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Religion: Education

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what plans he has to develop a national curriculum for religious education; and if he will make a statement. [248017]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The Government have no plans to develop a statutory national curriculum for Religious Education (RE). There is a non-statutory National Framework for Religious Education that all major faith groups have endorsed in 2004. Religious Education is already a statutory subject and every maintained school must provide religious education (RE) for all its pupils. It is the responsibility of the head teacher, governing body and the local authority (LA) to ensure that this is done. Local Standing Councils for Religious Education (SACREs), established by the LA, have the responsibility to ensure that local RE syllabuses, taking account of national guidance, reflect the make up of the local community.

Schools: Admissions

Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families for what reason the words in paragraph 1.65(d) of the School Admissions Code requiring parents' preferences for the school of their choice to be met to the maximum extent possible have been removed from the revised Code. [247030]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: We have taken the opportunity afforded by the revised code to remove areas of duplication in the text and therefore to improve clarity for admission authorities. The right of parents to apply for any school they want their child to attend and the duty on admission
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authorities to ensure that their preferences are met to the fullest possible extent are enshrined in section 86 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. The requirement to offer a place, where one is available and where such an offer would not prejudice the provision of efficient education or the use of resources, at the school that is the parents’ highest preference is fundamental to the system and is reflected throughout the code and regulations, for example at paragraphs 1.37, 1.42 and 3.15(d).

Schools: Sport

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of 5 to 16-year- olds in each School Sport Partnership participated in a minimum of two hours of high quality physical education and sport each week in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. [247475]

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The PE and School Sport survey collects data relating to young people's participation in PE and sport. The most recent survey found that an average of 90 per cent. of five to 16-year-olds in England participated in at least two hours high quality PE and sport each week in 2007/08.

The following table sets out pupils' participation in each School Sport Partnership. Copies of the full findings of the survey have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

