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Education: Yorkshire and the Humber
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of children in state education in (a) York local authority area and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber region achieved (i) Level 2 or above in Key Stage 1 SATS, (ii) Level 4 or above in Key Stage 2 English and mathematics tests and (iii) five or more GCSE grades A*-C in each year since 1995-96. [163927]
Elizabeth Truss: Statistics for pupils achieving Level 2 or above at the end of key stage 1 and Level 4 or above at the end of key stage 2. in English and mathematics in York local authority and the Yorkshire and Humber region for 1997/98 to 2011/12 are in tables 1 and 2. The measures are not available prior to 1997/98.
Statistics for pupils achieving five or more GCSEs or equivalents at A*-C grades at the end of key stage 4 in York local authority and the Yorkshire and Humber region for 1995/96 to 2011/12 are provided in table 3.
| Table 1: Percentage of pupils(1) achieving Level 2 or above at key stage 1 assessments for York local authority (LA) and Yorkshire and the Humber region. Year: 1997/98 to 2011/12. Coverage: England. School type: State-funded schools (including academies)(2) | ||||||||
| Reading | Writing | Maths | ||||||
| Result Type | Data Type | York LA | Yorkshire and the Humber | York LA | Yorkshire and the Humber | York LA | Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| (1) Includes pupils who achieved Level 2 (including Levels 2A, 2B or 2C), Level 3 or Level 4. Level 2 is the expected level of achievement for pupils at the end of key stage 1. (2) Includes schools with pupils eligible for assessment at key stage 1. (3) Data only available from 1997/98. Source: Key stage 1 collection. | ||||||||
| Table 2: Percentage of pupils achieving Level 4 or above in key stage 2 English and maths tests for York local authority (LA) and Yorkshire and the Humber region. Year: 1997/98 to 2011/12(1).Coverage: England, state-funded schools (including academies and city technology colleges)(2) | |||||
| English | Maths | ||||
| Data type | York LA | Yorkshire and the Humber | York LA | Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| (1) 2010/11 and 2011/12 figures are produced from the National Pupil Database. Figures for all other years are produced from the Primary School Performance Tables data. (2) Figures for academies are included (where applicable) in the individual LA figures but figures exclude hospital schools and pupil referral units. (3) Data only available from 1997/98. (4) In 2011/12, English was calculated from reading test results and writing teacher assessment rather than from reading and writing tests as in previous years. | |||||
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| Table 3: Percentage of pupils(1) at the end of key stage 4 achieving(2) 5 or more GCSE or equivalent grades A*-C for York Local Authority (LA) and Yorkshire and the Humber Region. Year: 1995/96 to 2011/12(3). Coverage: England (State-funded sector)(4) | ||
| York LA | Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| (1) Figures from 1995/96 to 2003/04 relate to 15 year old pupils (age at start of academic year). From 2004/05 to present relate to pupils at the end of key stage 4. (2) Including attempts and achievement in previous academic years. (3) Figures for 2011/12 are revised, all other figures are final. (4) Local authority and region figures do not include pupils recently arrived from overseas. Local authority and regional figures cover achievements in maintained schools including academies but excludes hospital schools, Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) and Alternative Provision (AP). (5) Figures from before 2003/04 refer to GCSE/GNVQ only. After 2003/04 the figures include GCSE, GNVQ and new approved equivalences. (6) The figures given from 2009/10 onwards includes iGCSEs. Source: Key stage 4 attainment data | ||
Free School Meals
Ian Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2013, Official Report, column 599, on free school meals, what assessment he has made of how many and what proportion of families with children in receipt of free school meals earn more than £135 a week. [163646]
Mr Laws: Around 50,000 families with children in receipt of free school meals have net earnings of above £135 a week. This is around 8% of the total number of families with children in receipt of free school meals(1).
The Government have not yet decided on entitlement criteria for free school meals under universal credit, but has stated clearly that the move to universal credit will not reduce the number of children entitled to free school meals.
(1) These statistics are based on Households Below Average Income (HBAI) data sourced from the 2011/12 Family Resources Survey (FRS). This uses disposable household income, adjusted using modified OECD equivalisation factors for household size and composition, as an income measure as a proxy for standard of living.
Net earnings includes income from employment and self-employment net of tax and NI.
Numbers of families have been rounded to the nearest 50,000 families.
The Family Resources Survey is known to under-record some benefit receipt so the estimates presented should be treated with caution. In particular, the sample size for families with children in receipt of free school meals with net earnings above £135 a week is relatively small, so estimates for this group are subject to a higher degree of sampling error than the other groups.
