Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jack Brereton and Nick Gibb

Monday 28th November 2022 Commons Chamber

[Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South) (Con)]

Trentham Academy has recently received a very good Ofsted rating, with a number of outstanding features, following significant improvement. But the school building is in a very serious condition, with rat infestations, a number of areas of safety concerns and more than one third of classrooms below 40 square metres. Will my right hon. Friend agree to support Trentham’s being in the school rebuilding programme?

[The Minister of State, Department for Education (Nick Gibb)]

Thanks to my hon. Friend, I am very aware of the serious issues affecting the condition of the Trentham Academy building, and as always he continues to make representations on behalf of the schools in his constituency. We plan to confirm further schools for the school rebuilding programme later this year.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jack Brereton and Nick Gibb

Monday 23rd May 2022 Commons Chamber

[Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South) (Con)]

15. What steps his Department is taking to support pupils who fall behind in maths and English.

[Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton) (Con)]

24. What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of maths teaching in primary schools.

[The Minister for School Standards (Mr Robin Walker)]

The Schools White Paper includes a parent pledge to identify children who have fallen behind in English or maths and provide them with support. To help schools support pupils who have fallen behind we have invested £1 billion in 6 million tutoring packages by 2024, re-endowed the Education Endowment Foundation, set aside £55 million for our accelerator fund and introduced a menu of targeted support methods. We are continuing to invest in networks of maths and English hubs to support schools. I was privileged to visit a maths hub in St Marylebone’s C of E School on National Numeracy Day.