Asked by: Andrew Jones (Conservative - Harrogate and Knaresborough)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nursery places were available in (a) North Yorkshire and (b) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency in each year since 2010.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
I have asked Ofsted to respond using the data they hold on registered nursery places. Sir Michael Wilshaw, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, will write to the hon. Gentleman, and a copy of his response will be placed in the House Library. Some providers, such as schools with nursery provision for children aged three or over, are exempt from registration. The number of places therefore may not include the full range of early years provision available in the area.
The Department for Education’s Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey[1] collects data on all registered childcare places, including those in maintained schools and nurseries. These figures are therefore more comprehensive than the Ofsted figures; however data is only available at a national and regional level and in this case only for the North East, Yorkshire and Humberside.
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2011
Asked by: Andrew Jones (Conservative - Harrogate and Knaresborough)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of levels of literacy and numeracy in (a) primary school leavers and (b) secondary school leavers in (i)Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency, (ii) Yorkshire and the Humber, (iii) the North of England and (iv) England in each of the last five years.
Answered by David Laws
Key stage 2 national curriculum assessment statistics are available online at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-key-stage-2
GCSE attainment statistics are available online at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4
Attainment statistics by Parliamentary constituency are available online at:
http://www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/
Information on pupils at the end of key stage 4 achieving A*-C grades in English and mathematics GCSEs in the areas requested, and information on key stage 2 achievement in the areas requested has been placed in the House Library.
Asked by: Andrew Jones (Conservative - Harrogate and Knaresborough)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school places have been created in (i) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency, (ii) Yorkshire and the Humber and (iii) the North of England since May 2010.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The Department collects information from each local authority on the number of available school places (school capacity) in state-funded primary and secondary schools (except special schools) through an annual survey. The most recent data available relates to the position at May 2013 and can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2012-to-2013
Statistics for May 2010 can be found in table 1 of the SFR main tables:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-capacity-academic-year-2010-to-2011