) continued study at a further education establishment in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06. [110904]
Jim Knight: In 2005, 174 (5.2 per cent.) of 16-year-olds in Bexley left compulsory education and entered full-time employment. Figures for 2006 are not yet available.
These data are for 16-year-olds resident in Bexley LA; figures are not available for Bexleyheath and Crayford. It is for all 16-year-olds who have finished compulsory education; figures are not available for just those who have finished a GCSE qualification. The figures relate to the activity of school-leavers on 1 November 2005.
At end 2004, 800 (26 per cent.) 16-year-olds in Bexley were participating in full-time education at a sixth form college or other further education college. In addition, a further 1,500 (50 per cent.) 16-year-olds were participating in full-time education in schools.
These data are for all 16-year-olds resident in Bexley LA, there is no information available solely on those that have finished their GCSE qualifications. Bexley LA is the smallest local area for which data is available. End 2004 is the most recent year for which data are available.
School Leavers: Romford
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students within Romford constituency left secondary education having finished their GCSE qualifications and (a) entered full-time employment and (b) continued study at a further education establishment in 2005-06. [117461]
Jim Knight: In 2005, 180 (5.6 per cent.) of 16-year-olds in Havering left compulsory education and entered into employment.
These data are for 16-year-olds resident in Havering LEA, figures are not available for Romford. It is for all 16-year-olds who have finished compulsory education, figures are not available for just those who have finished a GCSE qualification. The figures relate to the activity on 1 November 2005 after finishing compulsory education.
At end 2004, 1,700 (56 per cent.) of 16-year-olds in Havering were participating in full-time education at a sixth-form college or other further education college. In addition a further 700 (22 per cent.) of 16-year-olds were participating in full-time education in schools.
These data are for all 16-year-olds resident in Havering LEA, there is no information available solely on those that have finished their GCSE qualifications. Havering LEA is the smallest local area for which data are available. End 2004 is the most recent year for which data is available.
School Sprinklers
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when he expects to publish the Building Bulletin 100 document on sprinklers in schools; and if he will make a statement. [111365]
Jim Knight [holding answer 24 January 2007]: We include advice on sprinklers in our new guide on fire safety, Building Bulletin 100, “Designing and Managing Against the Risk of Fire in Schools”, which has been out to public consultation. Feedback from that exercise showed that more extensive guidance on sprinklers was wanted, and we commissioned further studies to be carried out.
Consultants are compiling case studies of school projects where sprinklers have been installed, covering both capital and running costs. They are also examining how installation costs might be partially offset by design freedoms, such as fewer fire doors, and what the impact of reduced insurance premiums could be. Other work is being done on developing a risk assessment tool for use with individual projects, and a cost benefit analysis of installing sprinklers in schools, sensitive to small variations in data.
The studies will be completed by the end of January and we will make them public. Some of the work will also be included in the final version of Building Bulletin 100, which we expect to publish before the end of May.
Schools IT
Mr. Newmark: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much schools in England spent on IT in each of the last three financial years. [111353]
Jim Knight: The following funding was issued to schools through the Standards Fund to spend on information and communications technology:
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Schools supplement this investment from other budgets, such as Devolved Formula Capital and the Schools Development Grant.
SEAL Programme
Mr. Allen: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what funding will be provided to primary schools for the Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning programme in each of the next three years; what plans there are to provide funding for secondary schools for similar programmes; and whether such funding will be additional to the budget for the primary schools programme. [111174]
Jim Knight: The Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) programme is being rolled out in phases. £7 million is available for Phase 2 of the primary roll-out this year (2006-07). A total of £7 million will also be available for Phase 3 of the primary roll-out and Phase 1 of the Secondary roll-out next year (2007-08). Decisions about SEAL funding for 2008-09 to 2010-11 will be made as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review that is currently taking place.
Special Educational Needs
Mr. Willetts:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of parents making an appeal to the Special
Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal saw their children assigned to (a) school action and (b) school action plus in each year since the scheme’s inception. [116986]
Ms Harman: I have been asked to reply.
SENDIST has no power to assign children to school action or school action plus. In appeals against local authority decisions to refuse to make a statutory assessment of children, it can either order an assessment or dismiss the appeal. The Tribunal has no data on the level of support children receive in their schools prior to their parents’ making appeals.
Special Schools
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many special school places were available in each local authority area in England in each year since 1997. [117439]
Mr. Dhanda [holding answer 22 January 2007]: The requested information is not collected centrally.
The available information on the number of pupils in special schools has been placed in the House Library.
Specialist Schools
Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the future of specialist schools in the South East of England. [117388]
Jim Knight [holding answer 23 January 2007]: Specialist schools in the South East of England and on a national level will continue to be funded and supported under the Specialist Schools Programme. This is a key initiative to raise standards of achievement and to improve choice for pupils. There are currently 2,608 designated specialist schools, which is approximately 85 per cent. of all eligible secondary schools. The Government have a target that by 2008, 95 per cent. of eligible secondary schools that want to be, will be either specialist or an academy.
Sports Coaching Awards
Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much he has allocated to sports coaching awards in each year since 1997; and how much he expects to allocate to such awards in each year to 2012. [110641]
Jim Knight [holding answer 23 January 2007]: Funding for Community Sports Coaches began in 2004-05, and is as follows:
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Funding beyond 2008 is subject to the outcome of the comprehensive spending review.
Teacher Absence
Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many days of teacher absence were covered by fully qualified supply teachers in (a) England and (b) Gloucestershire in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement; [110917]
(2) how many days of teacher absence were covered by supply teaching assistants in (a) England and (b) Gloucestershire in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [110916]
Jim Knight [holding answer 24 January 2007]: The information requested is not collected centrally.
Teacher Statistics
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers (a) were recruited and (b) took retirement in each year from 1997 to 2006, broken down by local education authority. [116991]
Jim Knight: The information requested is not available at local authority level.
The following table provides information within the maintained schools sector for the number of qualified teacher entrants and wastage in England between 1997-98 and 2004-05, the latest year available.
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