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Ian Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2013, Official Report, column 599, on free school meals, if he will set a date for the publication of plans for the future of free school meals under universal credit. [163647]
Mr Laws: We have not yet finalised the entitlement criteria for free school meals under universal credit. We are working with the Department for Work and Pensions to develop suitable criteria that will ensure free lunches continue to be available to those families on the lowest incomes.
We will allow good time for interested parties to comment on our proposals before we introduce the new eligibility criteria.
Higher Education: York
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much mainstream grant funding was allocated by the Training and Development Agency for Schools to (a) the University of York and (b) York St John University in each year since 1995-96 in (i) cash terms and (ii) at constant prices. [163902]
Mr Laws: The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL), previously the Training and Development Agency for Schools, only hold the information requested from the academic year 2000/01.
Mainstream grant funding covers the cost of providing undergraduate and postgraduate courses in initial teacher training (ITT) (e.g. it excludes bursary payments which NCTL makes to providers to pass on to trainees) and can be seen on the following table for (a) the university of York and (b) York St John university.
From 2012/13, the full cost of providing ITT has shifted to the trainee via tuition fees. In academic year 2012/13, only those providers who had undergraduates who started their ITT before academic year 2012/13 would receive mainstream grant funding. The full cost of new undergraduates and postgraduates from academic year 2012/13 are covered through tuition fees.
| Mainstream funding | ||
| £ | ||
| Academic year (AY) | University of York | York St John |
Obesity: Children
Mr Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what guidance his Department (a) has issued to schools since May 2010 and (b) plans to issue to schools in the next six months on reducing obesity among people under the age of 16; and if he will make a statement. [163859]
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Elizabeth Truss: This Government recognise that through physical education, competitive school sport and healthy eating, schools can help address the problem of childhood obesity. Public Health England (PHE) produces annual guidance for schools to support local delivery of the National Child Measurement programme. An updated version of the guidance for the 2013/14 academic year will be published by PHE in the summer.
Primary Education
Alec Shelbrooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether his Department has assessed the potential social, educational and economic benefits of supporting play therapy and early intervention at key stage 1. [163650]
Elizabeth Truss: The Department has not made an assessment of the potential social, educational and economic benefits of supporting play therapy and early intervention at key stage 1.
Respite Care
Mr Tom Clarke: To ask the Secretary of State for Education which body determines whether a parent receives any respite hours when coping with a child who is autistic. [164068]
Mr Timpson: Under section 17 of the Children Act 1989, local authorities are required to provide a range of services to meet the needs of 'children in need' in their area, including disabled children. Where appropriate, section 17 social care assessments will consider and agree services and support for parents and carers where these will help deliver better outcomes for the child.
Additional duties apply in the case of short breaks, or respite, for carers of disabled children and young people, including conditions such as autism, cerebral palsy and spina bifida. Under regulations introduced in 2011, local authorities are required, so far as is reasonably practicable, to provide a range of short break services to help carers to continue to provide care, or to do so more effectively. Local authorities must also, in consultation with carers in their area, prepare, publish, and keep under review, a “short breaks services statement”, setting out what services are available, the categories of carer who may be eligible to gain access to them, and how they are designed to meet the needs of carers in the area.
Based on the resources available to them and their assessment of the individual needs of the disabled child or young person, local authorities decide whether to offer short break services and what form that provision should take. In most cases, it will be possible to agree an appropriate level of short break services but where families cannot reach agreement with local authorities they should use the complaints procedures which local authorities must have in place.
The Government do not set out minimum levels of short breaks provision but to support local authorities in meeting their duties, we have made available to them over £800 million between April 2011 and March 2015 through un-ring-fenced grants. In 2011-12 and 2012-13, a further £40 million of un-ring-fenced capital funding
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per annum was allocated to local authorities, allowing them to invest in additional short breaks equipment and infrastructure.
School Meals
Steve Brine: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children in (a) Hampshire and (b) England have been denied access to school meals as a direct result of failure to pay outstanding meal fees in the last 12 months. [163756]
Elizabeth Truss: The Department does not collect this information.
Individual schools are responsible for the administration of their school meals service, including the collection of lunch money. Where there are difficulties making payments, we would encourage schools and parents to communicate with one another as soon as possible in order to reach a mutually agreed arrangement.
