Baroness Penn: DfE: All Documents

Written Question

Schools: Inspections

Tuesday 28th January 2025

Asked by: Baroness Penn (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans Ofsted has to incorporate evidence on mobile phones into its Education Inspection Framework and inspector training.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

This is a matter for His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver. I have asked him to write to the noble Lady directly and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

Written Question

Schools: Discipline

Tuesday 28th January 2025

Asked by: Baroness Penn (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to publish the next iteration of the National Behaviour Survey.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

The National Behaviour Survey annual report for the 2023/24 academic year is expected to be published in spring 2025.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 08 Sep 2022
GCSE and A-level Results: Attainment Gap

"My Lords, I am afraid we are out of time...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 18 Jul 2022
Schools Bill [HL]

"My Lords, it is probably worth clarifying that on Report a Member should speak only once unless it is the Minister. I think we will finish the remarks we have heard; then if the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, wants to make her contribution separately, I am sure we would love …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 18 Jul 2022
Schools Bill [HL]

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 18 Jul 2022
Schools Bill [HL]

"Did the noble Lord, Lord Hacking, want to speak to his amendments in this group?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 18 Jul 2022
Schools Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I will start with Amendments 74 and 75, tabled by my noble friend Lord Lucas. The law is clear that parents have a right to educate their children at home, and local authorities should already be working collaboratively with parents to ensure the best outcome for the child. …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 18 Jul 2022
Schools Bill [HL]

"I am not sure whether that assessment has been made. If it has, I will be happy to share it. As we have said several times, there are at least two more stages to go on the guidance. One is a collaborative process to produce the draft guidance, and then …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 18 Jul 2022
Schools Bill [HL]

"I believe I responded about examination costs. In fact, I had an intervention from the noble Lord, Lord Knight, on it. One of the things I said to him was that in the statutory guidance we are seeking to create, we will look at the support duty. We are looking …..."
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