Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils took GCSEs in (a) dance, (b) art and crafts, (c) I.T. (d) art and design, (e) drama, (f) media, film and television and (g) music in Pendle in each of the last five years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The requested information has been provided in the table below.
GCSE results[1][2]3] of pupils at the end of key stage 4 in Pendle parliamentary constituency[4]
Year | Dance | Information Technology | Art and Design[5] | Drama | Media, Film and Television | Music |
2009/10 | 17 | 80 | 268 | 133 | 98 | 40 |
2010/11 | 14 | 42 | 246 | 135 | 78 | 46 |
2011/12 | 14 | 114 | 222 | 75 | 60 | 27 |
2012/13 | 8 | 63 | 244 | 90 | 51 | 35 |
2013/14[6][7]
| 0 | 115 | 222 | 143 | 92 | 64 |
Source: key stage 4 attainment data
[1] Includes GCSE Full Course and Vocational Single Award.
[2] Includes attempts and achievements by these pupils in previous academic years.
[3] Prior to 2013/14, discounting has been applied where pupils have taken the same subject more than once and only the best grade is counted. In 2013/14, due to methodological changes discounting rules have been changed. Further information is available from the GCSE statistical first release available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2013-to-2014.
[4] Covers local authority-funded schools; academies; free schools; city technology colleges; community and foundation special schools; hospital schools and FE sector colleges.
[5] Includes Arts and Crafts.
[6] Figures for 2013/14 are revised, all other figures are final.
[7] Figures for 2013/14 are based on the new 2013/14 methodology where the Professor Alison Wolf’s recommendations and first entry policy has been implemented. Therefore the results for 2013/14 academic years are not directly comparable to previous years.
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what changes there have been in the level of participation in (a) dance, (b) music, (c) theatre and (d) arts and crafts in primary schools in Pendle in each of the last five years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The requested information is not held by the Department.
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many adoptions there were in (a) the North West, (b) Lancashire and (c) Pendle constituency in each of the last three years.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The information requested is shown in the table below. This data is also published in Table LAE1 of the ‘Children looked after including adoption’ statistical first release. [1]
Data for Pendle is not available as this data is not collected at parliamentary constituency level.
Number of looked after children adopted during the year ending 31 March1
Years ending 31 March 2012 to 2014
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |
North West region | 590 | 650 | 770 |
Lancashire local authority | 70 | 75 | 85 |
Source: SSDA903
1. Regional totals have been rounded to the nearest 10. Other numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5.
[1] www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage schools to (a) report and (b) support victims of child abuse.
Answered by Edward Timpson
Statutory guidance to all professionals working with children, “Working Together to Safeguard Children”, is absolutely clear that professionals should refer immediately to the local authority children’s social care services when they are concerned about a child.
The Secretary of State also published statutory guidance to schools, “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, in April 2014. Schools and colleges must have regard to it when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
The first part of the guidance sets out clearly what all staff in schools should know and do to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and when they should refer concerns to their local authority’s children’s social care services.
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average age was of people diagnosed with dyslexia in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Pendle constituency in each of the last three years.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The Department for Education does not collect specific information on the numbers of children diagnosed with dyslexia but we do publish information on pupils with specific learning difficulties as collected via the School Census and this grouping will include children whose primary needs is dyslexia. Data separating dyslexia from other forms of specific learning difficulties is not available. The answer therefore provides data on pupils identified with specific learning difficulties.
At present only those with a statement or on ‘School Action Plus’ need to provide their type of special educational need (SEN) but those on ‘School Action’ do not, which means this will not give complete coverage.
However, under the new SEN and disability reforms, which came into force on 1 September 2014, schools are required to provide data on type of needs for all children identified with SEN.
The information in the tables below has been taken from the Statistical First Releases ‘Special educational needs in England: January 2012 to 2014’.[1]
When completing their School Census data return, schools are required to identify the primary type of need and the secondary type of need, information on the primary type of need is given below.
2014 | Primary schools | Secondary Schools | Special Schools |
England | 29,835 | 36,565 | 1,155 |
North West | 4,865 | 4,740 | 215 |
Lancashire | 517 | 528 | 31 |
2013 | Primary schools | Secondary Schools | Special Schools |
England | 30,360 | 39,205 | 1,090 |
North West | 4,795 | 5,445 | 175 |
Lancashire | 571 | 735 | 29 |
2012 | Primary schools | Secondary Schools | Special Schools |
England | 31,580 | 41,940 | 1,055 |
North West | 4,940 | 5,775 | 145 |
Lancashire | 737 | 796 | 27 |
Figure 1: Number with primary need type of specific learning difficulty, by type of school, region and Local Authority (those with a statement or on school action plus – not collected for those on school action)
2014 | Total number of children | Average age |
School Action Plus | 57,505 | 10.7 |
Statement | 10,045 | 11.8 |
All | 67,550 | 10.9 |
2013 | Total number of children | Average age |
School Action Plus | 60,180 | 10.9 |
Statement | 10,480 | 11.9 |
All | 70,660 | 10.9 |
2012 | Total number of children | Average age |
School Action Plus | 63,695 | 10.8 |
Statement | 10,880 | 11.9 |
All | 74,575 | 11.0 |
Figure 2: Number with primary need type of specific learning difficulty and average age (type of need not collected for those on school action).
