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4 Feb 2008 : Column 43WS
Written Ministerial Statements
Monday 4 February 2008
Children, Schools and Families
14-19 Diplomas
The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (Ed Balls):
The first five new diplomas will be available from September 2008 and will be in construction and the built environment, creative and media, engineering, information technology, and society, health and development. We announced last March that over 800 schools and over 150 colleges would be in the first consortia offering 14-19 Diplomas from September 2008.
A breakdown of consortia offering the first five lines by region and local authority is shown in table 1. The forecast first year diploma funding for each region in 2008-09 is set out in table 2, subject to final pupil numbers for each region.
The next five diplomas will be available from September 2009 and will be in manufacturing and product design, business, administration and finance, land-based and environmental studies, hair and beauty, and hospitality. We can now announce that two thirds of all secondary schools and three quarters of colleges in England have applied to offer these five new diplomas, plus the first five diplomas, as part of consortia from September 2009.
These figures show that diplomas are proving a popular choice for schools and colleges. Diplomas will offer learners a new route into further and higher education as well as into skilled work. In December, the independent organisation UCAS announced that the points value of the advanced diploma will be the same as that awarded for three and a half A levels.
| Consortia Readines Assessment (January 2008) |
| Go | Local Authority | No. of Consortia in LA | No. of Schools in Consortium | No. of Colleges in Consortium in LA |
|
EE
|
Cambridgeshire
|
1
|
7
|
2
|
|
EE
|
Hertfordshire
|
3
|
28
|
3
|
|
EE
|
Luton
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
|
EE
|
Norfolk
|
2
|
9
|
1
|
|
EE
|
Southend-on-Sea
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
|
EE
|
Suffolk
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
|
EM
|
Derby
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
EM
|
Nottingham
|
1
|
11
|
4
|
|
EM
|
Derbyshire
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
|
EM
|
Leicestershire
|
2
|
10
|
2
|
|
EM
|
Lincolnshire
|
6
|
25
|
5
|
|
EM
|
Northamptonshire
|
3
|
9
|
3
|
|
EM
|
Nottinghamshire
|
4
|
30
|
5
|
|
EM
|
Rutland
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
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|
L
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
1
|
8
|
1
|
|
L
|
Bromley
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
|
L
|
Croydon
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
|
L
|
Ealing
|
1
|
17
|
2
|
|
L
|
Hackney
|
3
|
6
|
5
|
|
L
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
|
L
|
Haringey
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
|
L
|
Harrow
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
|
L
|
Hillingdon
|
1
|
8
|
1
|
|
L
|
Hounslow
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
|
L
|
Islington
|
1
|
8
|
1
|
|
L
|
Lambeth
|
1
|
7
|
2
|
|
L
|
Lewisham
|
1
|
6
|
2
|
|
L
|
Newham
|
1
|
15
|
2
|
|
L
|
Southwark
|
1
|
6
|
2
|
|
L
|
Tower Hamlets
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
|
L
|
Waltham Forest
|
1
|
18
|
3
|
|
L
|
Wandsworth
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
|
NE
|
Durham
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
NE
|
Gateshead
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
NE
|
Hartlepool
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
NE
|
Middlesbrough
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
|
NE
|
Newcastle-Upon -Tyne
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
|
NE
|
North Tyneside
|
1
|
11
|
1
|
|
NE
|
Sunderland
|
1
|
18
|
1
|
|
NW
|
Blackburn with Darwen
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
NW
|
Bolton
|
1
|
11
|
2
|
|
NW
|
Bury
|
1
|
7
|
1
|
|
NW
|
Cheshire
|
3
|
16
|
2
|
|
NW
|
Cumbria
|
1
|
9
|
2
|
|
NW
|
Halton
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
|
NW
|
Knowsley
|
1
|
7
|
1
|
|
NW
|
Lancashire
|
4
|
21
|
5
|
|
NW
|
Liverpool
|
1
|
8
|
1
|
|
NW
|
Manchester
|
1
|
11
|
2
|
|
NW
|
Oldham
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
|
NW
|
Rochdale
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
|
NW
|
Salford
|
1
|
10
|
3
|
|
NW
|
Sefton
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
|
NW
|
St. Helens
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
|
NW
|
Tameside
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
|
NW
|
Trafford
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
|
NW
|
Warrington
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
|
SE
|
Brighton and Hove
|
1
|
10
|
2
|
|
SE
|
Buckinghamshire
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
|
SE
|
East Sussex
|
5
|
5
|
1
|
|
SE
|
Hampshire
|
3
|
24
|
4
|
|
SE
|
Kent
|
4
|
13
|
3
|
|
SE
|
Medway
|
1
|
11
|
2
|
|
SE
|
Milton Keynes
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
|
SE
|
Oxfordshire
|
2
|
6
|
1
|
|
SE
|
Reading
|
1
|
6
|
0
|
|
SE
|
Surrey
|
5
|
19
|
5
|
|
SE
|
West Sussex
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
4 Feb 2008 : Column 45WS
|
SW
|
Plymouth
|
1
|
9
|
1
|
|
SW
|
Cornwall
|
1
|
8
|
2
|
|
SW
|
Dorset
|
3
|
13
|
5
|
|
SW
|
Gloucestershire
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
SW
|
North Somerset
|
1
|
14
|
1
|
|
SW
|
Somerset
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
|
SW
|
South Gloucestershire
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
|
SW
|
Swindon
|
1
|
8
|
1
|
|
SW
|
Torbay
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
SW
|
Wiltshire
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
|
WM
|
Birmingham
|
4
|
21
|
6
|
|
WM
|
Coventry
|
2
|
6
|
1
|
|
WM
|
Dudley
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
|
WM
|
Shropshire
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
WM
|
Solihull
|
1
|
6
|
2
|
|
WM
|
Staffordshire
|
3
|
10
|
1
|
|
WM
|
Stoke-on-Trent
|
1
|
7
|
1
|
|
WM
|
Walsall
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
WM
|
Wolverhampton
|
1
|
13
|
1
|
|
WM
|
Worcestershire
|
2
|
16
|
1
|
|
Y&H
|
Barnsley
|
1
|
8
|
2
|
|
Y&H
|
Bradford
|
1
|
7
|
1
|
|
Y&H
|
Calderdale
|
1
|
10
|
1
|
|
Y&H
|
Kingston-upon-Hull
|
1
|
15
|
3
|
|
Y&H
|
York
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
|
Y&H
|
Kirklees
|
1
|
27
|
4
|
|
Y&H
|
Leeds
|
2
|
15
|
2
|
|
Y&H
|
North East Lincolnshire
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
|
Y&H
|
North Yorkshire
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
|
Y&H
|
Rotherham
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
|
Y&H
|
Sheffield
|
1
|
17
|
2
|
|
Y&H
|
Wakefield
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
