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Lord Moynihan asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many schools that were in receipt of funding from the Big Lottery Fund's £750 million programme to build new school sports facilities are to receive funding as part of the Building Schools for the Future programme. [HL263]
Lord Adonis: Most secondary schools in England will receive capital investment through the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. Within the 39 local authorities in waves one to three of BSF, approximately 525 primary and secondary schools have had funding committed from the Big Lottery Fund for physical education and sports facilities. Not all of these schools will receive BSF funding as the programme includes only secondary schools.
For BSF wave two authorities, where business cases have been developed to a more advanced stage and specific schools identified, 17 secondary schools in the programme are also in receipt of Big Lottery Funding.
Lord Moynihan asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many competition managers will be employed as part of the School Sport Partnership scheme; and [HL265]
How the role of a competition manager will differ from that of a school sport co-ordinator; and [HL266]
What will be the average annual salary for a competition manager. [HL267]
Lord Adonis: To reinvigorate competitive school sport further, the Prime Minister announced, on 14 December 2004, that new competition managers would be added to school sport partnerships. From September 2005 there will be 17 in place, 45 by September 2006 and 90 by September 2007. Subject to the next Spending Review in 2006 the eventual ambition is to have one manager per school sport partnership by 2010.
The overall role of the competition managers will be to manage and co-ordinate the planning and implementation of the national schools competition framework through a programme of inter-school competition within and across school sport partnerships. They will also reach out to local, regional and national governing body competitions. Each competition manager will be an integral part of their school sport partnership and be managed by their partnership development manager. In contrast, the role of the school sport co-ordinator is, principally, to
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help their school and their primary school partners to ensure that their pupils spend a minimum of two hours each week on high quality PE and school sport. As part of this process, they provide enhanced out of school hours sporting opportunities, increase participation in community sport and develop and strengthen links—particularly between key stages 2 and 3.
For the first wave of competition managers partnerships will receive a grant of £37,500 which will cover the salary of their competition manager and also provide a modest budget. The posts are designed to be three-year appointments.
Lord Moynihan asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether teachers will be responsible for providing the additional two to three hours of sport for pupils outside school hours in order to achieve the government target of providing such an entitlement to all pupils by 2012; and [HL319]
What extra resources will be given to schools to help them achieve the target of providing all pupils with an extra two to three hours of sport outside school hours. [HL320]
Lord Adonis: The Government's ambition is to offer all children, by 2010, at least four hours of sport every week, which will comprise at least two hours of high quality PE and sport at school and, in addition, the opportunity for at least a further two to three hours beyond the school day. This will be delivered by a range of school, community and club providers.
The national PE, school sport and club links strategy—which went live in April 2003—is investing £978 million between 2003–04 and 2007–08 to deliver the ambitious school sports public service agreement target—to ensure 75 per cent of school children by 2006, and 85 per cent by 2008, spend at least two hours each week on high quality PE and school sport—and move towards the 2010 ambition. In addition, £686 million lottery funding is enhancing school sports facilities. In total, this means that over £1.5 billion is being invested in school sport in the five years up to 2008. Funding arrangements beyond 2007–08 will be announced following the 2006 Spending Review.
Lord Moynihan asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many pupils with disabilities and special educational needs in mainstream schools currently receive two hours of physical education and school sport; and [HL321]
How many pupils with disabilities and special educational needs in special schools currently receive two hours of physical education and school sport. [HL322]
Lord Adonis: The 2003–04 PE, school sport and club links survey did not collect these data and they could be provided only at disproportionate cost. This information will be collected from 2006.
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Lord Moynihan asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many primary and secondary school teachers are qualified to teach physical education to pupils with disabilities and special educational needs. [HL323]
Lord Adonis: To be awarded qualified teacher status, all trainee teachers must: demonstrate that they understand their responsibilities under the special educational needs (SEN) code of practice; know how to seek advice from specialists on less common types of SEN; and be able to differentiate their teaching to meet the individual needs of pupils, including those with SEN. These requirements are further reinforced during induction.
Once qualified, teachers can extend their knowledge and understanding as part of their on going in-service continuing professional development. This can range from awareness raising to securing specific qualifications.
The department has produced a training CD-ROM Success for All: an Inclusive Approach to PE and Sport. This resource includes a series of filmed case studies and supporting material designed to help teachers in primary, secondary and special schools to include disabled pupils in all areas of the PE curriculum.
Teachers also operate within a national curriculum framework that includes a statutory statement on providing effective learning opportunities for all pupils.
Overseas Students
Lord Chan asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many foreign students were studying in colleges of higher education and universities in the United Kingdom in 2003–04; and what subjects they studied. [HL216]
Lord Adonis: The latest figures are shown in the table.
Source:
Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).
Figures have been rounded to the nearest five.
1Covers students from the EU and other overseas countries.
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