Pamela Nash: To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will estimate the amount spent by schools in England on the purchase of meat for consumption in school dinners in the most recent period for which figures are available. [164062]
Elizabeth Truss: It is not possible to estimate the amount spent by schools in England on meat for school dinners. Individual schools are responsible for their own lunch service, and will work with their caterer to agree menus and costs.
Kevin Brennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools served hot school meals in each year from 2010 to the latest available date; and if he will make a statement. [164178]
Elizabeth Truss: In 2010, 93.3% of primary schools and 93% of secondary schools either had the facilities to prepare a hot meal or had a hot meal transported from another school or venue. In 2011, the figures were 98% of primary schools and 98% of secondary schools. In 2012, the figures were 99% of primary schools and 99% of secondary schools.
Kevin Brennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the proportion of pupils in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools who had school-provided lunches in each year since 2010. [164179]
Elizabeth Truss: The take up of school lunches in primary schools was 41.4% in 2010, 44.1% in 2011 and 46.3% in 2012. The figure for secondary schools was 35.8% in 2010, 37.6% in 2011 and 39.8% in 2012.
Schools: Catering
Kevin Brennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what grants for capital spending to improve kitchen facilities were made to schools in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement. [164177]
Mr Laws: In 2010 capital grant funding of £72.1 million was provided to improve kitchen facilities in schools.
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In 2011, the Government increased the freedom local authorities and schools have over the use of the capital grant funding allocated to them, so they can decide their own capital investment needs according to local priorities. Since then, capital funding has not been ring-fenced for improving kitchen facilities.
Schools: Crimes of Violence
Kevin Brennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many incidents of violence towards (a) staff and (b) pupils were reported in the 10 per cent of (i) primary schools and (ii) secondary schools with the (A) lowest and (B) highest levels of free school meal entitlement in each year since 2010 . [164197]
Elizabeth Truss: Information in the form requested is not available.
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The Department collects information on the reasons pupils are excluded from school. Data on physical assault against pupils and adults, and verbal abuse/threatening behaviour against pupils and adults, for both the 10% of schools with the highest and the lowest percentages of free school meals eligibility, are shown in the following tables.
The latest information on the number of permanent and fixed period exclusions for the 2010-11 school year is published in the ‘Permanent and Fixed Period Exclusions from Schools in England 2010/11’ Statistical First Release(1).
Information for 2011-12 will be published on 25 July 2013 in the ‘Permanent and Fixed Period Exclusions from Schools in England 2011/12’ Statistical First Release(2).
(1)https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-from-schools-in-england-academic-year-2010-to-2011
(2)https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education/series/statistics-exclusions
| State-funded primary and state-funded secondary schools1,2,3: Number and percentage of permanent exclusions by reason for schools with the lowest and highest percentage of free school meal eligibility(4,5,6) England, 2009-10 | ||||||||
| State-funded primary schools(1,2) | State-funded secondary schools(1,3) | |||||||
| 10% of schools with the lowest percentage of free school meal eligibility(4) | 10% of schools with the highest percentage of free school meal eligibility(4) | 10% of schools with the lowest percentage of free school meal eligibility(4) | 10% of schools with the highest percentage of free school meal eligibility(4) | |||||
| No. of permanent exclusions | % of school population(5) | No. of permanent exclusions | % of school population(5) | No. of permanent exclusions | % of school population(5) | No. of permanent exclusions | % of school population(5) | |
| ‘x’ = Less than five or a rate based on less than five. (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes primary academies. (3) Includes city technology colleges and academies (including all-through academies). (4) For each school the percentage of pupils eligible for and claiming free school meals includes pupils who are sole or dual main registrations who have full time attendance and are aged 15 or under, or pupils who have part time attendance and are aged between five and 15 as at January 2010. (5) The number of exclusions by reason expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of pupils (excluding dually registered pupils) at the time of the January 2010 School Census. Note: Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census | ||||||||
| State-funded primary and state-funded secondary schools(1,2,3): number and percentage of permanent exclusions by reason for schools with the lowest and highest percentage of free school meal eligibility(4,5), England 2010-11 | ||||||||
| State-funded primary schools(1,2) | State-funded secondary schools(1,3) | |||||||
| 10% of schools with the lowest percentage of free school meal eligibility(4) | 10% of schools with the highest percentage of free school meal eligibility(4) | 10% of schools with the lowest percentage of free school meal eligibility(4) | 10% of schools with the highest percentage of free school meal eligibility(4) | |||||
