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GCSE: Nottingham
Mr. Allen: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of pupils in Nottingham North constituency obtained five A* to C grades at GCSE including English and mathematics in (a) 1997 and (b) 2009. [308989]
Mr. Coaker: The information requested is given for 1996/97 and 2007/08. Data for 2008/09 will not be available until after the publication of the Achievement and Attainment Tables in mid January 2010.
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 in maintained schools in Nottingham North constituency achieving five or more GCSEs or equivalent( 1) at grades A*-C including English and Maths GCSEs, 1996/97 and 2007/08( 2) | ||
| Number of pupils achieving five or more GCSEs at grades A*-C including English and Maths GCSEs | Percentage of pupils achieving five or more GCSEs at grades A*-C including English and Maths GCSEs | |
| (1) Figures for 1997/98 include GNVQ equivalences. Figures for 2007/08 include other equivalences approved for use pre-16. (2) Figures for 1997/98 are based on pupils aged 15 years old at the start of the academic year. Figures for 2007/08 onwards are based on pupils at the end of key stage 4. Source: National Pupil Database and Achievement and Attainment Tables (final data) | ||
GCSE: Preston
Mr. Hendrick: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils in Preston schools gained five A* to C GCSEs or equivalent in (a) 1997 and (b) 2009. [308665]
Mr. Coaker: The information requested is given in the following table for 1996/97 and 2007/08. Data for 2008/09 will not be available until after the publication of the Achievement and Attainment Tables in mid January 2010.
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 in maintained schools in Preston constituency achieving five or more GCSEs or equivalent( 1) at grades A*-C, 1996/97 and 2007/08( 2) | ||
| Number of pupils achieving five or more GCSEs at grades A*-C | Percentage of pupils achieving five or more GCSEs at grades A*-C | |
| (1) Figures for 1997/98 include GNVQ equivalences. Figures for 2007/08 include other equivalences approved for use pre-16. (2) Figures for 1997/98 are based on pupils aged 15-years-old at the start of the academic year. Figures for 2007/08 onwards are based on pupils at the end of key stage 4. Source: National Pupil Database and Achievement and Attainment Tables (final data) | ||
Hotels
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills has spent on hotel accommodation for its officials in each of the last five years. [306040]
Mr. Coaker: This is a matter for Ofsted. HM chief inspector, Christine Gilbert, has written to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply has been placed in the House Libraries.
Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 10 December 2009:
Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for a response.
Figures for 2006/07 and 2007/08 are not available from the current financial system and would need to be retrieved from archived data. Retrieval of this data would only be possible at disproportionate costs.
Ofsted expenditure on hotel accommodation for its officials in the last three years was:
| £ | |
The 2009/10 figure is for the first eight months of the current financial year.
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.
National Academy of Parenting Practitioners: Finance
Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding his Department has allocated to the National Academy of Parenting Practitioners in each financial year since 2006-07. [305272]
Mr. Coaker: The Department has paid £8.76 million to the academy in 2007-08 when it was established, £8.24 million in 2008-09 and up to £10million has been allocated in 2009-10 of which £4.29 million has been paid to date.
National Curriculum Tests: Preston
Mr. Hendrick: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many 14 year olds in Preston schools reached level 5 or above in key stage 3 results in (a) 1997 and (b) 2009. [308666]
Mr. Coaker: The information requested is given in the following table for 1997 and 2008. Key stage 3 tests were discontinued after 2008.
| Pupils at the end of key stage 3 in maintained schools in Preston constituency achieving level 5 or above, 1997 and 2008( 1) | ||||||
| English | Maths | Science | ||||
| Number of pupils achieving level 5 or above | Percentage of pupils achieving level 5 or above | Number of pupils achieving level 5 or above | Percentage of pupils achieving level 5 or above | Number of pupils achieving level 5 or above | Percentage of pupils achieving level 5 or above | |
| (1) Figures for 2008 are based on updated data. 1997 figures are final. Source: National Pupil Database and Achievement and Attainment Tables | ||||||
Mr. Hendrick: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many 11 year olds in Preston schools reached level 4 or above in key stage 2 results in (a) 1997 and (b) 2009. [308667]
Mr. Coaker: The information requested is provided in the following table.
