The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2015-10-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools offer elementary GCSEs where C is the highest possible grade.
Nick Gibb
The Department for Education does not hold the requested information.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2015-10-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of GCSE A to C grades achieved in each of the last three years were C grades.
Nick Gibb
The information requested is published in Table 11 of the “Revised GCSE and equivalent results in England: statistical first release” series [1], [2], [3].
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2013-to-2014
[2] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2015-10-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what score an entrant needed to achieve to be awarded a C grade in each GCSE paper in each of the last five years.
Nick Gibb
The Department for Education does not hold the requested information.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2015-10-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children entered Key Stage 3 a year or more behind in reading level in each of the last three years.
Nick Gibb
The expected level of attainment in reading at the end of Key Stage 2 is level 4. Information on the number and percentage of children achieving different levels in reading tests at the end of Key Stage 2 is published in Table 3 of the “National curriculum assessments: key stage 2” series.[1],[2],[3],[4]
[2] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-curriculum-assessments-at-key-stage-2-2014-revised
[3] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-curriculum-assessments-at-key-stage-2-2012-to-2013
[4] Data for 2013 and 2014 is revised and 2015 is provisional.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Austin on 2015-10-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) quality and (b) adequacy of the number of Ofsted inspectors.
Nick Gibb
The assessment of the quality or adequacy of Ofsted inspectors is the responsibility of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Frank Field on 2015-10-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the annual cost is of providing free school meals on schools; and what proportion of this sum is spent on universal infant free school meals.
Mr Sam Gyimah
The Department for Education does not hold information on the annual cost of providing benefits-based free school meals (FSM). It allocates the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) to local authorities on a per pupil basis. Local authorities distribute DSG to schools on the basis of a local formula, in which FSM can be used as a proxy for deprivation. It is then for schools to decide how to use their budget, including how much to allocate to pay for benefits-based free school meals.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Grahame Morris on 2015-10-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have renovated, replaced or installed new kitchen equipment in order to comply with the universal infant free school meals programme.
Mr Sam Gyimah
The Government has provided significant support for schools to improve kitchen and dining room facilities for their infant pupils. We have allocated £184.5 million capital funding in total specifically for this purpose, and an additional £32.5 million UIFSM funding to support small schools in improving their infant meal provision, which can be used to purchase equipment or fund minor capital works.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Grahame Morris on 2015-10-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many additional pupils have become eligible for free school meals since the introduction of the universal infant free school meals programme.
Mr Sam Gyimah
Based on information collected by the Department for Education in the January 2015 school census, 1,616,154 infant pupils in England, 69,381 infant pupils in the North East and 2,037 infant pupils in the parliamentary constituency of Easington were entitled to universal infant free school meals. These figures exclude infant pupils who were entitled to free school meals because their parents or carers were in receipt of qualifying benefits.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Grahame Morris on 2015-10-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many additional pupils have become eligible for free school meals in (a) the North East and (b) Easington constituency since the introduction of the universal infant free school meals programme.
Mr Sam Gyimah
Based on information collected by the Department for Education in the January 2015 school census, 1,616,154 infant pupils in England, 69,381 infant pupils in the North East and 2,037 infant pupils in the parliamentary constituency of Easington were entitled to universal infant free school meals. These figures exclude infant pupils who were entitled to free school meals because their parents or carers were in receipt of qualifying benefits.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2015-10-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) free schools and (b) academies have been affected by the 50 per cent cap on faith-based admissions in each of the last five years.
Edward Timpson
The government is committed to ensuring that faith designated free schools and new academies provide additional places not just for pupils of their own faith but for pupils from other faiths or no faith. It is for individual schools to decide whether or not to adopt faith based admission arrangements.Those that do may give priority when oversubscribed to a maximum of 50% of applicants with reference to their faith. The department does not collect data on schools that are oversubscribed or on religious diversity in those schools that adopt faith based admission arrangements.
The number of free schools and new provision academies with a religious character opening between September 2010 and October 2015 by academic year is detailed in the table below.
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Numbers of free schools and new provision academies with a religious character opening between September 2010 and October 2015 by academic year |
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Academic year of opening |
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2010/11 |
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
2015/16 |
Total |
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Free Schools and New Provision Academies |
0 |
7 |
12 |
22 |
15 |
12 |
68 |
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