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Percentage of pupils who participated in at least two hours of high quality PE and out of hours school sport in a typical week — analysis by Partnership
	Total	Years 1 - 2	Years 3 - 6	Years 7 - 9	Years 10 - 11
Abraham Guest	93	100	100	99	67
Aireville	95	94	100	98	85
Alderman Peel	86	93	93	82	75
Alderman Smith	91	99	97	93	70
All Hallows RC	91	91	93	88	90
All Saints	87	94	98	87	64
Angley	94	100	100	93	82
Angmering	93	95	98	96	78
Anthony Gell	92	100	100	90	77
Archbishop Beck	89	88	95	89	77
Archbishop Lanfranc	89	97	99	88	53
Arrow Vale	95	100	100	97	78
Ash Manor	91	97	98	92	69
Ashington I (Ashington)	88	90	93	90	73
Ashington II (Blyth and Bedlington)	92	100	97	87	79
Ashington III (Cramlington and Seaton Valley)	92	100	98	100	72
Ashton on Mersey	93	99	99	92	75
Ashton Park	89	100	98	80	67
Astley (Tameside)	86	97	99	87	56
Astor of Hever	86	94	90	86	71
Avon Valley	89	90	95	93	68
Aylesford	94	100	100	81	84
Bacons	87	90	96	90	59
Balby Carr	80	94	97	67	58
Barking Abbey	92	100	100	90	68
Barlby	92	98	96	100	68
Barnet East	90	100	100	96	56
Barnet South	88	89	92	100	60
Barnhill	96	100	94	100	90
Barstable	81	92	84	89	49
Baverstock	96	93	99	100	89
Baysgarth	83	90	94	92	46
Beacon/North Wealdon	91	100	100	90	70
Bebington	89	86	94	93	77
Beckfoot	93	94	96	100	77
Benfield	93	98	97	100	72
Benfield II (Newcastle)	90	100	100	90	67
Berry Hill (Stoke on Trent)	86	88	98	92	54
Bexley	94	100	100	100	71
Biddenham	98	100	99	99	90
Biddick	91	100	99	96	63
Biddulph	90	98	97	93	67
Birchwood	93	95	96	100	76
Bishop Barrington	95	99	99	100	78
Bishop Challoner	89	94	92	96	66
Bishop Wand	91	99	100	91	65
Bishops	88	100	96	83	74
Bitterne Park	84	100	100	75	59
Blacon	92	98	99	100	65
Blakeston Community	89	98	99	93	62
Blessed George Napier	95	96	96	100	85
Blessed Trinity (St. Theodores)	90	96	100	89	68
Bognor Regis	85	100	100	72	58
Borden Grammar	81	90	89	73	70
Boston	90	93	98	97	59
Bosworth	87	99	97	80	66
Bowring	89	91	96	100	58
Bracknell Forest/Brakenhale	89	98	97	93	58
Bramcote Hills	92	96	99	100	68
Bridgemary	95	88	99	100	86
Bridlington	94	100	100	99	74
Brierton	93	98	99	94	78
Brighton Hill	94	100	99	97	69
Brinkburn	90	100	98	95	60
Broad Oak / Bury	95	95	99	100	77
Brookfield (Derbyshire)	88	100	100	97	48
Brookfield (Knowsley)	88	98	99	85	65
Brooksbank	80	96	98	71	53
Brookway	86	98	98	82	50
Brownedge St. Marys	91	90	94	100	73
Buckingham	96	99	100	94	89
Bulmershe	95	100	97	100	77
Burleigh	88	85	95	98	63
Burnham Upper	94	92	94	100	88
Burnholme	93	86	98	100	79
Buxton	93	96	96	98	79
Caistor	90	97	100	90	71
Callington	96	100	99	100	78
Calthorpe	93	87	95	100	81
Canterbury	94	98	99	93	84
Capital City Academy (Brent)	88	100	100	79	60
Cardinal Heenan (1)	90	95	97	100	60
Cardinal Langley	86	91	94	97	54
Carisbrooke	85	100	89	78	76
Carr Manor	90	94	96	100	61
Carres	93	99	100	95	76
Carshalton	90	97	98	93	63
Castle (Kent)	86	100	100	85	57
Castle (Somerset)	91	91	94	100	72
Caterham	82	85	76	100	66
Cavendish	95	97	99	100	81
Central Technology	90	98	97	98	59
Chadsgrove	86	100	100	74	65
Charlton	79	75	83	79	72
Charters	91	96	92	98	75
Chasetown	87	90	96	82	76
Cherry Willingham	87	89	99	85	65
Cheshire Oaks	91	99	100	100	57
Cheslyn Hay	88	96	93	95	65
Chessington (Kingston)	92	100	100	93	65
Chesterfield/Sefton	94	99	99	97	78
Chesterton	79	79	90	88	44
Childwall	88	97	99	89	59
Chipping Norton	88	93	98	89	63
Christ College	89	97	98	90	65
Churchill Community	87	100	100	82	53
