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Schools: Specialised Diplomas
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which (a) maintained mainstream schools and (b) independent schools are offering a diploma course in the 2008-09 academic year; and how many pupils are taking each diploma course in each such school. [287248]
Mr. Iain Wright: We do not have a central record of which maintained mainstream schools are offering the diploma in 2008/09. Consortia (and hence their member providers) are approved through the diploma gateway process to deliver diplomas. We collect information about members of consortia at the time of their applications. Once approved, it is up to consortia and local authorities to manage delivery plans and offer the entitlement.
There are no independent schools offering diplomas in 2008/09.
Around 12,000 young people enrolled on a diploma course last autumn. We collect a breakdown of this figure at a local authority level, but not at institutional level.
Schools: Standards
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils' results were exempted from appearing in school league tables in each of the last 10 years. [286386]
Mr. Coaker: No pupils' results are excluded completely from the Achievement and Attainment Tables. Since 2000, individual schools have been able to request that results of non-English speaking pupils who have recently arrived from overseas are not reported in their school's published performance data. However, these pupils' results continue to be included in local authority and national level figures published in the tables.
The table shows the number of pupils' results removed from the school level data in the Achievement and Attainment Tables since 2000.
| Key Stage 2 | Key Stage 3 | Key Stage 4 | |
From 2000-03 Key Stage 3 results were included as part of the Key Stage 4 Tables. Therefore the number of pupils' results exempted is combined.
There are no Key Stage 3 Achievement and Attainment Tables for 2008.
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many schools were rated unsatisfactory in both of their last two Ofsted inspections; [287245]
(2) how many schools were rated unsatisfactory in both of their last two Ofsted inspections; [287247]
(3) how many schools rated unsatisfactory in their most recent Ofsted inspection had been rated satisfactory in the preceding inspection. [287246]
Mr. Coaker: These are matters for Ofsted. HM Chief Inspector, Christine Gilbert, has written to the hon. Member and copies of her replies have been placed in the Library.
Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 20 July 2009:
Parliamentary question number s 287245 and 287247 : To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools were rated unsatisfactory in both of their last two Ofsted inspections
Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for a response.
The 'inadequate' inspection outcome was introduced in September 2005 as part of a four-point scale: outstanding, good, satisfactory, inadequate. Before September 2005, judgements were made on a seven-point scale and under a different inspection framework. For this reason, only schools which have been inspected more than once under the current inspection arrangements, including pilot inspections carried out during the academic year 2004/05, have been included in this analysis.
Table A shows that, as of 3 April 2009, 53 schools were rated inadequate in both their last two Ofsted inspections under the current inspection framework (commonly known as section 5).
| Table A: Schools inspected more than once under the current inspection framework and judged inadequate at both of their last two inspections, up to 3 April 2009 | |||||||
| Number of schools | |||||||
| School phase | |||||||
| Latest overall effectiveness grade | Previous overall effectiveness grade | Nursery | Primary | Secondary | Special | Pupil Referral Unit | All schools |
A copy of this reply has been sent to Vernon Coaker MP, Minister of State for Schools and Learners, and will be placed in the library of both Houses.
Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 20 July 2009:
Parliamentary question number 287246: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools rated unsatisfactory in their most recent Ofsted inspection had been rated satisfactory in the preceding inspection.
Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for a response.
The 'inadequate' inspection outcome was introduced in September 2005 as part of a four-point scale: outstanding, good, satisfactory, inadequate. Before September 2005, judgements were made on a seven-point scale and under a different inspection framework. Therefore, only schools which have been inspected more than once under the current inspection arrangements, including pilot inspections carried out during the academic year 2004/05, have been included in this analysis.
Table A shows that, as of 3 April 2009, 83 schools were rated inadequate in their last inspection and satisfactory at their previous inspection under the current inspection framework (commonly known as section 5).
| Table A: Schools inspected more than once under the current inspection framework and judged inadequate at their last inspection, and satisfactory at their previous inspection, up to 3 April 2009 | |||||||
| Number of schools | |||||||
| School phase | |||||||
| Latest overall effectiveness grade | Previous overall effectiveness grade | Nursery | Primary | Secondary | Special | Pupil Referral Unit | All schools |
A copy of this reply has been sent to Vernon Coaker MP, Minister of State for Schools and Learners, and will be placed in the library of both Houses.
