Asked by: Natalie Fleet (Labour - Bolsover)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on securing funding for repair and maintenance works on the early years building at The Brigg Infant School in South Normanton.
Answered by Josh MacAlister - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
Ensuring schools and colleges have the resources and buildings they need is a key part of the department’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and give every young person the best start in life.
The department is investing almost £3 billion per year by 2034/35 in capital maintenance and renewal to improve the condition of the school and college estate, rising from £2.4 billion in 2025/26.
As part of this, the Embark Multi Academy Trust, which The Brigg Infant School joined in May, received an annual School Condition Allocation of £1,690,088 for the 2025/26 financial year. The department expects to set out allocations for the 2026/27 financial year in the spring. The school should speak to the Trust about any issues with its buildings, so the Trust can consider them when prioritising investment to improve the condition of its schools.
Asked by: Natalie Fleet (Labour - Bolsover)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with Derbyshire County Council on the adequacy of support for children with special educational needs and disabilities in Bolsover constituency.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)
A joint local area special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) inspection was undertaken by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in September 2024, which found widespread and systemic failings leading to significant concerns about the experiences and outcomes of children and young people with SEND.
An improvement notice was issued on 14 January 2025. Ofsted and the CQC approved the priority action plan submitted by the local area partnership (LAP), and a monthly, independently chaired, assurance board monitor’s progress.
The department has put in place systems to track outcomes against the LAPs plan. This includes commissioning a SEND adviser to work collaboratively with an NHS England adviser to challenge, support and monitor progress. Additional support is provided through an intervention support fund, and training through a consortium led by the Council for Disabled Children. Council leaders have written to the department setting out their progress and confirming their commitment to making the improvements necessary.
Asked by: Natalie Fleet (Labour - Bolsover)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of parents with three and four-year-olds from (a) Bolsover, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England have used their entitlement to 15 hours of free childcare in each of the last three years.
Answered by Stephen Morgan - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
Figures on the number and estimated percentage of 3 and 4-year-olds who were registered for the universal entitlement in Derbyshire and England between January 2022 and 2024 can be accessed at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/14518f2b-6429-434f-1c45-08ddbd6c4867. Figures for Bolsover are not readily available.
Figures on the number of eligible children aged from 9 months registered for the working parent entitlement, at national and local authority level, are currently scheduled to be published on 17 July. Figures on the percentage of eligible children aged from 9 months registered for the working parent entitlement, at national level only, are also currently planned to be published in this statistics release. Due to data limitations around the reliability of the survey based data underpinning the calculations, sub-national estimates will not be available.
Figures on the number and estimated percentage of 2-year-olds registered for the disadvantaged entitlement in Derbyshire and England between January 2022 and 2024 can be viewed at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/5b816a38-7e84-48f9-492d-08ddbdf042eb. Figures for Bolsover are not available.
Asked by: Natalie Fleet (Labour - Bolsover)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of eligible working parents with children aged from nine months have accessed 15 hours of free childcare per week in (a) Bolsover constituency and (b) England since September 2024.
Answered by Stephen Morgan - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
Figures on the number and estimated percentage of 3 and 4-year-olds who were registered for the universal entitlement in Derbyshire and England between January 2022 and 2024 can be accessed at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/14518f2b-6429-434f-1c45-08ddbd6c4867. Figures for Bolsover are not readily available.
Figures on the number of eligible children aged from 9 months registered for the working parent entitlement, at national and local authority level, are currently scheduled to be published on 17 July. Figures on the percentage of eligible children aged from 9 months registered for the working parent entitlement, at national level only, are also currently planned to be published in this statistics release. Due to data limitations around the reliability of the survey based data underpinning the calculations, sub-national estimates will not be available.
Figures on the number and estimated percentage of 2-year-olds registered for the disadvantaged entitlement in Derbyshire and England between January 2022 and 2024 can be viewed at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/5b816a38-7e84-48f9-492d-08ddbdf042eb. Figures for Bolsover are not available.
Asked by: Natalie Fleet (Labour - Bolsover)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of of free childcare hours for disadvantaged two-year-olds were taken up in (a) Bolsover, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England in each of the past three years.
