| (C ) OCR, 2008/09 | ||||||||
| Subject | ||||||||
| (i) English | (ii) Mathematics | (iii) French | (iv) Religious Studies | (v) Geography | (vi) Physics | (viii) Total (includes subjects not listed) | ||
| OCR, 2009/10 | ||||||||
| Subject | ||||||||
| (i) English | (ii) Mathematics | (iii) French | (iv) Religious Studies | (v) Geography | (vi) Physics | (viii) Total (includes subjects not listed) | ||
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| (D) AQA, 2008/09 | ||||||||
| Subject | ||||||||
| (i) English | (ii) Mathematics | (iii) French | (iv) Religious Studies | (v) Geography | (vi) Physics | (viii) Total—single awards (includes subjects not listed) | ||
| Subject | ||
| (vii) Double Science | ||
| AQA, 2009/10 | ||||||||
| Subject | ||||||||
| (i) English | (ii) Mathematics | (iii) French | (iv) Religious Studies | (v) Geography | (vi) Physics | (viii) Total (includes subjects not listed) | ||
| Notes:1. For each subject only one attempt is counted within each awarding body—that which achieved the highest grade. This may lead to double counting if pupils enter qualifications offered by different awarding bodies in the same subject. 2. No "Double Science" awards were made by Edexcel, WJEC or OCR in 2008/09 or any of these awarding bodies in 2009/10. This award has been succeeded by "Core and Additional Science". 3. Includes attempts and achievements by these pupils in previous academic years. | ||||||||
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Private Education: Inspections
Mr Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to ensure that the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 apply to the inspection of child safeguarding arrangements at independent schools after they have been transferred from Ofsted to the Independent Schools Inspectorate. [87887]
Mr Gibb: All statutory inspection reports are published either by Ofsted or by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). Where either inspectorate provides additional advice to the Department for Education in relation to a particular school, it is published unless there are compelling reasons not to do so, such as breaching the privacy of a pupil, prejudicing a police investigation, or placing the safety of pupils at risk.
Any information provided by an inspectorate to the Department falls within scope of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoI). In addition any pupil, or parent of a pupil, can request personal information from the school they attend, any inspectorate, or the Department for Education, under the Data Protection Act 1998.
ISI is not currently subject to the FoI Act. The Ministry of Justice is considering whether to include ISI in a future order made under section 5 of the FoI Act, which would designate it as a public authority for the purposes the FoI Act in relation to any functions of a public nature that it might perform.
Schools: Absenteeism
Charlotte Leslie: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of half days were missed by pupils in (a) maintained primary, (b) state-funded secondary and (c) special schools due to unauthorised absence in each parliamentary constituency in 2009-10. [87314]
Mr Gibb: The requested information has been placed in the House Libraries.
Schools: Vocational Guidance
Shabana Mahmood: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what resources he plans to make available to ensure that each school and college in England has a designated careers adviser to work with the chosen careers service provider. [90345]
Mr Gibb:
Through the Education Act 2011, we are giving schools direct responsibility for securing access to independent and impartial careers guidance for their pupils. In support of the new duty, schools will be able
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to commission high quality support from providers who have achieved a national quality standard for careers guidance. This quality standard will assist schools in making well-informed decisions about which provider to use.
The appointment of designated careers advisers and other staff responsible for the management and delivery of careers provision in school is a matter for the head teacher and governing body.
Schools will meet the costs of careers guidance from their existing budgets. We have protected school budgets, introduced the pupil premium and given schools greater flexibility to determine the best use of resources for every pupil, including on careers guidance.
Shabana Mahmood: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what consideration he has given to providing careers advice and education to children in Year 6. [90346]
Mr Gibb: Young people benefit most from formal careers advice when they are preparing to make decisions about future education and training options. That is why we are placing a duty on schools to secure access to independent and impartial careers guidance for pupils in years 9 to 11, and consulting on the question of extending this down to year 8.
Career-related advice can help to raise the aspirations of many younger children and develop their awareness of the world of work. Primary schools are best placed to make decisions about the inclusion of such activities in the curriculum, based on the needs of their pupils.
Teachers: Cambridgeshire
Mr Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many teachers were awarded funding from the National Scholarship Fund for Teachers in (a) Peterborough and (b) Cambridgeshire in 2011. [90198]
Mr Gibb: The £2 million National Scholarship Fund for teachers was set up to help existing teachers in England develop their skills and to help them deepen their subject knowledge. The first round of successful bids was announced on 12 December 2011.
The number of teachers awarded scholarships in each area was:
Four applicants who live in Peterborough
Four applicants who work in Peterborough
20 applicants who live in Cambridgeshire
11 applicants who work in Cambridgeshire.