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 in maintained schools in Preston constituency achieving level 4 or above in key stage 2 tests, 1997 and 2009( 1) | ||||||
| Pupils achieving level 4 or above | ||||||
| English | Maths | Science | ||||
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| (1) Figures for 2009 are based on revised data. 1997 figures are final. Source: National Pupil Database and Achievement and Attainment Tables. | ||||||
Ofsted
Kelvin Hopkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether any of Ofsted's three regional contractors themselves have contracts for the supply of goods and services to any of the organisations they are contracted to inspect. [305810]
Mr. Coaker: This is a matter for Ofsted. HM Chief Inspector, Christine Gilbert, has written to my hon. Friend and a copy of her reply has been placed in the House Libraries.
Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 16 December 2009:
Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for a response.
Ofsted recognises that in contracting for inspection services there is a possibility of conflicts of interest and to mitigate this risk we have developed a protocol, which is supported by registers of interest, submitted by each of our Inspection Services Providers (ISPs). The protocol can be found on Ofsted's website.
If an ISP has a conflict of interest with an organisation it is contracted to inspect, responsibility for that inspection will be transferred to a different ISP. In the event that all three ISPs are deemed to have a conflict of interest, the inspection or regulatory activity will be carried out exclusively by HMI.
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.
Kelvin Hopkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what assessment he has made of the experience of each of Ofsted's three regional contractors in respect of each of the services and organisations for which they are contracted to inspect; for how long each has been contracted in each case; and what assessment he has made of their performance; [305993]
(2) with which organisations Ofsted has contracts for the delivery of its services in its (a) North, (b) Midlands and (c) Southern regions; [305994]
(3) for the inspection of which services and organisations Ofsted is responsible. [305812]
Mr. Coaker: These are matters for Ofsted. HM Chief Inspector, Christine Gilbert, has written to my hon. Friend and copies of her replies have been placed in the House Libraries.
Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 11 December 2009:
Your recent parliamentary questions have been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for a response.
Contracts to Ofsted's three regional Inspection Service Providers were awarded in March 2009, following evaluation of competitive bids.
The evaluation criteria took into account the potential contractor's:
capacity to be a credible partner
ability to deliver requirements
methods to deliver high quality, user-focused inspections
approach to risk management
approach to business improvement
acceptance of baseline documentation
These criteria accounted for 60% of the overall evaluation score, and price/financial terms accounted for 40%. During the prequalification stage of the competitive tender, references about each of the bidders were sought to inform the evaluations and these references were refreshed as part of the evidence for the consideration of the final tenders.
Under the criterion Delivering Requirements, potential contractors were invited to show how, when recruiting and training inspectors and staff, they would deal with the skills and experiences needed for different remits and how they would ensure that the practitioners meet requirements in all remits.
On the basis of the evaluation Ofsted was content to award contracts as specified to CfBT Education Trust to cover the contract area for the North, Serco Education to cover the contract area for the Midlands and Tribal Group to cover the contract area for the South. These contracts are in place for the period from the start of the 2009/10 academic year up to the end of the academic year 2014/15.
Each contract is evaluated regularly to ensure that key performance indicators are being met. These evaluations are formally reviewed by senior managers in Ofsted and shared with the Inspection Service Provider.
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 10 December 2009:
Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for response.
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) was established in the Education and Inspections Act 2006 and since 1 April 2007, has had responsibility for the inspection of the following services and organisations:
education in all maintained schools in England and schools run by Service Children's Education abroad
education in approximately half of independent schools and boarding in all schools which provide it
Early Years and childcare provision
Children's homes, secure children's homes and secure training centres - welfare, and also education where this is also provided
residential family centres
adoption and fostering, including local authority and voluntary adoption agencies, independent fostering agencies, local authorities' private fostering arrangements
learning and training in the post-16 sector including colleges, work-based learning, adult and community learning, and nextstep
contracted employment provision for the Department of Work and Pensions
initial teacher education and further education teacher training
education and training in prisons and other secure establishments
the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service (CAFCASS)
services for child protection, safeguarding and looked after children in local authorities.
Ofsted also:
has responsibility for regulation and registration of childcare and children's social care
assesses the overall performance of children's services in local authorities
evaluates serious case reviews
monitors independent schools inspectorates.
A copy of this reply has been sent to Vernon Coaker MP, Minister of State for Schools and Learners, and placed in the library of both Houses.
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