Asked by: Royston Smith (Conservative - Southampton, Itchen)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment has she made of the impact of the English Baccalaureate on improving the educational outcomes for children on Free School Meals.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department published the outcomes of the consultation on implementing the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) on 19 July (https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/implementing-the-english-baccalaureate) alongside its EBacc equality analysis (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/english-baccalaureate-equality-analysis).
The EBacc policy aims to ensure that the vast majority of pupils, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds, take the EBacc subjects. Sutton Trust research1 found that 300 secondary schools had transformed their Key Stage 4 curriculum between 2010 and 2013 in response to Government policy, achieving a rise in the proportion of pupils entering the EBacc from 8% to 48%. It also found that pupil premium students benefitted most from the changes at these schools.
The Department publishes entries into, and achievement of, the EBacc for pupils eligible for free school meals. A time series, with the latest available information (2015/16) can be be found in the ‘characteristics summary’ tab, of the ‘characteristics national tables: SFR03/2017’ at this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2015-to-2016.
Asked by: Royston Smith (Conservative - Southampton, Itchen)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding per pupil did (a) free (b) academy (c) comprehensive, and (d) grammar schools receive in the latest period for which figures are available.
Answered by Nick Gibb
For the current financial year 2017 to 2018, the pre-16 funding for secondary pupils is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-block-funding-allocations-2017-to-2018.
Schools selective status is available at:
(https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Downloads using the ‘State-funded school fields CSV’ link).
Asked by: Royston Smith (Conservative - Southampton, Itchen)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils in receipt of free school meals attend (a) Free Schools, (b) academies, (c) comprehensives and (d) grammar schools.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The information is published in the underlying data: SFR28/2017 of the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release.
www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017.
Asked by: Royston Smith (Conservative - Southampton, Itchen)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of English Baccalaureate students went on to (a) A-levels (b) vocational study and (c) an apprenticeship in the latest period for which figures are available.
Answered by Nick Gibb
This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Royston Smith (Conservative - Southampton, Itchen)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of English Baccalaureate students in receipt of free school meals went on to (a) A-levels, (b) vocational study, and (c) an apprenticeship in the latest period for which figures are available.
Answered by Nick Gibb
This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Royston Smith (Conservative - Southampton, Itchen)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information has been issued to employers on the English Baccalaureate performance measure.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Government published the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) consultation response on 19 July 2017. It set out our ambition for 75% of year 10 pupils in state-funded mainstream schools studying GCSEs in the EBacc combination of subjects by September 2022. This is considered an important stepping stone to reaching 90% of year 10 pupils studying GCSEs in the EBacc subjects by 2025.
Changes to school performance measures, relating to the EBacc, were clearly outlined in the Government response to the EBacc consultation. This can be viewed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/implementing-the-english-baccalaureate.
A list of groups representing employers who submitted responses to the consultation on implementing the EBacc, is published in the government response to the consultation.
Asked by: Royston Smith (Conservative - Southampton, Itchen)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information has been issued to Russell Group Universities on the English Baccalaureate performance measure.
Answered by Nick Gibb
We published the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) consultation response on 19 July 2017, which sets out the Government’s ambition that 75% of year 10 pupils in state-funded mainstream schools will start to study GCSEs in the EBacc combination of subjects by September 2022, as an important stepping stone to reaching 90% of year 10 pupils studying GCSEs in the EBacc subjects by 2025.
Changes to school performance measures, relating to the EBacc, were clearly outlined in the Government response to the EBacc consultation, which can be viewed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/implementing-the-english-baccalaureate.
Asked by: Royston Smith (Conservative - Southampton, Itchen)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the proportion of students that obtain the English Baccalaureate in the last seven years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The number and proportion of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate between 2009/10 and 2016/17 can be obtained from the Department’s statistical first releases at this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4. The main tables for each year contain the required information (a time series is also available in the 2016/17 publication).
Asked by: Royston Smith (Conservative - Southampton, Itchen)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students who obtain the English Baccalaureate attend (a) state and (b) independent schools.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The number and proportion of pupils obtaining the English Baccalaureate in state-funded schools and independent schools can be obtained from the Department’s statistical first releases at this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4. The main tables for each year contain the required information.
Asked by: Royston Smith (Conservative - Southampton, Itchen)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average contribution from the public purse to each Russell Group university is for 2017-18.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Marylebone
This information is not available in the format requested.
The Higher Education Statistics Authority (HESA) is responsible for collecting and publishing official statistics on the sources of income that each university receives. This is collected retrospectively and so the latest year that financial data is available for is 2015/16. Aggregate data for the sector can be viewed here: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/publications/finances-2015-16/introduction.
Information for the 2017/18 academic year will be published by HESA in spring 2019.