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Written Question
Schools: Standards
Monday 10th November 2014

Asked by: Lord Trefgarne (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to withdraw practical courses in agriculture and horticulture from assessment towards school league tables.

Answered by Lord Nash

The Government has no such plans. There are 20 qualifications in agriculture, countryside management and environment sustainability for 16-19 year olds that meet the Government’s quality standards for reporting in school and college performance tables. The Department for Education is currently considering qualifications for teaching from September 2015, and we are hopeful that new land-based provision will be approved against our standards for 14-16 year olds.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 15 Mar 2012
Education: Engineering

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To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will reconsider their decision to downgrade the engineering diploma to one GCSE equivalent...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 15 Mar 2012
Education: Engineering

"My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper. I need to declare an interest: I am the former chairman of SEMTA, previously the Engineering Training Authority...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 15 Mar 2012
Education: Engineering

"My Lords, while I understand the arguments put by my noble friend, is he aware that the proposition on the engineering diploma has received the condemnation of providers, regulators and employers alike, and now of the Business Secretary himself? Will the noble Lord therefore please reconsider?..."
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