Asked by: Baroness Donaghy (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many initial teacher training places were allocated for 2017–18 to School Direct salaried routes linked with higher education institutions, apportioned by primary and secondary phases and broken down by individual secondary subject.
Answered by Lord Nash
We will publish the full list of allocations for 2017-18 by subject and route in due course. This information will comprise data on both primary and secondary phase, inclusive of all provider-led and school direct trainee places.
Asked by: Baroness Donaghy (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many initial teacher training places were allocated for 2017–18 to School Direct fee-paying routes linked with school-centred initial teacher training, apportioned by primary and secondary phases and broken down by individual secondary subject.
Answered by Lord Nash
We will publish the full list of allocations for 2017-18 by subject and route in due course. This information will comprise data on both primary and secondary phase, inclusive of all provider-led and school direct trainee places.
Asked by: Baroness Donaghy (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many initial teacher training places were allocated for 2017–18 to School Direct fee-paying routes linked with higher education institutions, apportioned by primary and secondary phases and broken down by individual secondary subject.
Answered by Lord Nash
We will publish the full list of allocations for 2017-18 by subject and route in due course. This information will comprise data on both primary and secondary phase, inclusive of all provider-led and school direct trainee places.
Asked by: Baroness Donaghy (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many core initial teacher training places were allocated for 2017–18 to school-centred initial teacher training, apportioned by primary and secondary phases and broken down by individual secondary subject.
Answered by Lord Nash
We will publish the full list of allocations for 2017-18 by subject and route in due course. This information will comprise data on both primary and secondary phase, inclusive of all provider-led and school direct trainee places.
Asked by: Baroness Donaghy (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many core initial teacher training places were allocated for 2017–18 to higher education institutions, apportioned by primary and secondary phases and broken down by individual secondary subject.
Answered by Lord Nash
We will publish the full list of allocations for 2017-18 by subject and route in due course. This information will comprise data on both primary and secondary phase, inclusive of all provider-led and school direct trainee places.
Asked by: Baroness Donaghy (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many initial teacher training places were allocated for 2017–18 to School Direct salaried routes linked with school-centred initial teacher training, apportioned by primary and secondary phases and broken down by individual secondary subject.
Answered by Lord Nash
We will publish the full list of allocations for 2017-18 by subject and route in due course. This information will comprise data on both primary and secondary phase, inclusive of all provider-led and school direct trainee places.
Asked by: Baroness Donaghy (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the funding allocations to initial teacher training courses for 2017–18 apportioned by (1) primary phase, and (2) each secondary subject, broken down by (a) higher education, (b) school-centred initial teacher training (SCITT), (c) School Direct fee paying with higher education institutions (HEI) partners, (d) School Direct fee paying with SCITT partners, (e) School Direct salaried with HEI partners, and (f) School Direct salaried with SCITT partners.
Answered by Lord Nash
The criteria used for three-year allocations for 2017/18 were published in “The allocation of Initial Teacher Training Places 2017-18” on 29 September. The four criteria used were: average degree class of trainees, quality of training measured by OFSTED, quality of outcomes measured by employment into the maintained sector, and recruitment performance against allocations.
We will be publishing the full list of providers eligible for three-year allocations, and the allocations by subject in due course.
Asked by: Baroness Donaghy (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government which higher education institutions and school-centred initial teacher training providers received three year allocations for 2017–18 onwards; and what criteria were used to identify such providers.
Answered by Lord Nash
The criteria used for three-year allocations for 2017/18 were published in “The allocation of Initial Teacher Training Places 2017-18” on 29 September. The four criteria used were: average degree class of trainees, quality of training measured by OFSTED, quality of outcomes measured by employment into the maintained sector, and recruitment performance against allocations.
We will be publishing the full list of providers eligible for three-year allocations, and the allocations by subject in due course.
Asked by: Baroness Donaghy (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether schools participating in vocational pathways to qualified teacher status as part of the apprenticeship programme will be able to choose to work in partnership with universities that provide initial teacher training as well as with school-centred initial teacher training providers and other school-led providers.
Answered by Lord Nash
To date we have not received a formal proposal from employers to develop an apprenticeship standard for entry to teaching. There are monthly opportunities for employers to submit proposals to the department for review or, from April 2017, the Institute for Apprenticeships. For existing apprenticeship standards, employers can choose their preferred provider to deliver the training requirements providing they meet the government’s quality criteria and are registered on the Skills Funding Agency’s Register of Training Organisations.
Asked by: Baroness Donaghy (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to eradicate the presence of asbestos on school sites in England and Wales.
Answered by Lord Nash
The issue of asbestos in schools is a serious one and the government is supporting those that are legally responsible for managing asbestos in schools.
The Health and Safety Executive, which is the lead regulator on managing asbestos advise that as long as asbestos is in good condition and unlikely to be damaged or disturbed, it is not a significant risk to health to pupils and students during the course of their daily activities. On this basis, the department has provided targeted guidance to schools on the effective management of asbestos in their schools and has recently concluded a voluntary data collection exercise to understand how duty holders are managing asbestos in their schools.
The department directly funds the removal of asbestos through schemes such as the Priority Schools Building Programme and provides capital funding for asbestos management and removal where appropriate for those schools that have identified that asbestos is in poor condition or poses a high risk of deterioration.
The department is not committing to the removal of asbestos in all schools as blanket and accelerated removal of asbestos in schools is potentially more dangerous and may involve greater risk to school children and staff.
It is the aim of the government that, over time, as more school buildings are replaced and refurbished, all asbestos will be removed from schools.