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Health Education: Sex
Mr. Rob Wilson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families at what pupil age schools begin teaching sex education in each local education authority. [151162]
Jim Knight:
Certain aspects of sex and relationship education (SRE) are a statutory requirement as part of national curriculum science. This stipulates the issues that schools are required to cover at each of the four key stages. Beyond this, the Department's Sex and Relationship Education Guidance outlines how schools can deliver a broader programme of SRE using the framework for Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE). The guidance provides information on the issues to be covered in both primary and secondary schools, but it is for individual schools to determine their own SRE policy, including how SRE is delivered and when. The Department does not collect information on this.
Primary Education
Mr. Rob Wilson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many primary schools in each local education authority have voluntarily introduced classes in foreign languages, music or art. [151155]
Jim Knight:
The following table details the proportion of schools in each local authority who reported in autumn 2006 that they were teaching languages in class time. These data were obtained from recent research commissioned by the Department, which estimated the proportion of schools teaching languages in class time based on a nationally representative sample.
Music and art and design are compulsory national curriculum subjects for all primary age pupils in maintained schools. All schools must teach the statutory programmes of study, but it is up to them to decide exactly how they deliver them. Schools may also provide extra-curricular activity in music and art, for example school choirs or art clubs that may be run after school, but no information is held centrally on the numbers of schools doing such activities.
Q1a: Do schools offer KS2 pupils the opportunity to learn a foreign language within class time? |
Percentage |
| Yes | No | No response |
Camden
|
100.00
|
|
|
Greenwich
|
78.57
|
21.43
|
|
Hackney
|
77.78
|
22.22
|
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
83.33
|
16.67
|
|
Islington
|
100.00
|
|
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
83.33
|
16.67
|
|
Lambeth
|
81.25
|
18.75
|
|
Lewisham
|
50.00
|
42.86
|
7.14
|
Southwark
|
78.57
|
21.43
|
|
Tower Hamlets
|
25.00
|
66.67
|
8.33
|
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Wandsworth
|
93.75
|
6.25
|
|
Westminster
|
100.00
|
|
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
100.00
|
|
|
Barnet
|
66.67
|
33.33
|
|
Bexley
|
100.00
|
|
|
Brent
|
71.43
|
28.57
|
|
Bromley
|
86.67
|
13.33
|
|
Croydon
|
63.16
|
36.84
|
|
Ealing
|
72.22
|
16.67
|
11.11
|
Enfield
|
86.67
|
6.67
|
6.67
|
Haringey
|
71.43
|
28.57
|
|
Harrow
|
100.00
|
|
|
Havering
|
86.67
|
6.67
|
6.67
|
Hillingdon
|
76.92
|
23.08
|
|
Hounslow
|
84.62
|
15.38
|
|
Kingston on Thames
|
66.67
|
33.33
|
|
Merton
|
91.67
|
8.33
|
|
Newham
|
90.91
|
9.09
|
|
Redbridge
|
57.14
|
42.86
|
|
Richmond upon Thames
|
100.00
|
|
|
Sutton
|
90.91
|
9.09
|
|
Waltham Forest
|
36.36
|
63.64
|
|
Birmingham
|
59.18
|
36.73
|
4.08
|
Coventry
|
88.89
|
11.11
|
|
Dudley
|
75.00
|
25.00
|
|
Sandwell
|
52.94
|
47.06
|
|
Solihull
|
88.89
|
11.11
|
|
Walsall
|
66.67
|
33.33
|
|
Wolverhampton
|
54.55
|
45.45
|
|
Knowsley
|
81.82
|
18.18
|
|
Liverpool
|
91.67
|
5.56
|
2.78
|
St. Helens
|
100.00
|
| |
Sefton
|
83.33
|
16.67
|
|
Wirral
|
95.65
|
4.35
|
|
Bolton
|
96.00
|
4.00
|
|
Bury
|
94.44
|
5.56
|
-
|
Manchester
|
74.29
|