| No. of permanent exclusions | % of school population(5) | No. of permanent exclusions | % of school population(5) | No. of permanent exclusions | % of school population(5) | No. of permanent exclusions | % of school population(5) | |
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| ‘x’ = Less than five or a rate based on less than five. (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes primary academies. (3) Includes city technology colleges and academies (including all-through academies). (4) For each school the percentage of pupils eligible for and claiming free school meals includes pupils who are sole or dual main registrations who have full time attendance and are aged 15 or under, or pupils who have part time attendance and are aged between five and 15 as at January 2011. (5) The number of exclusions by reason expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of pupils (excluding dually registered pupils) at the time of the January 2011 School Census. Note: Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census | ||||||||
| State-funded primary and state-funded secondary schools(12,3): Number and percentage of fixed period exclusions by reason for schools with the lowest and highest percentage of free school meal eligibility(4,5), England, 2009/10 | ||||||||
| State-funded primary schools(1,2) | State-funded secondary schools(1,3) | |||||||
| 10% of schools with the lowest percentage of free school meal eligibility(4) | 10% of schools with the highest percentage of free school meal eligibility(4) | 10% of schools with the lowest percentage of free school meal eligibility(4) | 10% of schools with the highest percentage of free school meal eligibility(4) | |||||
| No. of fixed period exclusions | % of school population(5) | No. of fixed period exclusions | % of school population(5) | No. of fixed period exclusions | % of school population(5) | No. of fixed period exclusions | % of school population(5) | |
| (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes primary academies. (3) Includes city technology colleges and academies (including all-through academies). (4) For each school the percentage of pupils eligible for and claiming free school meals includes pupils who are sole or dual main registrations who have full time attendance and are aged 15 or under, or pupils who have part time attendance and are aged between five and 15 as at January 2010. (5) The number of exclusions by reason expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of pupils (excluding dually registered pupils) at the time of the January 2010 School Census. Pupils may be excluded more than once. Note: Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census | ||||||||
| State-funded primary and state-funded secondary schools(1,2,3): number and percentage of fixed period exclusions by reason for schools with the lowest and highest percentage of free school meal eligibility(4,5, )England, 2010/11 | ||||||||
| State-funded primary schools(1,2) | State-funded secondary schools(1,3) | |||||||
| 10% of schools with the lowest percentage of free school meal eligibility(4) | 10% of schools with the highest percentage of free school meal eligibility(4) | 10% of schools with the lowest percentage of free school meal eligibility(4) | 10% of schools with the highest percentage of free school meal eligibility(4) | |||||
| No. of fixed period exclusions | % of school population(5) | No. of fixed period exclusions | % of school population(5) | No. of fixed period exclusions | % of school population(5) | No. of fixed period exclusions | % of school population(5) | |
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| (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes primary academies. (3) Includes city technology colleges and academies (including all-through academies). (4) For each school the percentage of pupils eligible for and claiming free school meals includes pupils who are sole or dual main registrations who have full time attendance and are aged 15 or under, or pupils who have part time attendance and are aged between five and 15 as at January 2011. (5) The number of exclusions by reason expressed as a percentage of the number (headcount) of pupils (excluding dually registered pupils) at the time of the January 2011 School Census. Pupils may be excluded more than once. Note: Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census | ||||||||
Kevin Brennan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many incidents of violence towards (a) staff and (b) pupils were reported in (i) primary schools and (ii) secondary schools in each year since 2010 . [164198]
Elizabeth Truss: Information in the form requested is not available.
The Department does, however, collect information on the reasons pupils are excluded from school. This includes exclusions relating to physical assault against a pupil or adult.
Information on the number of permanent and fixed period exclusions by reason for the 2009/10 school year can be found in tables 9 and 10 of the 'Permanent and Fixed Period Exclusions from Schools in England 2009/10' Statistical First Release(1).
Information on the number of permanent and fixed period exclusions by reason for the 2010/11 school year can be found in tables 11 and 12 of the 'Permanent and Fixed Period Exclusions from Schools in England 2010/11' Statistical First Release(2).
Information for 2011/12 will be published on 25 July 2013 in the 'Permanent and Fixed Period Exclusions from Schools in England 2011/12' Statistical First Release(3).
