Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the increase in the schools budget from £35 billion to £39 billion announced in the Spending Review 2010 included Early Years Entitlement funding under the Dedicated Schools Grant.
Answered by David Laws
The real terms increase in the schools budget set out at Spending Review 2010 did not include early education funding. However, funding for early education has increased by over £1 billion from 2010-11 to 2014-15, following the continued entitlement to 15 hours of free early education per week for all three and four-year-olds and the roll-out of the new entitlement for disadvantaged two-year-olds.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many independent careers advisers were employed by schools in academic years (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14.
Answered by Nick Boles
The Department for Education publishes data on the number of staff in schools with the role of careers adviser, but not on independent careers advisers employed by schools.
Schools were placed under a statutory duty to secure independent careers guidance for pupils in September 2012. Schools can retain in-house arrangements for providing careers guidance but must combine this with support from external sources to meet their legal requirements. Statutory guidance underpinning the duty is clear that this should include face-to-face guidance where it is the most suitable support for young people to make successful transitions.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people started the National Professional Qualification for Headship in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
Answered by David Laws
a) In financial year 2009/10 1466 people commenced the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) programme.
b) In financial year 2010/11 1464 people commenced the NPQH programme.
c) In financial year 2011/12 1981 people commenced the NPQH programme.
There are two NPQH application rounds per annum.
NPQH has a learning journey of 12-18 months and therefore participants commencing during one financial year may not present for the final assessment for a further two financial years.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people (a) applied for and (b) completed the National Professional Qualification for Headship in financial years (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12, (iv) 2012-13 and (v) 2013-14.
Answered by David Laws
a) In financial year 2009/10 1620 people applied for the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) and 1089 graduated from the programme.
b) In financial year 2010/11 1573 people applied for NPQH and 1345 graduated from the programme.
c) In financial year 2011/12 2591 people applied for NPQH and 1165 graduated from the programme
d) In financial year 2012/13 1532 people applied for NPQH and 120 graduated from the programme.
e) In financial year 2013/14 1262 people applied for NPQH and 194 graduated from the programme.
There are two NPQH application rounds per annum. NPQH has a learning journey of 12-18 months and therefore participants commencing during one financial year may not present for the final assessment for a further two financial years.
In order to commence NPQH applicants take part in a two-stage assessment process, where they are required to demonstrate a range of leadership competencies showing their readiness for headship. Those deemed not ready to progress onto the programme at first application, following the overall assessment, ranges between 10% and 25% (depending on the quality of applications during any one intake round).
NPQH is no longer mandatory for first time serving headteachers, as the mandatory status was withdrawn in February 2012, this allows multiple routes for senior school leaders to secure headteacher positions.
NPQH was last reviewed in 2012/13 following the government white paper ‘The importance of teaching’ 2012.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people applied for the National Professional Qualification for Headship in the first half of financial year 2014-15.
Answered by David Laws
National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) is no longer mandatory. 394 people applied for the NPQH in the first half of the financial year 2014/15.
Evidence from previous NPQH application rounds demonstrates fewer people apply for NPQH in the first round of applications than the second round, as the commencement date for the second round aligns with the start of a new academic year.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers retired (a) due to age, (b) due to health problems and (c) prematurely from publicly-funded schools in 2012-13.
Answered by David Laws
The following table provides the number of teachers who were awarded age, ill-health and premature retirement benefits from the Teachers’ Pensions Scheme in 2012-13 and whose last recorded service was in a publicly funded school in England.
Age retirements | 9,970 |
Ill health retirements | 440 |
Premature retirements [1] | 8,190 |
Total | 18,600 |
Source: Teachers’ Pensioner Statistical System.
Figures are provisional and are rounded to the nearest 10.
[1] Includes premature and actuarially reduced awards of pension benefits.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of how many additional teachers will be needed in each year to 2020.
Answered by David Laws
The following table provides estimates for the number of teachers needed in each academic year from 2016/17 to 2020/21. This need for teachers will be met through a combination of new trainees, those returning to the profession and those entering the state-funded sector in England for the first time.
2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | |
Primary | 30,200 | 29,200 | 28,400 | 27,200 | 28,000 |
Secondary | 23,500 | 24,200 | 24,900 | 25,100 | 24,500 |
Source: Teacher Supply Model
The Department for Education uses the Teacher Supply Model (TSM) to calculate the optimum number of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) places required to match the future supply of teachers to the estimated demand for qualified teachers within the state-funded sector in England. The National College of Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) use this information to inform their allocation of ITT places to teacher training providers.
The estimates for the future demand for teachers use the projected number of pupils in schools, assumed Pupil Teacher Ratios (PTRs) and our best estimates for the number of teachers required to implement the Department’s policy initiatives. The model also takes into account other flows within the existing stock of teachers such as those leaving the profession or retiring as well as those expected to return to teaching in the state-funded sector.
The Department forecasts the need for teacher trainees one year in advance in line with the annual ITT allocation decisions. However, the TSM also forecasts teacher demand over ten years to provide an overview of long term trends.
Whilst the Department estimates future teacher demand, decision-making taken at school level determines the actual number of teachers required. As with any forecast, the uncertainty increases the further we look into the future.
The Department has published estimates of teacher demand in part 1 of the TSM, which is published online at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time teachers retired from publicly-funded schools in 2012-13.
Answered by David Laws
The following table provides the number of full and part-time teachers who were awarded retirement benefits from the Teachers’ Pensions Scheme in 2012-13 and whose last recorded service was in a publicly funded school in England.
Full-time | 9,250 |
Part-time | 4,250 |
Unknown [1] | 5,100 |
Total | 18,600 |
Source: Teachers’ Pensioner Statistical System.
Figures are provisional and are rounded to the nearest 10.
[1] Type of last service is unknown as the teacher left service sometime before the pension award.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers are no longer in service in the English publicly-funded schools sector and did not receive a pension in 2012-13.
Answered by David Laws
The Department for Education does not hold the specific data requested. However, the scheme administrator for the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) holds data on the number of individuals who have participated in the scheme in the past but are now deferred (have ceased to be in pensionable service but have not yet accessed benefits).
While the TPS data includes teachers whose last recorded service was in a publicly funded school in England, it also covers those whose last service was in Wales or in other establishments covered by the Scheme (for example further and higher education establishments). I have asked the TPS administrator to provide a breakdown of the data on deferred members that excludes those whose last service was in Wales, or in a non-publicly-funded school sector establishment, or where the member reached their normal pension age by 2012, and will place a copy of the final results in the library of the House.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which free schools opened in September 2014; and how many children were enrolled at each such school at the time they opened.
Answered by Edward Timpson
77 new free schools opened in September 2014. The names of the schools are published online at:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-schools-open-schools-and-successful-applications
The Department for Education does not collect data on the numbers of pupils enrolled at each free school on the day it opens. However, every free school is closely monitored both before it opens and again during the autumn term to ensure it has a sufficient number of pupils to make it viable. As in previous years, the Department’s annual collection of pupil numbers will take place in January and we will publish the data for every school in the country in summer 2015.