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Specialised Diplomas: Assessments

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of the marks awarded for each diploma will be awarded on the basis of (a) internal assessment and (b) internal assessment of extended projects; and if he will make a statement. [194843]

Jim Knight: The majority of the assessment of the Diploma will be of a controlled internal nature, with some external assessment. Controlled internal assessment will account for a significant part of the assessment for Principal Learning from 87 per cent. at level 1 to 66 per cent. at level 3 depending on the Diploma line. Assessment for the Project will be undertaken locally. At each level the proportion of external assessment is specified, approximately 12 per cent., 20 per cent. and up to 30 per cent. at levels 1, 2 and 3 respectively.

The Department has commissioned the National Assessment Agency (NAA) to develop a national approach which will ensure high standards across the internal assessment elements of the Diploma. This includes defining key roles that will support internal assessment at a local level and developing a good practice guide for centres that sets out the responsibilities of key assessor roles and provides examples of good practice in internal assessment. This information will be available in May 2008. In addition, NAA will design professional development programmes for teachers and trainers.

Specialised Diplomas: Rural Areas

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the ability of all schools in rural areas to offer access to all 17 diploma lines; and if he will make a statement. [194845]

Jim Knight: Diplomas will be taught by consortia of schools, colleges, and work-based learning providers, working in partnership with the local authority,
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employers, and higher education institutions. As such, not every school will be providing each diploma itself, but young people from those schools will be able to access diplomas in other consortium institutions, including in rural areas.

Sports: Capital Investment

Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much capital funding was allocated to sports facilities in schools in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997. [187069]

Jim Knight: The Department allocates capital to local authorities and schools, and then relies on the local community to prioritise how it is spent between school buildings, sports facilities, playing fields and other capital assets. Accordingly, it does not maintain central records on how much capital has been allocated to sports facilities or playing fields.

Since 1997, total capital allocations have increased from under £0.7 billion per annum to a planned £21.9 billion over the next three year period.

Teachers

Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many secondary school teachers were employed in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the north-east and (d) England in each year since 1997; [195242]

(2) how many primary school teachers were employed in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the north-east and (d) England in each year since 1997; [195323]

(3) how many teaching assistants were employed in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the north-east and (d) England in each year since 1997. [195324]

Jim Knight: The following table provides the full-time equivalent number of local authority maintained primary and secondary teachers and teaching assistants employed in local authority maintained schools in Jarrow constituency, South Tyneside local authority, north-east Government office region and England in each January, 1997 to 2007.


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Full-time equivalent number of local authority maintained nursery/primary and secondary school teachers and teaching assistants employed in local authority maintained schools in Jarrow constituency, South Tyneside local authority, north-east Government office region and England in each January, 1997 to 2007
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002( 1) 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Jarrow( 2)

Nursery/ Primary

360

350

350

350

360

340

330

320

310

310

300

Secondary

300

300

310

320

340

360

350

350

350

360

360

Teaching Assistants

90

90

100

100

140

200

150

230

240

260

260

South Tyneside( 3)

Nursery/ Primary

700

690

690

640

680

660

630

630

610

590

580

Secondary

590

580

610

590

650

700

690

680

670

720

680

Teaching Assistants(2)

160

160

160

180

250

350

280

420

440

470

440

North East( 3)

Nursery Primary

10,400

10,280

10,310

10,190

10,350

10,440

10,210

10,170

10,050

10,070

10,020

Secondary

10,790

10,650

10,640

10,740

11,070

11,380

11,340

11,270

11,430

11,440

11,450

Teaching Assistants(2)

2,870

2,990

3,130

3,450

4,280

4,010

5,060

5,630

6,430

6,930

7,450

England( 3)

Nursery/ Primary

191,670

190,100

191,120

193,100

194,960

197,370

197,430

196,640

196,270

198,190

197,100

Secondary

189,430

189,580

191,780

193,200

196,680

203,170

206,870

211,000

215,060

216,290

216,850

Teaching Assistants(2)

60,580

65,540

69,600

79,020

94,990

105,360

121,190

132,060

147,000

153,100

162,990

(1) A change of School Census collection method in 2002 may have caused some discontinuity in time series data.
(2) Source: School Census.
(3) Source: The annual survey of Teachers in Service and Teacher Vacancies, 618g.
Note:
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schoolteachers there are; and how many of them have qualifications in physical education. [195430]

Jim Knight: There were 197,100 nursery and primary full-time equivalent regular teachers and 216,800 secondary teachers employed in local authority maintained schools in England in January 2007, the latest information available. It is not known how many of these have qualifications in physical education.

Information on the number of secondary school teachers teaching physical education and the level of qualification they hold in the subject is available for England from the Secondary Schools Curriculum and Staffing Survey (SSCSS) which is an occasional sample survey last conducted in 2002 and 2007. 2007 figures are expected to be published in May 2008.

The following table provides the number of full-time teachers employed in maintained secondary schools by the highest post A level qualification held in the subjects they teach in 2002 from SSCSS.