(1)https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/167266/sfr17-2011nt.xls.xls
(2)https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/167464/sfr17-2012nt.xls.xls
(3) https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education/series/statistics-exclusions
| Maintained primary, state-funded secondary and special schools(1,2,3), number and percentage of permanent exclusions by reason for exclusion, England, 2009/10 (estimates)(4) | ||||||||
| Primary Schools(1) | State-funded Secondary Schools(1,2) | Special schools(3) | Total | |||||
| Number of permanent exclusions(4) | Percentage of permanent exclusions(5) | Number of permanent exclusions(4) | Percentage of permanent exclusions(5) | Number of permanent exclusions(4) | Percentage of permanent exclusions(5) | Number of permanent exclusions(4) | Percentage of permanent exclusions(5) | |
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| * = Less than 5 or a rate based on less than 5. (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes city technology colleges and academies (including all-through academies). (3) Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools. Excludes general hospital schools. (4) Figures relating to permanent exclusions are estimates based on incomplete pupil level data. (5) The number of exclusions by reason expressed as a percentage of the total number of exclusions. (6) Totals include exclusions where no reason was given. Note: Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census | ||||||||
| Maintained primary, state-funded secondary and special schools(1,2,3), number and percentage of fixed period exclusions by reason for exclusion, England, 2009/10 | ||||||||
| Primary Schools(1) | State-funded Secondary Schools(1,2) | Special schools(3) | Total | |||||
| Number of fixed period exclusions | Percentage of fixed period exclusions(4) | Number of fixed period exclusions | Percentage of fixed period exclusions(4) | Number of fixed period exclusions | Percentage of fixed period exclusions(4) | Number of fixed period exclusions | Percentage of fixed period exclusions(4) | |
| (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes city technology colleges and academies (including all-through academies). (3) Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools. Excludes general hospital schools. (4) The number of exclusions by reason expressed as a percentage of the total number of exclusions. Note: Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census | ||||||||
| State-funded primary, state-funded secondary and special schools(1,2,3,4), number and percentage of fixed period exclusions by reason for exclusion, England, 2010/11 | ||||||||
| State-funded primary schools(1,2) | State-funded secondary schools(1,3) | Special schools(4) | Total | |||||
| Number of fixed period exclusions | Percentage of fixed period exclusions(5) | Number of fixed period exclusions | Percentage of fixed period exclusions(5) | Number of fixed period exclusions | Percentage of fixed period exclusions(5) | Number of fixed period exclusions | Percentage of fixed period exclusions(5) | |
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| (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes primary academies. (3) Includes city technology colleges and academies (including all-through academies). (4) Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools. Excludes general hospital schools. (5) The number of exclusions by reason expressed as a percentage of the total number of exclusions. Note: Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census | ||||||||
| State-funded primary, state-funded secondary and special schools(1,2,3,4), number and percentage of permanent exclusions by reason for exclusion, England, 2010/11 | ||||||||
| State-funded primary schools(1,2) | State-funded secondary schools(1,3) | Special schools(4) | Total | |||||
| Number of permanent exclusions | Percentage of permanent exclusions(5) | Number of permanent exclusions | Percentage of permanent exclusions(5) | Number of permanent exclusions | Percentage of permanent exclusions(5) | Number of permanent exclusions | Percentage of permanent exclusions(5) | |
| * = Less than 5 or a rate based on less than 5. (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes primary academies. (3) Includes city technology colleges and academies (including all-through academies). (4) Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools. Excludes general hospital schools. (5) The number of exclusions by reason expressed as a percentage of the total number of exclusions. Note: Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Source: School Census | ||||||||
Schools: Standards
Chris Skidmore: To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 1013W, on schools: standards, if he will ask HM Chief Inspector to provide the requested data for May 2010 according to the constituency boundaries that came into force in that month. [163597]
Mr Laws: This question is a matter for Ofsted. HM chief inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, has written to the hon. Member, and a copy of his response has been placed in the House Library.
Social Networking
Andrew Gwynne: To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list all Twitter accounts for which officials of his Department (a) have had and (b) currently have responsibility for (i) monitoring and (ii) updating. [163549]
Elizabeth Truss: Officials at this Department (a) have had and (b) currently have responsibility for monitoring and updating a single Twitter account:
@educationgovuk.
The National College for Teaching and Leadership, an executive agency of the Department, also manages:
@getintoteaching
@the_college
Teach First
Ian Mearns: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of graduates from each Russell Group university applied to the Teach First programme in each year since that programme's creation. [163413]
Mr Laws:
On average, 64.5% of all applicants to Teach First have come from Russell Group universities. The table shows the actual numbers of graduates from
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each Russell Group university that have applied to Teach First since its creation. Given the small numbers
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involved at institution level this gives a more accurate representation of the year on year changes than proportions.