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Schools: National Challenge

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which schools have been removed from the National Challenge as a consequence of their 2008 GCSE results. [241869]

Jim Knight: Final validated GCSE results for 2008 are not yet available. However, support under the National Challenge is flexible and is not confined to schools currently with fewer than 30 per cent. of pupils gaining five A*-C including English and Mathematics. The programme also supports schools deemed to be at risk of falling below this threshold.

Individual local authorities will shortly publish their plans for all schools who are being supported by National Challenge so that local parents can see details of the proposed support.

Schools: Vetting

Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many notifications his Department and its predecessor sent to each of the schools inspectorates under the automatic transfer arrangements in relation to (a) independent and (b) maintained schools in each year since April 2005; and how many notifications his Department and its predecessor received from independent and grant maintained schools in each such year. [241493]

Jim Knight: To date, the Department has referred 84 notifications to the Schools Inspectorates since April 2005 relating to individuals who resigned or were dismissed from independent schools because they were considered unsuitable to work with children. Details are given in the following tables. In the case of maintained schools, Ofsted can approach the local authority concerned in respect of notifications from its schools.


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Referrals to inspectorates
Inspectorate 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total

ISI

5

27

17

15

64

Ofsted

2

4

7

7

20

CSC1(1)

2

4

1

0

7

(1) The seven referrals made to the former Commission for Social Care Inspection (now Ofsted) were also referred to the relevant education inspectorate and are thus included in the totals for ISI and Ofsted.

Under the new Vetting and Barring Scheme a supervisory authority such as Ofsted will be required to inform the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) if it has information that a person poses a risk of harm. In return, ISA must inform them when it bars someone who is supervised or registered by them.

Where employers (including independent schools) in the education sector have ceased to use the services of a person because they consider that person is unsuitable to work with children, or they would have ceased to use the person's services where the person has left their employment, they are required to refer information to the Department. In addition, the Police refer to the Department cautions and convictions for those who have been working in educational establishments in accordance with Home Office Circular 6/2006 (The Notifiable Occupations Scheme). Identifying how many referrals and letters of notification were received from (i) state maintained and (ii) independent schools would require detailed checks to be made of individual case records and this would incur disproportionate cost.

Specialised Diplomas

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will place in the Library a list of (a) schools and (b) school consortia offering the 14-19 diplomas, listing (i) which diplomas are being offered and (ii) how many pupils are entered for them in each case. [240632]

Jim Knight: The following table shows the diploma lines being offered in 2008 by consortia. We do not have the other information requested.


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Lines delivered n 2008
LA name Consortium name CBE C and M ENG IT SHD

Barnsley LA

Barnsley Diploma Consortia

Yes

—

—

—

Yes

Newcastle upon Tyne LA

Newcastle City Consortium

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Waltham Forest LA

London Borough of Waltham Forest

—

Yes

—

—

—

Lincolnshire LA

Lincolnshire Wolds

—

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

Halton LA

Halton 14-19 Strategic Partnership

Yes

—

—

—

—

East Sussex LA

Hastings and Rother Local Area Partnership Board

—

—

—

Yes

—

Sheffield LA

Sheffield 14-19 Partnership

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

Norfolk LA

Norwich City (OpenOpportunity)

