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Sixth Form Colleges
Kelvin Hopkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether a college not established as a sixth form college under Schedule 8 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill is prevented from using the title of sixth form college; and if he will make a statement. [297035]
Mr. Iain Wright: Colleges choosing not to designate as a sixth form college under Schedule 8 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill would not be required to change the title of the college.
Colleges including those colleges that are currently self-designated as sixth form colleges that decide not to become sixth form college corporations, will become FE (Further Education) college corporations.
There is currently no legal distinction between the different types of colleges. However the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill will give Sixth Form Colleges, for the first time, the opportunity to have a new distinct legal status. Colleges designating by order of the Secretary of State will become sixth form corporations in line with the provisions of Schedule 8 of the Bill.
Changes to the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 will allow for:
the initial designation of existing bodies corporate as sixth form college corporations (section 33A of Schedule 8);
subsequent designation of existing bodies corporate as sixth form college corporations (section 33B of Schedule 8);
and the establishment of new bodies corporate as sixth form college corporations (section 33C of Schedule 8).
Social Services: Haringey
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps he has taken in response to the Ofsted July Joint Area Review of Haringey Council's Children's Services; and if he will make a statement. [293063]
Dawn Primarolo: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what conditions have been imposed by his Department on spending of the funding provided in 2009-10 to the London Borough of Haringey for its children's services; and if he will make a statement. [293064]
Dawn Primarolo: Additional funding provided by the Department for Children, Schools and Families in 2009-10 to the London borough of Haringey is conditional on the funding being used to support the delivery of the joint area review action plan including the costs associated with securing the additional leadership capacity required to deliver the plan.
Special Educational Needs
Mr. Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his policy is on involving (a) parents, (b) children and (c) disability groups in design criteria for schools which will admit children with disabilities and special educational needs; and if he will make a statement. [299725]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools for children with emotional, behavioural and social difficulties there are in (a) England, (b) Essex and (c) Castle Point. [299919]
Mr. Coaker: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Special Educational Needs: Canvey Island
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will commission an inspection of the school for children with emotional, behavioural and social difficulties located on Canvey Island; and if he will make a statement. [299577]
Mr. Coaker: The school on Canvey Island is a newly registered independent school. The independent school registration arrangements require Ofsted to conduct a full monitoring inspection within the first 12 months of an independent school admitting pupils. Therefore the Department will ask Ofsted to inspect the school for pupils with emotional, behavioural and social difficulties on Canvey Island at some point between now and 20 August 2010, the anniversary of the date at which it opened.
DCSF may also commission emergency monitoring visits at any registered independent school. Where circumstances warrant an unannounced visit no notice is given to schools, neither are the visits publicised in any way beforehand.
Special Educational Needs: Young Offenders
Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the proportion of young offenders who have special educational needs; and what provision is available to such young offenders. [295935]
Mr. Coaker: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Specialised Diplomas
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many people are enrolled on a diploma course in each subject; [298813]
(2) what proportion of pupils enrolled on a diploma course were eligible for free school meals in the latest period for which information is available. [298814]
Mr. Iain Wright: The 14 to 19 Diploma was introduced in the academic year 2008/09. Data for 2008/09 Diploma participation were published via the DCSF website on 11 November 2009 at:
These data will include participation by eligibility for free school meals.
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools are not part of a consortium which offers diploma courses; and if he will make a statement. [298815]
Mr. Iain Wright: The latest information provided by consortia shows that only 349 secondary schools (just over 12 per cent. of the total number in England), are not members of consortia approved to deliver Diplomas from September 2009.
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many independent schools are part of a consortium to offer diploma courses; and if he will make a statement. [298816]
Mr. Iain Wright: The latest information provided by consortia is that six independent schools are members of consortia approved to offer diplomas from September 2009.
