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Higher Education: Admissions
John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent estimate he has made of the percentage of young people from care going to university. [251768]
Beverley Hughes: I refer the hon. Member to the response given on 15 December 2008, Official Report, column 535W.
Music: Education
Mr. Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2008, Official Report, columns 385-6W, on music: education, (1) when his Department published the formal evaluation of the programme of professional development for music teachers; and if he will make a statement; [254523]
(2) what reports his Department has received on the effectiveness of the Professional Development Fund for music teachers; and if he will make a statement; [255923]
(3) what assessment he has made of the effects of the £2 million fund for professional development of music teachers on standards of instrumental and vocal tuition in maintained schools; and if he will make a statement. [255925]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry:
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 15 July 2008, Official Report, columns 385-6W, which said that the evaluation of the programme of professional development for practitioners involved in music in primary schools is ongoing and extensive. Trinity College London and The Open University collect a wide range of data which demonstrate the extent to which music practitioners have engaged with the CPD programme. In summary: 1,300 have engaged with the
programme at some level, 733 have attended the core modules, and 304 portfolios have been received to date.
An analysis of the feedback from participants in the programme indicates a high level of satisfaction with their experience. It is too early to gauge the impact on children's learning but informal evidence from local authorities who had a high proportion of teachers taking part is very positive. A review of the first phase of the programme will be published in March and will be made available through the programme website at
Numeracy: Qualifications
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many individuals gained (a) Level 1 and (b) Level 2 numeracy qualifications through Allan Tests in the last five years. [253393]
Mr. Simon [holding answer 2 February 2009 ]: I have been asked to reply.
The information provided relates to the Adult Literacy Language and Numeracy tests. The answer has been given in terms of 2010 PSA target-bearing Skills for Life qualifications.
The following table shows the number of learners achieving at least one approved Skills for Life Level 1 numeracy or Level 2 numeracy qualification from 2004-05 to 2007-08 who attended FE Colleges, University for Industry, Work-based learning and Adult Safeguarded Learning.
The table shows only those achievements which count towards the 2010 PSA target which is to improve the basic skill levels of 2.25 million adults between the launch of Skills for Life in 2001 and 2010. This target was achieved in 2008.
The data prior to 2004-05 is calculated on a slightly different basis to these figures and has not been provided.
| Skills for life achievements | ||
| L1 numeracy achievements | L2 numeracy achievements | |
| Note: Volumes are rounded to the nearest hundred. Source: FE, Ufl, WBL and ASL Individualised Learning Records. | ||
Pre-school Education: Teachers
John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many candidates have achieved the Early Years Professional Status to date; and if he will make a statement. [247287]
Beverley Hughes: To date, 2,527 people have been awarded Early Years Professional Status.
John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many candidates have been awarded Early Years sector-endorsed foundation degrees to date. [247290]
Beverley Hughes: The exact number of candidates awarded the Early Years Sector Endorsed Foundation Degree (EYSEFD) is not known, but we estimate that over 6,500 students have been awarded EYSEFDs since the qualification was introduced in 2002.
Pre-school Education: York
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many nursery places were available in City of York constituency in each of the last 20 years. [257970]
Beverley Hughes: Information on the number of nursery places available is not collected centrally, however information on the number of part-time early education places filled is shown in the tables.
Table 1 provides information about the part-time equivalent number of free early education places filled by three and four-year-olds in City of York parliamentary constituency area from 2004 to 2008. Data at parliamentary constituency level are not available prior to 2004.
| Table 1: Part-time equivalent number of free early education places( 1, 2, 3) filled by three and four-year-olds, city of York parliamentary constituency , position in January each year | ||||||
| Three-year-olds | Four-year-olds | |||||
| Maintained nursery and primary schools( 4) | Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers( 5) | Total three-year-olds | Maintained nursery and primary schools( 6) | Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers( 7) | Total four-year-olds | |
| (1) A place is equal to five or more sessions and can be filled by more than one child. (2) Figures are rounded to the nearest 100 if they exceed 1,000 and to the nearest 10 otherwise. (3) Prior to 2004, information on early education places was derived from returns made by local authorities as part of the nursery education grant (NEG) data collection exercise. These data were collected at local authority level, therefore, data for this parliamentary constituency prior to 2004 is not available. (4) Headcount of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the School Census. (5) Part-time equivalent number of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census and the School Census. (6) Headcount of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the School Census. (7) Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census and the School Census. | ||||||
Table 2 provides information about the part-time equivalent number of free early education places filled by three and four-year-olds for York local authority area for the years 1997 to 2008.
| Table 2: Part-time equivalent number of free early education places( 1, 2) filled by three and four-year-olds, York local authority, position in January each year | ||||||
| Three-year-olds | Four-year-olds | |||||
| Maintained nursery and primary schools( 3) | Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers | Total three-year-olds | Maintained nursery and primary schools( 4) | Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers | Total four-year-olds | |
| n/a = Not available. (1) A place is equal to five or more sessions and can be filled by more than one child. (2) Figures are rounded to the nearest 100 if they exceed 1,000 and to the nearest 10 otherwise. (3) Headcount of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the School Census. (4) Headcount of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the School Census. (5 )Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the nursery education grant data collection exercise. (6) For the years 1997 to 2001, four-year-old sub national figures from the nursery education grant data collection exercise can not be disaggregated between the maintained and private, voluntary and independent sectors. (7) Part-time equivalent number of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the nursery education grant data collection exercise. (8) Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census supplementary data collection exercise and the School Census. (9) Part-time equivalent number of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census and the School Census. (10) Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census and the School Census. | ||||||
The latest figures on early education places for three and four-year-olds in England were published in Statistical First Release (SFR) 12/2008 “Provision for children under five years of age in England: January 2008”, available on my Department’s website at:
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