Yes

Yes

—

—

—

Oxfordshire LA

West Oxfordshire Consortium

—

—

Yes

—

—

Blackburn with Darwen LA

Blackburn with Darwen 14-19 Partnership

—

—

Yes

—

—

Kirklees LA

Kirklees Collegiates

—

Yes

—

—

Yes

City of Plymouth LA

City of Plymouth 14-19 Diploma Partnership

Yes

—

Yes

—

Yes

Nottinghamshire LA

Bassetlaw 14-19 Consortium

Yes

—

—

—

—

Oxfordshire LA

East Oxon 14-19 Consortium

—

—

Yes

—

—

Nottinghamshire LA

Newark and Sherwood ASG

—

Yes

—

—

—

North Tyneside LA

North Tyneside 14-19 Learning Partnership

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Dorset LA

Central Dorset Partnership

Yes

—

—

—

—

Bury LA

Bury Learning Partnership

—

—

Yes

—

—

Staffordshire LA

Chase Collegiate

—

—

—

Yes

—

Staffordshire LA

East Staffs 14-19 Collegiate

—

—

Yes

Yes

—

City of Derby LA

Derby City—North West

—

—

Yes

—

Tower Hamlets LA

The Hub

—

—

—

Yes

—

Hertfordshire LA

Dacorum Strategic Area Partnership Group

—

Yes

—

Yes

—

Manchester LA

Manchester

Yes

Yes

—

Yes

—

Cambridgeshire LA

Cambridge 14-19 Area Partnership

—

Yes

—

—

—

Knowsley LA

Knowsley 14-19 Partnership

—

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

Trafford LA

Trafford 14-19 Consortium

Yes

—

Yes

—

Yes

Kent LA

Thanet 14 -19 Consortium

—

—

—

—

Yes

North Somerset LA

North Somerset Consortium

—

Yes

—

Yes

—

Hartlepool LA

Hartlepool 14-19 Partnership

—

—

Yes

—

—

Liverpool LA

Liverpool

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Barking and Dagenham LA

Barking and Dagenham

—

Yes

Yes

Yes

Rochdale LA

Rochdale Consortium

—

—

—

Yes

Yes

Cheshire LA

East Cheshire 14-19 Diploma Consortium

—

—

Yes

—

—

Brighton and Hove LA

Brighton and Howe 14-19 Partnership Board

—

—

—

—

Yes

Norfolk LA

Extended Rural Norfolk Federation

Yes

—

—

—

—

Croydon LA

Croydon Consortium

Yes

—

—

—

—

Hounslow LA

Hounslow 14-19 Partnership

—

Yes

—

—

Leeds LA

Leeds Diplomas

Yes

—

—

—

Bradford LA

Bradford Confederations

—

Yes

—

—

—

Sunderland LA

Sunderland 14-19 Partnership

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

—

Birmingham LA

South Network

—

Yes

—

—

—

City of Nottingham LA

Nottingham City

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Haringey LA

The Haringey 14-19 Partnership

Yes

—

—

—

—

Lancashire LA

Burnley and Pendle

—

Yes

—

—

—

Milton Keynes LA

Milton Keynes

Yes

—

—

—

—

Wiltshire LA

West Wilts Federation

—

Yes

—

—

—

Salford LA

Salford

—

Yes

—

—

—

Lewisham LA

Lewisham 14-19 Partnership

—

—

—

Yes

—

Islington LA

Islington 14-19 Partnership

—

Yes

—

—

Yes

St. Helens LA

St. Helens Partnership

—

—

Yes

—

—

Worcestershire LA

ContinU

Yes

—

—

—

—

Torbay LA

Torbay 14-19 Learning Partnership

—

Yes

—

—

—

Cheshire LA

Crewe and Nantwich

—

—

Yes

Yes

Hackney LA

Hackney Diploma 20O9 Consortium

Yes

Yes

—

—

Yes

Surrey LA

Elmbridge 14-19 Consortium

—

—

Yes

—

—

Nottinghamshire LA

Mansfield Learning Partnership

—

—

Yes

Yes

—

Lincolnshire LA

Lincolnshire South Holland

—

—

Yes

Yes

—

Hertfordshire LA

North Hertfordshire Strategic Area Partnership Group

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Coventry LA

Coventry North West Federation

—

—

Yes

—

—

Ealing LA

West London Consortium

Yes

Yes

—

—

—

Wandsworth LA

14-19 Partnership

—

—

—

—

Yes

Medway LA

Medway

—

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Kent LA

Dover Deal and Sandwich Collegiate

—

—

—

—

Yes

Cambridgeshire LA

HSEP

—

Yes

—

—

—

Birmingham LA

Birmingham South West Collegiate: Lordswood Girls'