Jeff Ennis: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many people are enrolled on a diploma course in each subject in (a) Barnsley and (b) South Yorkshire. [298957]
Mr. Coaker: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Specialist Schools: Lincolnshire
Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what specialist schools have been established in north east Lincolnshire since 1997. [299629]
Mr. Coaker: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Sure Start Programme
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how much his Department has spent on the in Chorley constituency since the introduction of the programme; [299113]
(2) what his most recent assessment is of the effectiveness of the Sure Start programme; and if he will make a statement. [299145]
Dawn Primarolo: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Sure Start Programme: Children's Centres
Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) Sure Start centres and (b) children's centres have been opened in north east Lincolnshire since 1997; and what funding his Department has provided for such centres to date. [299628]
Mr. Coaker: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Sure Start Programme: Lancashire
Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether he plans to extend the Sure Start programme in (a) Chorley constituency and (b) Lancashire. [299863]
Dawn Primarolo: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Teachers
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) chemistry, (b) biology and (c) physics initial teacher training entrants were recruited by the Training and Development Agency for Schools in (i) 2004, (ii) 2006 and (iii) 2008. [296526]
Mr. Coaker: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) teachers and (b) classroom assistants were employed in maintained schools in North East Lincolnshire (i) in 1997 and (ii) on the latest date for which figures are available. [299630]
Mr. Coaker: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Teachers: Ex-Servicemen
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many ex-servicemen have entered the teaching profession as a result of his Department's Transition to Teaching programme; [296213]
(2) how many ex-servicemen have entered the teaching profession in each year for which figures are available; [296214]
(3) how many ex-servicemen have entered the teaching profession through his Department's Career Transition Partnership in each year since its inception. [296216]
Mr. Coaker: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Teachers: Males
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many mainstream maintained (a) secondary and (b) primary schools have no male teachers. [296215]
Mr. Coaker: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Teachers: North West
Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) teachers and (b) classroom assistants were employed in maintained schools in each local education authority area in the North West in each year since 1997. [299527]
Mr. Coaker: It has not proved possible to respond in the time available before Prorogation.
Teachers: Training
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps are taken by (a) his Department and (b) local education authorities to ensure the suitability of teacher training courses provided by independent faith schools. [297042]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The suitability of training for teachers in all independent schools is a matter for the schools themselves. The quality of teaching in independent schools is inspected against standards set out in regulations, including the need for teachers to demonstrate appropriate knowledge and understanding of the subject matter being taught.
While there is no Government funding available for initial teacher training for teachers in independent schools, some independent schools do take part in initial teacher training programmes like the Graduate Teacher programme to help train their teachers. The responsibility for ensuring the suitability of initial teacher training courses that involve teaching at an independent school lies with the accredited initial teacher training provider with which the trainee is registered. In addition, independent schools can access the same continuing professional development opportunities available to schools in the maintained sector.
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many initial teacher training providers for (a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers were graded at C or below in their last two inspections for Training and Development Agency for schools performance profiles. [298435]
Mr. Coaker: Ofsted grades initial teacher training (ITT) providers on the following scale: Grade 1-outstanding; grade 2-good; grade 3-satisfactory; grade 4-inadequate. Providers inspected up to July 2008 were graded under three areas: Management and quality assurance, training and standards. The grades for these areas are in turn translated into Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) quality categories A, B or C using agreed calculations on the permutations of grades. A grade 3 in any area automatically results in quality category C designation.
The number of ITT providers awarded a TDA quality category of C or below based on their last two inspections was zero for primary school teachers and seven for secondary school teachers.
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many initial teacher training providers had been graded at C or below at their most recent inspection prior to (a) 1997, (b) 2002, (c) 2005 and (d) 2009. [298474]
Mr. Coaker:
Ofsted grades initial teacher training (ITT) providers on the following scale: Grade 1-outstanding; grade 2-good; grade 3-satisfactory; grade 4-inadequate. Providers inspected up to July 2008 were graded under three areas: Management and quality assurance, training and standards. The grades for these areas are in turn translated into Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) quality categories
A, B or C using agreed calculations on the permutations of grades. A grade 3 in any area automatically results in quality category C designation.
The requested information is available from 2005/06 and is provided in the table. primary and secondary provision is separately graded. A provider offering both types of provision may be counted more than once in this table.
| ITT providers awarded quality grade C. Years: 2005/06 to 2007/08. Coverage: England | ||||
| Providers awarded quality grade C | ||||
| Mainstream providers | ||||
| Primary | Secondary | Employment based providers( 1) | Total number of providers | |
| (1) Full inspection of employment based routes began in 2008/09. Until inspection evidence is available they have been allocated a nominal uninspected C grade. | ||||
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