Schools: Taxis
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much each local authority spent on taxis to transport children to and from school under each category for which a taxi was required in each of the last five years. [285723]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The Department does not collect information on local authority expenditure on taxis for home to school transport.
Schools: Teaching Methods
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to page 35 of his Department's publication, Your child, your schools, our future, on the Pupil Guarantee, how many secondary schools use such a personal tutor system. [286885]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: Every secondary school pupil and their families will have access to a named Personal Tutor from September 2010. Officials in this Department and the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) are currently working to support local authorities and schools to enable them to meet that commitment. We know from this work with schools that many already have similar systems in place. However, we do not collect the information from schools that would enable us to say how many currently have a similar system in place.
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to paragraph 2.22, page 31 of his Department's publication, Your child, your schools, our future, what additional funding will be allocated in support of the guarantee of one-to-one catch-up tuition in English and mathematics. [286887]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: Funding for the one-to-one tuition programme was announced as part of the most recent comprehensive spending review (CSR) settlement. There is a total of £468 million funding over the CSR period: £15 million to support 36,000 children in year 5 and year 6 in 2008/09; £138 million to support 3.5 per cent. of the Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 (and in National Challenge schools Key Stage 4) cohort in each of English and maths in 2009/10; and £315 million to support 300,000 pupils in English and 300,000 children in mathematics in 2010/11. The funding is sufficient to support the guarantee of one-to-one tuition in English and mathematics for pupils falling behind in Key Stage 2 from September 2010. This funding is also sufficient to cover the one-to-one element of the guarantee for catch-up support for pupils who enter Year 7 behind expectations.
Schools: Vetting
James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many people have been added to List 99 (a) in each of the last five years and (b) by the Independent Safeguarding Authority since January 2009. [288861]
Dawn Primarolo: Information on List 99 numbers has been reported to the House by successive Secretaries of State since 2006. This is set out as follows.
In her statement of 19 January 2006 the then Secretary of State, my right hon. Friend the Member for Bolton, West (Ruth Kelly), reported that 4,045 people were on List 99. This included 513 people who had been added to List 99 in 2005.
In his statement of 28 February 2007 the then Secretary of State, my right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull, West and Hessle (Alan Johnson), reported that there were a total of 4,921 individuals on List 99.
The present Secretary of State, my right hon. Friend the Member for Normanton (Ed Balls), reported in his statement of 17 March 2008 that the total number of individuals on List 99 was 8,036. He made a statement on 20 January 2009 in which he reported that the total number on List 99 was 12,992.
In response to (b), since 20 January 2009, the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) received new powers to place individuals on the Children's List maintained under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006. For the time being, this has equivalent effect to inclusion on List 99 or the PoCA list. The ISA has confirmed that 2,100 individuals have been added to the Children's List since that date.
Science: Education
Lembit Öpik: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will regularly review the effects on levels of attainment in science subjects by children at secondary level of the replacement of science as a core subject in primary schools if the proposal of the Rose Review on that matter is implemented; and if he will make a statement. [286304]
Ms Diana R. Johnson:
We regularly review levels of science attainment at secondary level, and the factors
which impact upon it. In future, this will include changes to the primary science curriculum and assessment arrangements.
These changes have been widely supported by the science education community. They will provide a basis for schools and teachers to improve the quality of the science education experience in primary schools, reflecting more closely the practical and investigative nature of the subject, making it more enjoyable for pupils, and so encouraging more of them to pursue it at higher levels.
Science: GCSE
Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools in (a) the maintained mainstream sector and (b) the independent sector had one or more students achieve a double award science GCSE in each year since 2005. [278959]
Mr. Coaker: The figures available are given in the table:
| Number of schools in which one or more students achieved a Double Award Science GCSE between 2005 and 2007 | ||
| Maintained mainstream | Independent | |
| Source: Attainment and Achievement Tables. | ||
Figures relate to pupils at the end of Key Stage 4.
Accreditation of Double Award Science expired in 2008.
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