—

—

Yes

—

—

Worcestershire LA

Forward Consortium

—

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

Kingston upon Hull LA

Hull 14-19 Partnership

—

—

—

Yes

—

Calderdale LA

Campus Calderdale

—

Yes

—

—

Yes

Northamptonshire LA

East Northamptonshire Partnership

—

Yes

Yes

—

Yes

Reading

Reading and Central Berkshire Consortium

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Lancashire LA

Hyndburn, Rossendale and Ribble Valley

—

Yes

—

—

—

Oldham LA

OLLP—Business

Yes

Yes

—

—

—

Surrey LA

Surrey Heath

—

—

—

Yes

Yes

Hampshire LA

Basingstoke 14-19 Consortium

Yes

—

—

—

—

West Sussex LA

Area B

—

—

Yes

Yes

—

Coventry LA

Coventry North East Federation

—

—

Yes

—

—

Lambeth LA

LCm the Lambeth Consortium

—

—

Yes

—

—

City of York LA

City of York Partnership

—

—

Yes

—

Yes

Somerset LA

Sedgemoor

—

Yes

—

—

—

Sefton LA

North Sefton

—

—

—

—

Yes

Swindon LA

Swindon 14-19 Partnership

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

—

Hampshire LA

Rushmoor and Hart

—

—

—

Yes

—

Kent LA

Gravesham 14-19 Consortium

Yes

—

—

—

—

Nottinghamshire LA

Ashfield District ASG

Yes

—

—

Yes

—

Surrey LA

Guildford 14-19 Partnerships

—

Yes

—

—

—

Hillingdon LA

The Hillingdon Consortium

—

—

Yes

—

—

Wolverhampton LA

Wolverhampton

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

East Sussex LA

Eastbourne and Hailsham Federation

Yes

Yes

—

—

Surrey LA

Spelthorne

—

Yes

Yes

—

—

Dorset LA

North Dorset

—

—

—

Yes

—

Hammersmith and Fulham LA

Hammersmith and Fulham

—

—

—

Yes

—

Lincolnshire LA

Sleaford

—

—

—

—

Yes

South Gloucestershire LA

Kingswood Partnership

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Oxfordshire LA

North Oxfordshire 14-19 Partnership

—

Yes

—

—

—

Rotherham LA

Rotherham 14-19 Partnership

Yes

—

—

—

—

Lincolnshire LA

Grantham Partnership

—

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

Lincolnshire LA

Lincolnshire East Partnership

—

—

Yes

—

—

Dorset LA

Chesil Education Partnership

—

Yes

—

—

—

Middlesbrough LA

Middlesbrough Learning Partnership

Yes

—

Yes

—

—

Warrington LA

Warrington 14-19 Partnership

—

—

—

—

Yes

Dudley LA

The Halesowen Education Trust

—

Yes

—

—

Yes

Lancashire LA

Lancaster and Morecambe

—

Yes

—

—

Newham LA

14-19 Newham Partnership

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Shropshire LA

North West Shropshire

—

—

—

Yes

—

Stoke on Trent LA

Stoke-on-Trent 14-19 Collegiate

Yes

—

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cumbria LA

Furness 14-19 Partnership

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hampshire LA

Eastleigh Consortium

Yes

—

Yes

—

—

Southwark LA

Southwark Guarantee

—

Yes

Yes

—

—

Northamptonshire LA

Northampton Town

—

—

—

—

Yes

Birmingham LA

Birmingham North Area Network

Yes

—

Yes

—

—

East Sussex LA

Western Coastal Local Area Partnership Board

Yes

—

—

—

—

Bolton LA

Bolton LA Consortia

Yes

—

Yes

—

Yes

West Sussex LA

West Sussex Area A

Yes

—

—

—

—

Suffolk LA

North Suffolk Partnership

—

—

Yes

—

—

Surrey LA

Woking Federation

Yes

—

—

—

—

Harrow LA

Harrow Collegiate

—

Yes

—

—

—

Buckinghamshire LA

Wycombe Consortium

—

—

Yes

—

—

Luton LA

Campus Luton Partnership

—

—

—

Yes

—

North East Lincolnshire LA

14-19 Learning Partnership

—

—

Yes

—

—

East Sussex LA

Lewes Local Area Partnership Board

Yes

—

—

—

—

Leicestershire LA

North West Leicestershire

—

—

Yes

—

—

East Sussex LA

Lewes Rural Local Area Partnership Board

—

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Wakefield LA

Wakefield Hair and Beauty Group

Yes

—

—

—

—

Gateshead LA

Gateshead 14-19 Partnership

—

—

Yes

—

Yes

Leicestershire LA

Melton and Belvoir

—

Yes

Yes

—

—

Tameside LA

Tameside Diploma Consortium

—

—

Yes

—

—

Cheshire LA

Vale Royal Diploma Consortium

—

Yes

—

—

—

Hertfordshire LA

S.E. Herts. Strategic Area Partnership Group

—

—

Yes

Yes

Yes

Staffordshire LA

Tamworth Partnership

Yes

—

—

—

Yes

North Yorkshire LA

Ryedale Area Learning Partnership

—

Yes

—

—

—

Oxfordshire LA

Ridgeway

—

—

Yes

—

—

Solihull LA

Solihull Consortium

—

—

—

Yes

—

Gloucestershire LA

Cheltenham Partnership

—

—

—

Yes

—

Lancashire LA

Chorley and South Ribble

—

—

Yes

—

—

Derbyshire LA

Ripley and Heanor Learning Community

—

—

—

Yes

—

Lincolnshire LA

Boston

—

—

Yes

—

—

Birmingham LA

Central Network

—

Yes

—

—

—

Kent LA

Dartford Wilmington

Yes

—

—

—

—

Northamptonshire LA

Kettering Learning Partnership

—

Yes

—

—

—

Rutland LA

Rutland 14-19: Partnership

—

Yes

—

—

—

Southend-on-Sea LA

Southend

—

Yes

—

—

—

Bromley LA

The Bromley 14-19 Collaborative

—

Yes

Yes

Yes

—

Cornwall LA

Cornwall Collegiate

—

Yes

—

—

—

Durham LA

Derwentside Consortium

—

—

Yes

—

—

Walsall LA

Walsall Consortium

—

Yes

—

—

—

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