Cirencester Kingshill	96	100	100	97	86
City Academy (Bristol)	89	82	96	93	80
City of Lincoln	90	98	100	94	60
Cliff Park	88	100	98	80	70
Collegiate/Palatine	91	95	98	99	66
Colmers	98	100	100	97	95
Colne	92	82	90	100	94
Comberton Village	93	98	98	94	74
Consett	89	97	95	86	75
Coopers Company and Coborn	87	99	84	91	77
Copeland	92	100	99	98	66
Copleston	87	96	94	81	72
Corby	92	97	99	100	63
Coseley	83	99	97	80	50
Countesthorpe	84	95	97	85	47
Counthill	94	96	96	100	78
Crown Hills	85	89	87	91	66
Cumberland (Newham)	86	95	97	77	67
Davenant	95	98	99	100	77
Dayncourt	93	95	99	100	69
Deanes	96	96	96	98	93
Denbigh	96	97	100	100	78
Derby Moor	89	97	91	94	71
Devizes	92	96	98	87	84
Dorothy Stringer	90	92	97	95	68
Dr Challoners	89	99	100	86	71
Droitwich Spa	96	100	100	100	76
Earlham	90	98	98	88	73
Easington	87	98	99	91	53
Eastwood	94	98	99	98	76
Ellis Guilford	89	96	99	88	64
Ellowes Hall	93	93	96	99	79
Eltham Green	86	94	99	90	49
Emerson Park	83	100	100	81	47
Enfield	94	100	100	96	70
Epsom and Ewell	82	88	91	82	56
Evesham (South Worcestershire)	88	100	100	93	46
Failsworth	93	92	96	100	79
Farnborough	85	98	99	80	56
Farringdon	92	97	99	94	72
Fearns Community	88	95	98	90	63
Featherstone	90	92	96	93	66
Feltham	92	100	100	89	72
Fleetwood	92	94	95	100	74
Flixton Girls	80	90	96	65	55
Framingham Earl	92	96	98	100	66
Freman	97	100	100	100	85
Furness/Thorncliffe	95	98	100	100	76
Gilesgate (Durham)	88	100	99	95	50
Glenburn	85	89	92	94	54
Golden Hillock	98	100	100	100	88
Grange (Dorset)	90	100	100	98	53
Grange (South Gloucestershire)	89	100	96	81	78
Granville	85	93	89	94	55
Great Baddow	91	99	99	90	74
Great Torrington	90	100	100	97	53
Greenacre	81	91	96	81	55
Hackney Free and Parochial	82	90	93	72	51
Hagley Park	88	96	98	87	63
Hailsham	95	96	100	100	78
Hamble Community	92	100	96	87	84
Hammersmith and Fulham	91	100	100	86	72
Hamstead Hall	92	82	96	99	84
Handsworth Grange	91	100	99	97	59
Hanley Castle	98	87	99	100	100
Hanson	84	92	99	82	44
Harlington	87	88	89	96	69
Harris (Warwickshire East)	97	96	100	97	93
Harris Academy Merton	92	100	100	91	69
Harris Girls	88	99	99	85	54
Harrogate	90	90	95	98	73
Harrow High	85	99	96	82	47
Hartford	91	93	97	99	66
Hartismere	92	95	100	95	69
Hartshead	86	99	98	87	51
Harvey Grammar	87	95	99	91	46
Haverstock	86	95	98	91	48
Haydock	94	98	99	98	79
Haydon Bridge II (North Northumberland)	87	100	100	100	32
Haydon Bridge III (Morpeth and Ponteland)	93	100	100	92	77
Haydon Bridge/Tynedale	92	100	100	97	67
Hayesbrook (Tonbridge)	88	92	99	91	61
Henry Cort	94	100	100	100	69
Herne Bay	93	100	100	98	66
Heysham	99	95	99	99	100
Heywood	92	92	98	95	74
High Ridge/North Lincolnshire	95	98	99	98	81
Hillingdon	84	98	99	84	50
Hinchingbrooke	89	94	97	100	56
Hipperholme and Lightcliffe	91	97	97	99	62
Holden Lane	95	98	97	100	79
Holgate	85	92	99	82	57
Holmfirth High	95	99	99	100	72
Holy Cross	89	92	96	100	57
Houghton Kepier	92	95	99	86	86
Howard	79	85	85	87	51
Hurstmere	85	87	93	86	69
Idsall	96	99	99	100	81
Isleworth and Syon	90	99	99	90	69
Islington CEA	89	92	99	84	66
Ivybridge Community	99	100	100	100	96
John Fisher	97	100	100	100	86
John Madejski	89	92	93	100	56
John Spence	96	100	100	92	90
Joseph Whitaker	93	87	97	100	81
Kelsey Park	87	97	97	81	63
Kenilworth	88	92	98	90	64
Kineton	87	88	98	90	64
King Alfreds (Oxfordshire)	97	99	100	96	89
King Alfreds (Somerset)	94	98	98	97	77
King Arthurs	88	93	95	97	57
King Edmund	90	96	100	89	66
King Edward VI	97	100	100	96	90
King Edward VI Aston	87	79	89	100	74