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Teachers in Service: Full-time teachers in maintained secondary schools—Highest post A level qualifications( 1) held in the subjects they teach( 2) to year groups 7-13, England
Percentages
Degree( 3) BEd PGCE Cert Ed Other Qual. No Qual. Total teachers (Thousand)

Mathematics

42 ± 3

15 ± 2

9 ± 2

7 ± 1

2 ± 1

24 ± 2

28.2

English

51 ± 3

15 ± 2

7 ± 1

6 ± 1

1 ± 1

20 ± 2

29.4

Combined/General science

62 ± 3

12 ± 2

10 ± 2

4 ± 1

1 ± 1

11 ± 2

28.3

Biology(4)

71 ± 5

7 ± 3

11 ± 4

3 ± 2

- ± 1

7 ± 3

5.6

Chemistry(4)

72 ± 5

6 ± 3

12 ± 4

1 ± 1

1 ± 1

7 ± 3

5.2

Physics(4)

63 ± 6

11 ± 4

15 ± 4

3 ± 2

- ± -

8 ± 3

4.7

Other sciences(4)

10 ± 6

4 ± 4

5 ± 4

- ± -

- ± -

80 ± 8

1.6

French

54 ± 3

7 ± 2

10 ± 2

3 ± 1

2 ± 1

23 ± 3

16.0

German

47 ± 5

6 ± 3

13 ± 4

1 ± 1

2 ± 1

30 ± 5

6.9

Spanish

37 ± 7

8 ± 4

19 ± 6

- ± -

3 ± 2

33 ± 7

3.6

Other modern languages

18 ± 8

- ± -

9 ± 7

- ± -

3 ± 4

71 ±10

1.4

Design and technology(5)

26 ± 3

20 ± 3

7 ± 2

21 ± 3

2 ± 1

24 ± 3

20.9

ICT(5, 6)

13 ± 2

6 ± 1

8 ± 2

2 ± 1

3 ± 1

69 ± 3

18.9

Other/Combined technology(5)

30± 1 0

13 ± 8

16 ± 7

18 ± 9

2 ± 3

20 ± 9

1.6

Business studies

30 ± 5

11 ± 4

9 ± 3

4 ± 2

3 ± 2

43 ± 5

6.5

Classics

33 ± 7

- ± -

2 ± 4

2 ± -

- ± -

63 ± 7

1.0

History

57 ± 4

9 ± 2

6 ± 2

6 ± 2

- ± -

23 ± 3

13.7

Religious education

22 ± 3

8 ± 2

8 ± 2

4 ± 1

2 ± 1

57 ± 4

14.2

Geography

53 ± 4

9 ± 2

6 ± 2

5 ± 2

1 ± 1

25 ± 3

13.7

Other social studies

35 ± 5

6 ± 3

2 ± 2

2 ± 1

- ± 1

54 ± 6

4.9

Combined arts/humanities/ social studies

5 ± 3

4 ± 2

7 ± 3

1 ± 1

1 ± 1

83 ± 5

5.3

Music

59 ± 5

15 ± 4

5 ± 2

6 ± 3

2 ± 2

13 ± 4

6.3

Drama

25 ± 4

10 ± 3

12 ± 3

6 ± 2

2 ± 1

45 ± 5

8.1

Art and design

54 ± 4

10 ± 3

7 ± 2

9 ± 3

1 ± 1

20 ± 4

9.3

Physical education

25 ± 3

31 ± 3

6 ± 2

13 ± 2

2 ± 1

22 ± 2

21.4

Careers education

2 ± 2

1 ± 2

3 ± 3

4 ± 4

3 ± 4

87 ± 7

1.5

PSHE(6)

1 ± -

1 ± -

2 ± 1

1 ± -

- ± -

95 ± 1

61.4

General studies

1 ± 1

2 ± 1

1 ± 1

- ± 1

- ± -

95 ± 2

7.1

Citizenship

2 ± 1

1 ± 1

2 ± 1

- ± 1

- ± -

94 ± 2

9.0

Other

32.8

Total(2, 7)

33 ± -

10 ±-

7 ± -

5 ± -

1 ± -

44 ± -

388.4

‘-’ = zero or less than 0.5.
(1) Where a teacher has more than one post A level qualification in the same subject, the qualification level is determined by the highest level reading from left (Degree) to right (Other Qual.). For example, teachers shown under PGCE have a PGCE but not a degree or BEd in the subject, while those with a PGCE and a degree are shown only under Degree.
(2) Teachers are counted once against each subject which they are teaching.
(3) Includes higher degrees but excludes BEds.
(4) Teachers qualified in combined/general science are treated as qualified to teach biology, chemistry, or physics. Teachers qualified in biology, chemistry or physics are treated as qualified to teach combined/general science.
(5) Teachers qualified in other/combined technology are treated as qualified to teach design and technology or information and communication technology. Teachers qualified in design and technology or information and communication technology are treated as qualified to teach other/combined technology.
(6) Information and Communication Technology is abbreviated as ICT and Personal Social and Health Education is abbreviated as PSHE.
(7) ‘Other’ not included in total percentages.
Source:
Secondary Schools Curriculum and Staffing Survey 2002.

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