Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Mar 2019
Special Educational Needs: Wiltshire
"Society can be judged by the quality of the provision it makes for its most vulnerable members. I therefore welcome this opportunity to raise the situation of vulnerable people in my constituency, particularly those who have special educational needs.
Last week, the consultation ended on Wiltshire Council’s plans for a …..."Andrew Murrison - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Mar 2019
Special Educational Needs: Wiltshire
"I of course agree with the hon. Gentleman. I was once a governor at a special school, before I was elected. If I reflect on the provision then and the provision now, I am quite clear that matters have improved, but that does not mean to say that we should …..."Andrew Murrison - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Mar 2019
Special Educational Needs: Wiltshire
"I am particularly grateful for my hon. Friend’s presence here today, and the presence of my hon. Friend the Member for Chippenham. I join my hon. Friend the Member for North Wiltshire (James Gray) in welcoming the extra money that is going into special educational needs, and I commend the …..."Andrew Murrison - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Mar 2019
Special Educational Needs: Wiltshire
"I expect the council to respond to the consultation fully and openly, and I expect it to be prepared to change course in accordance with the intent and the ethos of the 2014 legislation.
I extend an invitation to the Minister to visit Wiltshire to see the good work that …..."Andrew Murrison - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 31st January 2017
Asked by:
Andrew Murrison (Conservative - South West Wiltshire)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Ofsted on (a) recent closures of nurseries due to safety concerns and (b) the effectiveness of (i) pre-scheduled and unscheduled site inspections.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
I recently met Ofsted’s Deputy Director for Early Years to discuss a range of issues on the regulation of childcare, including inspection arrangements and the quality standards of childcare providers. Departmental officials have regular business meetings with the Ofsted early years team and brief me on all developments as appropriate.
Departmental Ministers discussed and agreed the new system of inspections with Ofsted prior to Ofsted launching the Common Inspection Framework in September 2015. The framework covers the arrangements for both scheduled inspections and unscheduled inspections based on an assessment of risk. The framework and inspection guidance can be viewed on Ofsted’s website from the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/common-inspection-framework-education-skills-and-early-years-from-september-2015
Written Question
Tuesday 31st January 2017
Asked by:
Andrew Murrison (Conservative - South West Wiltshire)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to involve private sector childcare providers in assessing the efficacy of free childcare funding.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The Department is developing plans to monitor the implementation of 30 hours of free childcare. We have been clear that getting the funding right is critical to successful delivery of this new entitlement and this is why we are introducing an early years national funding formula and maximising the funding that goes to providers.
We will continue to use census data collections and market surveys to monitor and evaluate the childcare market, conduct longitudinal research through the Study of Early Education and Development (SEED), and undertake our long-standing, nationally representative surveys of providers and parents. We will use these to assess the impact of the free entitlement from both providers’ and parents’ perspectives.
We will also keep under review the data underpinning the early years national funding formula.
Written Question
Tuesday 31st January 2017
Asked by:
Andrew Murrison (Conservative - South West Wiltshire)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to determine the efficiency of the provision of free childcare funding.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The Department is developing plans to monitor the implementation of 30 hours of free childcare. We have been clear that getting the funding right is critical to successful delivery of this new entitlement and this is why we are introducing an early years national funding formula and maximising the funding that goes to providers.
We will continue to use census data collections and market surveys to monitor and evaluate the childcare market, conduct longitudinal research through the Study of Early Education and Development (SEED), and undertake our long-standing, nationally representative surveys of providers and parents. We will use these to assess the impact of the free entitlement from both providers’ and parents’ perspectives.
We will also keep under review the data underpinning the early years national funding formula.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Jan 2017
School Funding
"I very much support what the Secretary of State is trying to do, since Wiltshire is one of the worst-funded education authorities in the country. However, will she look again at the sparsity factor, because school governors are currently crunching the figures, and some of them are saying that they …..."Andrew Murrison - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Dec 2016
Oral Answers to Questions
"The Secretary of State will know how traumatic it is for students and teachers to get children through GCSE maths and English resits, which can often blight their post-GCSE studies. Can we have a curriculum that is vocationally based for numeracy and literacy, which would give people the skills they …..."Andrew Murrison - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Dec 2016
National Funding Formula: Schools/High Needs
"I particularly welcome the Secretary of State’s reference in her statement to sparsity and mobility. It is great news for constituencies such as mine. Does she agree that one of the most mobile pupil populations are the children of our armed forces families? How will she promote the pupil premium …..."Andrew Murrison - View Speech
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