King Edward VII	90	98	100	84	73
King Edward VII (Leicestershire)	89	94	95	91	67
King George V/South Tyneside	87	100	100	86	63
Kingdown Community	97	98	99	100	89
Kings	95	98	100	100	77
Kings Manor	93	95	98	100	73
Kingsbury	86	95	94	88	59
Kingsbury (Birmingham)	82	92	97	70	68
Kirk Hallam	87	97	97	94	51
Kirkby (Nottinghamshire)	85	100	98	84	51
Kirkby Stephen	88	96	100	87	62
Kirkley	91	98	97	94	71
Knights Academy (Lewisham/Haberdashers)	88	97	98	87	54
Knights Templar	90	89	90	100	79
Knottingley	90	98	99	100	54
Lacon Childe	97	99	99	100	89
Lady Lumleys	96	94	100	100	85
Lakelands	88	75	95	97	73
Lakes	89	97	100	95	58
Lancaster	89	92	94	98	62
Langdon Park	88	90	95	82	77
Langdon School	97	100	100	97	88
Laurence Jackson	83	100	100	85	44
Lea Valley	94	100	100	87	84
Lees Brook	92	98	97	93	77
Leon	92	97	99	85	82
Lewisham	87	95	97	88	51
Leytonstone	93	100	100	92	72
Lode Heath (South Solihull)	89	87	99	92	70
London Nautical/Lambeth	89	94	98	82	65
Longfield	89	94	93	99	60
Longfield Melton	99	99	99	97	100
Longslade	86	95	99	95	40
Lord Williams	79	74	80	92	64
Lordswood Boys	88	90	95	93	70
Lowton/Wigan	89	96	97	92	64
Lymm	97	99	100	100	83
Lyng Hall	85	86	88	84	83
Madeley	94	99	100	99	72
Mandeville	93	99	96	100	71
Manor (Nottinghamshire)	93	89	97	94	89
Manor (Raunds)	90	95	97	94	65
Mark Hall/Harlow	90	88	97	89	78
Marple Hall	92	95	100	95	73
Marriotts	94	96	100	100	76
Mayfield	83	84	92	95	50
Meopham	86	92	97	87	60
Middlecott	93	100	99	85	88
Minster (Herefordshire)	95	99	100	90	88
Mountbatten	92	98	99	94	72
Mounts Bay	87	87	94	91	68
Mowbray	96	100	100	100	88
Netherhall (Cambridgeshire)	93	94	95	100	76
Netherhall (Cumbria)	85	100	97	85	56
Newmarket	91	90	97	100	66
Newsome High	87	98	98	79	65
Nicholas Breakspear	94	92	99	98	82
Ninestiles	87	85	95	99	56
Norden	87	80	93	96	67
Norlington Boys	89	100	98	90	59
Northampton Academy	94	95	99	92	87
Northfield	92	97	97	99	69
Northfields Technology	82	99	92	71	62
Oakbank	88	91	96	90	63
Oasis Academy Wintringham	91	90	92	98	78
Oldbury College	83	88	93	79	64
Oldfield (5)	95	100	100	93	85
Oldfield (9)	90	93	100	94	68
Our Lady (Manchester)	79	91	96	70	42
Our Lady and St. Chad	90	100	100	84	64
Our Ladys Lancashire	90	95	98	98	60
Outwood Grange	94	100	100	100	72
Paignton	90	100	99	93	65
Park High (Wirral)	91	100	99	89	68
Park House	96	99	98	100	86
Parklands	88	99	100	96	51
Pendle	89	94	95	99	62
Penryn	95	92	97	100	87
Pensby	87	98	98	92	51
Perins	91	98	100	92	66
Phoenix	95	97	100	97	78
Pickering High	94	100	100	94	78
Pindar	88	96	87	96	73
Plymstock	92	94	98	97	75
Poltair	98	95	99	100	93
Portchester Boys	90	93	98	94	68
Portway	91	94	96	90	76
Priesthorpe	90	100	100	97	57
Priory (Barnsley)	91	99	100	98	61
Priory (Bromley)	92	99	100	97	67
Priory (Portsmouth)	88	100	94	88	69
Queen Elizabeths (Dorset)	92	100	95	94	73
Queen Elizabeths Girls	96	100	100	98	84
Queens	91	93	96	97	70
Radcliffe	99	100	100	100	96
Ramsey	95	98	100	100	75
Rawlett	88	90	92	95	69
Rawmarsh	87	100	100	79	66
Redborne	96	100	100	94	89
Redbridge Community	84	95	96	82	51
Retford Oaks	86	89	97	89	60
Rickmansworth	92	96	97	95	73
Risedale	93	96	100	92	79
Roade	91	93	95	98	68
Robert Sutton	86	85	98	96	55
Rodillian	93	93	99	96	76
Roseberry	98	100	98	100	95
Rossington	82	97	97	73	57
Rossmore	95	100	100	94	84
Roundwood Park	92	98	99	90	79
Royal Alexandra and Albert	89	97	99	89	59
Rush Croft	96	100	98	100	79
Ruskin	92	91	97	100	71
Rutland	88	96	99	77	65
Rye Hills	92	100	93	95	81
Saffron Walden	93	87	99	100	77
