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Mathematics: GCE A-Level
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students in maintained schools achieved (a) an A grade and (b) grades A to C in further mathematics A-level in the last 12 months. [123554]
Jim Knight: 1,499 students aged 16 to 18 in maintained schools achieved grade A in GCE A level further mathematics during academic year 2005/06. 2,507 achieved grades A-C in the same year. This represents 52 per cent. and 87 per cent. of all 2005/06 further mathematics candidates respectively.
Nursery Schools: Bexley
Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many nursery places for three and four-year-olds there were in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford and (b) the London borough of Bexley in (i) 2001 and (ii) 2006. [129464]
Beverley Hughes: The available information is shown in the tables.
| Number of part time funded places( 1,2) filled by three and four-year-olds, Bexley local authority—position in January each year | ||||||
| Three-year-olds | Four-year-olds | |||||
| Year | Maintained nursery and primary schools( 3) | Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers | Total three-year-olds | Maintained nursery and primary schools( 4) | Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers | Total four-year-olds |
| n/a = not available (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 100 if they exceed 1,000 and to the nearest 10 otherwise. (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 three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the nursery education grant data collection exercise. (6) For 2001, four-year-old sub-national figures from the nursery education grant data collection exercise can not be disaggregated between the maintained and private, voluntary and independent sectors. (7) Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the nursery education grant data collection exercise. (8) Part-time equivalent number of children aged three at 31 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. | ||||||
| Number of part-time funded places( 1,2) filled by three and four-year-olds, Bexleyheath and Crayford parliamentary constituency—position in January each year | ||||||
| Three-year-olds | Four-year-olds | |||||
| Year | Maintained nursery and primary schools( 3) | Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers( 4) | Total three-year-olds | Maintained nursery and primary schools( 5) | Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers( 6) | Total four-year-olds |
| n/a = not available (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) Part-time equivalent number of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the early years census and the annual schools' census. (5) Headcount of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the annual schools' census. (6) 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 August, which is available on the Department's website:
Parenting Orders
Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many parenting orders arising from truancy and exclusion from school were issued in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area; how many were breached; how many prosecutions were mounted against those breaching such orders; how many such prosecutions were successful; and if he will make a statement. [126144]
Jim Knight: The Department started to collect data regarding parenting contracts and orders (in cases of non-attendance and exclusions from school) from September 2004. The data are provided at local authority level and are published at: www.dfes.gov.uk/schoolattendance/otherinitiatives/Data.cfm. Copies have been placed in the House Library.
Between 1 September 2004 and 1 September 2006 local authorities reported 18,232 education-related parenting contracts agreed with parents and 932 education-related parenting orders issued.
Data are not collected centrally on the number of parenting orders that are breached or the outcome of such breaches.
Primary Education: Gender
Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of those working as primary school teachers in England are (a) female and (b) male. [125864]
Jim Knight: In March 2005 16 per cent. of full-time regular qualified teachers employed in maintained nursery and primary schools were male and 84 per cent. were female. These figures are provisional and the latest information available.
Private Education
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils were enrolled in private schools in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each local education authority area in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [126214]
Jim Knight: The information requested has been placed in the Library.
Pupils: Per Capita Costs
Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average expenditure per pupil was in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Westminster in 1997; and how much was allocated for 2006-07. [126441]
Jim Knight: The school based expenditure per pupil in Westminster local authority in 1997-98 was £2,587 per pupil for local authority maintained nursery and primary schools and £3,046 per pupil for local authority secondary schools. In 2006-07, the Dedicated School Grant (DSG) guaranteed unit of funding allocated to Westminster was £4,513 per pupil.
Schools: Admissions
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) applications there were for and (b) places there were at each (i) primary and (ii) secondary school in Chorley constituency in each of the last three years. [125247]
Jim Knight: The available information is provided in the table.
Information on the number of applications and school places is not collected centrally therefore information on the number of pupils on roll in primary and secondary schools has been provided.
| Maintained primary and secondary schools—January ea ch year 2004 to 2006— Chorley constituency | ||
| Number (headcount) of pupils( 1) | ||
| Primary schools | Secondary schools | |
| (1) Excludes dually registered pupils. Source: Schools’ Census | ||
Schools: Biometrics
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps he is taking to determine how many schools are collecting and storing biometric data from their school children. [126224]
Jim Knight [holding answer 8 March 2007]: The Department keeps no records of how many schools collect or store biometric data from their school children and has no plans to do so.
Secondary Education: Curriculum
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 1 March 2007, Official Report, columns 1480-81W, on secondary education: curriculum, what guidance he plans to issue to schools on the determination of detailed factual content for their curricula. [126008]
Jim Knight: Teachers will use their professional judgment to determine the detailed factual content for their curricula, based on the statutory programmes of study for each subject and on the non-statutory guidance developed by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority to support them.
Specialised Diplomas
Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the level of co-ordination of 14 to 19-year-old education in local authorities in England prior to the introduction of specialised diplomas. [111480]
Jim Knight: The Diploma Gateway is the way we are assessing readiness for Diploma delivery in 2008. We have also begun to put in place a system of 14-19 Progress Checks. This will allow local authorities to assess their progress on the delivery of the 14-19 reform programme generally, including in relation to their current attainment and participation.
Sure Start
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children are participating in the Sure Start programme in Tamworth constituency. [129993]
Beverley Hughes: There are three Sure Start children’s centres operational in the Tamworth constituency—Glascote, Exley and Tamworth Early Years. Figures for the number of children participating in Sure Start are not collected centrally. There are approximately 3,400 children under five living in the areas served by these centres with the opportunity to access integrated Sure Start services.
Teachers: Misconduct
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers were referred to the General Teaching Council for England for unacceptable professional misconduct under section 1 of the Code of Conduct for Registered Teachers in each of the last five years; and how many were referred under each subsection of the code. [126494]
Jim Knight: Figures obtained from the General Teaching Council for England of the number of teachers referred under Section 1 of the Code of Conduct for Registered Teachers (unacceptable professional conduct) in each of the last five financial years, are shown in the following table.
| Conduct referrals | |
The General Teaching Council for England does not break down how many were referred for consideration under each subsection of the Code. However, it does publish an Annual Report on its registration and regulation activity, which from 2003 onwards has included an analysis of instances where there were findings of unacceptable professional conduct by category. This analysis for the years 2001/03 (two financial years together), 2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06 is as follows.
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