[1] www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2014
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many diagnoses of dyslexia were made in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Pendle constituency in each of the last three years.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The Department for Education does not collect specific information on the numbers of children diagnosed with dyslexia but we do publish information on pupils with specific learning difficulties as collected via the School Census and this grouping will include children whose primary needs is dyslexia. Data separating dyslexia from other forms of specific learning difficulties is not available. The answer therefore provides data on pupils identified with specific learning difficulties.
At present only those with a statement or on ‘School Action Plus’ need to provide their type of special educational need (SEN) but those on ‘School Action’ do not, which means this will not give complete coverage.
However, under the new SEN and disability reforms, which came into force on 1 September 2014, schools are required to provide data on type of needs for all children identified with SEN.
The information in the tables below has been taken from the Statistical First Releases ‘Special educational needs in England: January 2012 to 2014’.[1]
When completing their School Census data return, schools are required to identify the primary type of need and the secondary type of need, information on the primary type of need is given below.
2014 | Primary schools | Secondary Schools | Special Schools |
England | 29,835 | 36,565 | 1,155 |
North West | 4,865 | 4,740 | 215 |
Lancashire | 517 | 528 | 31 |
2013 | Primary schools | Secondary Schools | Special Schools |
England | 30,360 | 39,205 | 1,090 |
North West | 4,795 | 5,445 | 175 |
Lancashire | 571 | 735 | 29 |
2012 | Primary schools | Secondary Schools | Special Schools |
England | 31,580 | 41,940 | 1,055 |
North West | 4,940 | 5,775 | 145 |
Lancashire | 737 | 796 | 27 |
Figure 1: Number with primary need type of specific learning difficulty, by type of school, region and Local Authority (those with a statement or on school action plus – not collected for those on school action)
2014 | Total number of children | Average age |
School Action Plus | 57,505 | 10.7 |
Statement | 10,045 | 11.8 |
All | 67,550 | 10.9 |
2013 | Total number of children | Average age |
School Action Plus | 60,180 | 10.9 |
Statement | 10,480 | 11.9 |
All | 70,660 | 10.9 |
2012 | Total number of children | Average age |
School Action Plus | 63,695 | 10.8 |
Statement | 10,880 | 11.9 |
All | 74,575 | 11.0 |
Figure 2: Number with primary need type of specific learning difficulty and average age (type of need not collected for those on school action).
[1] www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2014
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students who completed further education in (a) Pendle, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West went on to (i) university, (ii) a full-time job and (iii) an apprenticeship in each of the last five years.
Answered by Nick Boles
Destination measures were produced for students who entered an A level or other Level 3 qualification in June 2014 for the 2010/11 cohort, showing their destinations in 2011/12. This was the first time that the data had been compiled separately for Further Education (FE) students – those in FE Colleges, Sixth Form Colleges and FE providers – and those in school sixth forms
The table below shows data for Pendle, Lancashire and the North West for FE students (students in FE Colleges, Sixth Form Colleges and FE providers). Separate figures for full-time employment are not available.
The published tables, which include comparable data for school sixth forms, are published online at:
www.gov.uk/government/statistics/destinations-of-key-stage-4-and-key-stage-5-pupils-2011-to-2012
The figures for 2011/12 are:
Destination Measures for key stage 5: 2010/11 cohort1 from further education going into a 2011/12 destination. | |||||||
Percentage going into a sustained2 destination | |||||||
Area | Number3 | Higher5 | Employment | Apprenticeships | Other7 | Destination | Activity not captured |
North West | 31,820 | 51% | 6% | 5% | 10% | 13% | 15% |
Lancashire | 5,390 | 54% | 6% | 5% | 8% | 14% | 13% |
Pendle | 380 | 52% | 3% | 5% | 11% | 13% | 16% |
Source: National pupil database
Notes:
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in Pendle constituency are home-schooled.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
The information requested is not collected by the Department for Education.
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to expand the languages curriculum to encompass Urdu.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
Schools are already able to choose which modern foreign languages they teach, and these can include Urdu. The new programme of study for languages, to be taught in maintained schools from September 2014, makes clear that learning a foreign language should provide an opening to other cultures, foster pupils' curiosity and deepen their understanding of the world.
Asked by: Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) Pendle constituency and (b) Lancashire were eligible for but did not claim free school meals in the latest period for which figures are available.
Answered by David Laws
The Department for Education routinely collects information on pupils who are both eligible for and claiming free school meals. This information is published in the ‘Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics, January 2013' Statistical First Release[1]. Information on the number of pupils who are eligible for free school meals but do not claim them is not collected by the Department.
The Department has published a research paper ‘Pupils not claiming free school meals: 2013'[2] which presents estimates of the numbers and proportions of pupils who are entitled to receive free school meals but are not claiming. The paper compares registration rates for children aged between 4 and 15 and highlights regions and local authorities where under-registration rates are high. Figures from this paper show the under-registration rate for Lancashire local authority is 6% compared with an England average of 11%.
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2013
[2] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupils-not-claiming-free-school-meals-2013