Answered by Stephen Morgan - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
Figures on the number and estimated percentage of 3 and 4-year-olds who were registered for the universal entitlement in Derbyshire and England between January 2022 and 2024 can be accessed at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/14518f2b-6429-434f-1c45-08ddbd6c4867. Figures for Bolsover are not readily available.
Figures on the number of eligible children aged from 9 months registered for the working parent entitlement, at national and local authority level, are currently scheduled to be published on 17 July. Figures on the percentage of eligible children aged from 9 months registered for the working parent entitlement, at national level only, are also currently planned to be published in this statistics release. Due to data limitations around the reliability of the survey based data underpinning the calculations, sub-national estimates will not be available.
Figures on the number and estimated percentage of 2-year-olds registered for the disadvantaged entitlement in Derbyshire and England between January 2022 and 2024 can be viewed at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/5b816a38-7e84-48f9-492d-08ddbdf042eb. Figures for Bolsover are not available.
Asked by: Natalie Fleet (Labour - Bolsover)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in Bolsover constituency will receive funding from the school rebuilding programme.
Answered by Stephen Morgan - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The government has given a long-term commitment for funding through to 2034-35 to improve the condition of schools and colleges across England. We are investing almost £3 billion per year by 2034-35 in capital maintenance and renewal to improve the condition of the school and college estate, rising from £2.4 billion in 2025-26.
This is in addition to investment of almost £20 billion in the School Rebuilding Programme through to 2034-35, delivering rebuilding projects at over 500 schools across England within the existing Programme and expanding the School Rebuilding Programme, with a further 250 schools to be selected within the next two years.
The department invited responsible bodies to nominate schools to be considered for the School Rebuilding Programme in early 2022. There are currently no schools in the constituency of Bolsover in the programme. We will set out further details about the selection process for the additional 250 schools to be selected for the School Rebuilding Programme later this year.
For financial year 2025/26, Derbyshire County Council has been allocated a School Condition Allocation of £10,268,315 to invest across its maintained schools, including those in Bolsover constituency. Academy trusts and voluntary aided school bodies also have access to capital funding to improve the condition of their buildings. More details can be found on GOV.UK, including capital allocations and the outcomes of the Condition Improvement Fund, in which Model Village Primary School and Whaley Thorns Primary School in Bolsover constituency were successful.
Asked by: Natalie Fleet (Labour - Bolsover)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of 18 year olds achieving three or more A level passes in (a) Bolsover constituency and (b) its neighbouring constituencies.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell
The requested data can be found in the attached table. The table shows the number and proportion of students entering at least 3 A levels, broken down by the number of A level entries in the Bolsover constituency and the bordering constituencies of Amber Valley, Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, Mansfield, North East Derbyshire, and Rother Valley.
There were zero A level students in the Bolsover constituency in the 2023/24 academic year.
Data is based on students attending schools and colleges located in, rather than those resident in, each constituency who have reached the end of 16-18 study.
Asked by: Natalie Fleet (Labour - Bolsover)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of 18-year-olds have taken (a) three or (b) more A-levels in (i) Bolsover constituency, (ii) Derbyshire and (iii) England in each of the last five academic years.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell
The attached table shows the number and proportion of students entering at least three A levels in England, the Bolsover constituency and the Derbyshire local authority over the past five academic years, broken down by the number of A level entries.
There were zero A level students in the Bolsover constituency in the years in question.
Data is based on students attending schools and colleges located in each geographic area who have reached the end of 16-18 study.
Asked by: Natalie Fleet (Labour - Bolsover)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of key stage four students who completed their GCSEs went on to each destination in (a) Bolsover, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England in each of the last five academic years for which data is available.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell
The department publishes information on the percentage of pupils continuing to a sustained education, apprenticeship or employment destination in England in the year after completing key stage 4 study (after year 11) from state-funded mainstream schools.
The data in the links below contain the data requested.
Derbyshire: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/d0be6793-1dd3-41a7-800e-08dd45163c72.
Asked by: Natalie Fleet (Labour - Bolsover)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of parliamentary constituencies in England do not have sixth form provision within their constituency boundaries.
Answered by Janet Daby
Information on each educational establishment in England is available on the Get Information About Schools service, which is available here: https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/. In particular, the establishment fields download indicates which establishments have a sixth form and the parliamentary constituency they are in, available here: https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Downloads.