Saints Peter and Paul (Halton)	87	93	92	91	65
Samuel Cody	89	99	99	87	63
Sandbach	94	94	97	100	79
Sandown	88	95	94	91	65
Sandy Upper	94	100	99	100	68
Sedgefield	91	98	98	93	68
Sele	95	100	100	96	77
Selhurst High	90	86	97	90	80
Shaftesbury	98	100	100	100	89
Sharnbrook Upper	94	100	100	100	69
Shelfield	88	83	97	97	66
Shenfield	90	100	100	100	59
Shoeburyness (Southend/Thorpe Bay)	100	100	100	100	100
Siddal Moor	94	94	97	93	89
Sion-Manning	92	97	99	86	78
Sir Frederic Osborn	93	91	97	100	75
Sir John Hunt	90	94	99	93	62
Sir William Borlase	90	93	99	93	69
Skegness Grammar	91	97	96	98	69
Smestow	86	94	94	87	59
Smiths Wood	89	73	83	100	91
South Dartmoor	89	99	100	87	63
South Hunsley	88	93	95	97	60
South Wigston	88	98	97	87	65
Southfield	94	89	95	100	86
Southfields/Ernest Bevin	88	93	96	91	60
Spalding High	92	100	100	96	68
Spen Valley	91	95	93	87	89
St. Aidans	92	100	100	99	62
St. Ambrose Barlow	89	100	99	85	65
St. Bedes/Blackburn with Darwen	89	91	93	95	70
St. Edmunds	96	100	100	96	86
St. James	78	93	92	76	28
St. John Fisher	80	88	98	63	49
St. Josephs	90	95	98	93	67
St. Lukes (Exeter)	98	100	100	100	89
St. Lukes (Swindon)	86	83	92	90	69
St. Marys (Hull)	84	100	100	76	59
St. Marys (Leeds)	91	93	99	98	69
St. Pauls	92	99	98	100	65
St. Thomas More Catholic	95	96	100	100	75
Stafford	84	96	98	83	53
Stanground	86	86	94	94	57
Stanley	91	99	99	92	70
Staunton Park	87	99	100	81	62
Stockport	83	97	99	79	50
Stopsley	92	98	96	99	67
Stowmarket	85	100	97	79	55
Streetly	91	86	95	99	78
Sudbury	89	97	96	87	73
Sundorne	94	96	100	99	75
Sutton High	90	100	100	93	59
Swadelands	83	92	100	76	49
Swan Valley	94	96	97	99	78
Swanwick Hall	86	97	96	88	57
Taverham	99	100	100	100	98
Testwood	93	99	96	97	78
Theale Green	86	92	92	99	54
Therfield	87	91	96	88	65
Thirsk	93	96	98	100	70
Thomas Bennett	86	98	98	90	47
Thomas Keble	89	90	96	95	65
Thornleigh Salesian	89	88	96	98	60
Thornton Grammar	83	98	96	74	45
Thorpe St. Andrew	95	100	100	100	71
Thurstable	95	99	100	95	83
Tibshelf	90	100	97	87	72
Tongs	95	94	98	100	83
Tower Hamlets	85	100	97	77	53
Toynbee	88	96	97	90	62
Tulketh (Preston)	86	80	94	94	65
Tupton Hall	90	97	98	100	57
Turnford	97	97	98	100	90
Ursuline College	84	98	100	73	61
Vandyke Upper	100	100	100	100	100
Wallingford	93	98	99	91	79
Wayland	99	96	100	100	97
Weald	80	91	96	74	42
Wentworth	86	93	95	82	70
West London Academy	96	100	100	97	82
Westbourne	90	100	96	90	72
Westcroft	99	100	100	100	96
Westfield (Points Sheffield)	79	97	92	78	39
Westminster	93	96	97	99	71
Wexham	87	76	89	96	80
Wey Valley	93	98	99	89	84
Wheldon	94	100	99	100	75
Whickham	86	98	98	87	52
Whitecross	95	99	99	100	79
Whitton (Richmond)	93	100	97	92	76
Wickersley	87	93	97	87	62
Willenhall	91	98	98	93	67
William Beamont (Warrington)	94	100	97	99	78
William de Ferrers	87	99	100	92	45
William Edwards	91	93	99	81	84
William Parker	90	96	97	90	72
Wilmslow	92	96	99	98	68
Wilson Stuart	91	95	99	100	60
Windsor (Dudley South)	91	100	99	100	55
Windsor Boys and Girls	94	100	100	97	74
Winston Churchill	87	95	97	79	73
Wisewood (Arches)	83	92	93	83	54
Witchford	87	97	98	79	64
Wolverley	97	100	99	100	87
Wood Green (Sandwell)	88	89	96	91	64
Woodcote	86	100	99	88	48
Woodhey	91	99	100	95	68
Woodlands (Coventry)	88	89	92	99	63
Woodside High	87	94	88	94	66
Worden	87	96	100	79	69
Wright Robinson (Manchester East)	91	89	92	98	81
Wye Valley	95	98	98	89	90
Wyvern	90	98	96	94	68
York High	95	100	100	98	74

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