Asked by: Antonia Bance (Labour - Tipton and Wednesbury)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will place in the Library of the House of Commons a table setting out (a) whether it is a maintained school or an academy trust, (b) by which local authority it is maintained, or to which trust it belongs, (c) the URN of the school, (d) the name of the school, (e) the Parliamentary constituency in which that school is located and (f) the most recent single headline grade which that school was given by Ofsted for every school in the English schools system which was most recently inspected by Ofsted before 1 September 2024.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)
The data requested is available on the Get Information About Schools (GIAS) webpage and can be accessed at: https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Groups/Search?tok=8UqndC6e and https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Search?tok=8UqkAM1u.
GIAS is a live database. Schools, colleges and academy trusts can make changes to it at any time. The data can be downloaded via the ’Downloads’ link at the top of the page.
GIAS links to each institution’s Ofsted page rather than presenting their overall effectiveness grade, however, a spreadsheet containing all school and colleges’ grades as at 31 August 2024 can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/state-funded-schools-inspections-and-outcomes-as-at-31-august-2024.
Asked by: Antonia Bance (Labour - Tipton and Wednesbury)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will place in the Library of the House of Commons a table setting out (a) the name of the trust and (b) the company number of that trust under which it is registered with Companies House for every academy trust in the English schools system.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)
The data requested is available on the Get Information About Schools (GIAS) webpage and can be accessed at: https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Groups/Search?tok=8UqndC6e and https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Search?tok=8UqkAM1u.
GIAS is a live database. Schools, colleges and academy trusts can make changes to it at any time. The data can be downloaded via the ’Downloads’ link at the top of the page.
GIAS links to each institution’s Ofsted page rather than presenting their overall effectiveness grade, however, a spreadsheet containing all school and colleges’ grades as at 31 August 2024 can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/state-funded-schools-inspections-and-outcomes-as-at-31-august-2024.
Asked by: Antonia Bance (Labour - Tipton and Wednesbury)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 86 of the document entitled Academies consolidated annual report and accounts: 2021 to 2022, published on 5 February 2024, whether it is her Department's policy that off-payroll arrangements can be used for the payment of (a) headteachers, (b) governors, (c) other senior staff of schools in the maintained sector.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)
The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) sets out the headteacher pay ranges and maintained schools must adhere to these statutory requirements. The STPCD also applies to other teachers in leadership, excluding some roles such as school business managers, and covers the arrangements for those on payroll. The STPCD can be accessed at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-teachers-pay-and-conditions.
There is no legal power for schools, local authorities or the government to pay individuals on maintained school governing bodies for their governance duties.
Local authorities would be best placed to provide information on off-payroll arrangements in maintained schools.
Asked by: Antonia Bance (Labour - Tipton and Wednesbury)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of academy trusts that have reported off-payroll arrangements for staff who are also trustees in each of the last five years.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)
The department collates and publishes data annually in the academies sector annual report and accounts on off-payroll arrangements in academy trusts. This includes arrangements with trustees, and is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/academies-sector-annual-reports-and-accounts.
The academies sector annual report and accounts is drawn from academy trusts’ accounts data. The report for 2022 to 2023 will be published shortly and the deadline for academy trusts to submit data to the department for 2023 to 2024 is 28 January 2025.