22.86
|
2.86
|
Oldham
|
81.25
|
18.75
|
|
Rochdale
|
80.00
|
20.00
|
|
Salford
|
100.00
|
|
|
Stockport
|
87.50
|
12.50
|
|
Tameside
|
90.48
|
9.52
|
|
Trafford
|
100.00
|
|
|
Wigan
|
96.15
|
3.85
|
|
Barnsley
|
47.06
|
41.18
|
11.76
|
Doncaster
|
76.92
|
23.08
|
|
Rotherham
|
100.00
|
|
|
Sheffield
|
96.55
|
3.45
|
|
Bradford
|
86.84
|
13.16
|
|
Calderdale
|
85.00
|
15.00
|
|
Kirklees
|
80.00
|
15.00
|
5.00
|
Leeds
|
79.37
|
19.05
|
1.59
|
Wakefield
|
87.10
|
12.90
|
|
Gateshead
|
100.00
|
|
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
92.00
|
8.00
|
|
North Tyneside
|
100.00
|
|
|
South Tyneside
|
100.00
|
|
|
Sunderland
|
60.00
|
33.33
|
6.67
|
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Bath and North East Somerset
|
93.33
|
|
6.67
|
Bristol
|
71.43
|
28.57
|
|
North Somerset
|
94.12
|
5.88
|
|
South Gloucestershire
|
92.31
|
7.69
|
|
Hartlepool
|
90.91
|
|
9.09
|
Middlesbrough
|
83.33
|
16.67
|
|
Redcar and Cleveland
|
100.00
|
|
|
Stockton on Tees
|
76.47
|
23.53
|
|
Hull
|
83.33
|
16.67
|
|
East Riding of Yorks
|
97.22
|
2.78
|
|
North East Lincolnshire
|
78.57
|
14.29
|
7.14
|
North Lincolnshire
|
100.00
|
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
86.11
|
12.50
|
1.39
|
City of York
|
91.67
|
8.33
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
72.50
|
22.50
|
5.00
|
Luton
|
76.92
|
23.08
|
|
Buckinghamshire
|
95.24
|
4.76
|
|
Milton Keynes
|
100.00
|
|
|
Derbyshire
|
94.81
|
2.60
|
2.60
|
City of Derby
|
88.89
|
11.11
|
|
Dorset
|
54.05
|
35.14
|
10.81
|
Poole
|
100.00
|
|
|
Bournemouth
|
100.00
|
|
|
Durham
|
79.69
|
17.19
|
3.13
|
Darlington
|
100.00
|
|
|
East Sussex
|
75.76
|
24.24
|
|
Brighton and Hove
|
83.33
|
16.67
|
|
Hampshire
|
74.19
|
22.58
|
3.23
|
Portsmouth
|
16.67
|
83.33
|
|
Southampton
|
20.00
|
80.00
|
|
Leicestershire
|
91.04
|
8.96
|
|
Leicester
|
72.73
|
27.27
|
|
Rutland
|
100.00
|
|
|
Staffordshire
|
78.13
|
17.19
|
4.69
|
Stoke on Trent
|
50.00
|
42.86
|
7.14
|
Wiltshire
|
90.57
|
9.43
|
|
Swindon
|
90.91
|
9.09
|
|
Bracknell Forest
|
66.67
|
33.33
|
|
Windsor and Maidenhead
|
75.00
|
25.00
|
|
West Berkshire
|
92.86
|
7.14
|
|
Reading
|
100.00
|
|
|
Slough
|
80.00
|
20.00
|
|
Wokingham
|
75.00
|
25.00
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
69.77
|
27.91
|
2.33
|
Peterborough City
|
80.00
|
20.00
|
|
Cheshire
|
77.97
|
20.34
|
1.69
|
Halton
|
100.00
|
|
|
Warrington
|
95.83
|
4.17
|
|
Devon
|
85.71
|
12.70
|
1.59
|
Plymouth
|
91.30
|
8.70
|
|
Torbay
|
88.89
|
11.11
|
|
Essex
|
69.66
|
23.60
|
6.74
|
Southend
|
100.00
|
|
|
Thurrock
|
71.43
|
28.57
|
|
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Herefordshire
|
95.24
|
4.76
|
|
Worcestershire
|
77.50
|
20.00
|
2.50
|
Kent
|
91.51
|
7.55
|
0.94
|
Medway
|
81.25
|
18.75
|
|
Lancashire
|
77.19
|
21.05
|
1.75
|
Blackburn
|
55.56
|
44.44
|
|
Blackpool
|
100.00
|
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
83.93
|
16.07
|
|
Nottingham City
|
50.00
|
25.00
|
25.00
|
Shropshire
|
81.08
|
18.92
|
|
Telford and Wrekin
|
81.82
|
18.18
|
|
Cornwall
|
76.27
|
23.73
|
|
Cumbria
|
94.83
|
5.17
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
94.44
|
5.56
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
68.67
|
25.30
|
6.02
|
Isle of Wight
|
92.31
|
7.69
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
67.74
|
27.42
|
4.84
|
Norfolk
|
71.21
|
27.27
|
1.52
|
Northamptonshire
|
86.89
|
13.11
|
|
Northumberland
|
87.50
|
12.50
|
|
Oxfordshire
|
87.14
|
11.43
|
1.43
|
Somerset
|
80.77
|
15.38
|
3.85
|
Suffolk
|
69.14
|
28.40
|
2.47
|
Surrey
|
84.00
|
14.00
|
2.00
|
Warwickshire
|
77.14
|
20.00
|
2.86
|
West Sussex
|
84.44
|
15.56
|
|
Total
|
81.38
|
16.83
|
1.80
|