Children, Schools and Families
Class Sizes
Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average class size for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools was in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside and (iii) England in each year since 1997. [313492]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The requested information is shown in the following table.
| Primary(1) and secondary(2) schools: Classes as taught(3)—Years 1997-2009, coverage Jarrow parliamentary constituency, South Tyneside local authority and England | ||||||
| Jarrow parliamentary constituency | South Tyneside local authority | England | ||||
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| LA maintained primary(1) | State funded secondary(2) | LA maintained primary(1) | State funded secondary(2) | LA maintained primary(1) | State funded secondary(2) |
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| 1 Includes middle schools as deemed. 2 Includes city technology colleges and academies. Includes middle schools as deemed. 3 One teacher classes as taught during a single selected period in each school on the day of the census in January. Source: School Census | ||||||
Mr. Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the ratio of teachers to pupils is at (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Suffolk, (ii) the East of England and (iii) England. [313860]
Mr. Coaker: The information requested is published in table 27 of the Statistical First Release (SFR) “School Workforce in England (including local authority level figures) January 2009 (Revised)” published on 29 September 2009. The SFR is available at the following web link:
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000874/Tables19to27v2.xls
Cleethorpes
Shona McIsaac: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Cleethorpes constituency, the effects on that constituency of his Department's policies since 1997. [315342]
Mr. Coaker: Since 1997 the Government have transformed education and child care with improved outcomes for children and young people. Figures showing the performance at key stage 2 and at GCSE and equivalents in Cleethorpes are given in the following tables:
| Key stage 2 results of 11-year-old pupils attending schools in the Cleethorpes constituency | |||
| Percentage of pupils gaining level 4 and above | 1997 | 2009(1) | Percentage point improvement 1997-2009 |
| (1) Revised data. (2) Local averages include pupils attending all maintained schools (including academies and city technology colleges). (3 )England averages include pupils attending all maintained schools (including academies and city technology colleges). | |||
| GCSE and equivalents(1 )results for pupils(2) attending schools(3) in the Cleethorpes constituency | |||
| Percentage of pupils gaining | 1997 | 2009(4) | Percentage point improvement 1997-2009 |
| (1) From 2004 results incorporate GCSEs, GNVQs and a range of other qualifications approved pre-16. Prior to 2004 results are based on GCSEs and GNVQs only. (2 )From 2006 figures are for pupils at the end of key stage 4. Prior to 2006 results are based on pupils aged 15. (3) Local averages include pupils attending all maintained schools (including academies and city technology colleges) and from 2000 do not include pupils recently arrived from overseas. (4) Revised data. (5) England averages also include independent schools as well as hospital schools and PRUs. | |||
Further information by constituency is provided within the Department's 'In Your Area' website available at:
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/inyourarea
Information available at constituency level includes the number of specialist schools, number of operational academies, number of teaching assistants and other support staff, number of teachers and pupil: teacher ratios. Where information is not available at constituency level it has been provided at local authority level including the number of free early education places taken up by three and four-year-olds, number of full-time and part-time entrants to higher education institutions aged 18 to 20, average A level point score per candidate and per entry together with Percentage of People of Working Age Qualified to at least Level 2 and Percentage of People of Working Age Qualified to Level 4 and above.
Additional information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Information Officers
Mr. Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many staff in his Department (a) have the status of embedded communicators and (b) are members of the Government Communications Network but are not listed in the Central Office of Information White Book. [315170]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The requested information cannot be supplied without incurring disproportionate cost.
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Departmental Internet
David T.C. Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what redesigns of websites operated by the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills there have been since 27 June 2007; and what the (a) cost to the public purse and (b) date of completion of each such redesign was. [306214]
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 Library.
Letter from Christine Gilbert, dated 15 December 2009:
Your recent parliamentary question has been passed to me, as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, for a response.
Since 27 June 2007 we have not redesigned our corporate website.
In November 2008, we made some design modifications to support the publication of Ofsted's Annual Report for 2007/8 at a cost of £1,242 and in November 2009 we made further changes to support the publication of the Annual Report 2008/9 at a cost of £2,300.
In January 2009 we redesigned our careers microsite at a cost of £4,140, with a further update at a cost of £6,700 in August 2009 to support the move to a new organisational structure.
We are currently in the process of redesigning our corporate website to improve accessibility and usability. This has followed research with users. We expect to launch this next year. We do not yet have a final figure for the cost of the redesign as it is still in process.
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.
Departmental Manpower
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of his Department and its predecessors managed out in the last five years who remain working in the public sector. [313840]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: Staff leave the Department for variety of reasons and no central record is held about their future employment.
Departmental NDPBs
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families for how many non-departmental public bodies his Department is responsible. [314249]
Ms Diana R. Johnson: The Department for Children, Schools and Families is currently responsible for nine executive and four advisory NDPBs.
Departmental Written Questions
David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what average time his Department took to answer questions for (a) ordinary written answer and (b) written answer on a named day in the last 12 months. [313661]
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Ms Diana R. Johnson: Information on the average number of days taken to answer parliamentary questions is not readily available in the format requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.