A Bill to make provision about the safeguarding and welfare of children; about support for children in care or leaving care; about regulation of care workers; about regulation of establishments and agencies under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000; about employment of children; about breakfast club provision and school uniform; about attendance of children at school; about regulation of independent educational institutions; about inspections of schools and colleges; about teacher misconduct; about Academies and teachers at Academies; repealing section 128 of the Education Act 2002; about school places and admissions; about establishing new schools; and for connected purposes.
Asked by: Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to evaluate the recommendations of the 2024 School Teachers’ Review Body report.
Answered by Damian Hinds
The School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) makes recommendations on the pay of teachers in England and reports to my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, and my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister.
As part of the normal process, the STRB has now submitted its recommendations to the government on teacher pay for 2024/25. The government will publish its response in due course.
Asked by: Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the 2024 School Teachers’ Review Body report.
Answered by Damian Hinds
The School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) makes recommendations on the pay of teachers in England and reports to my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, and my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister.
As part of the normal process, the STRB has now submitted its recommendations to the government on teacher pay for 2024/25. The government will publish its response in due course.
Asked by: Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the likely proportionate change in childcare providers that are (a) private, (b) voluntary and (c) independent providers by September (i) 2024 and (ii) 2025.
Answered by David Johnston
The number of private, voluntary and independent providers that are registered on the Early Years Register as of 31 March 2023 was 22,691.
The latest available data for December 2023 shows that the number of private, voluntary and independent providers that are registered on the Early Years Register was 22,490, which is 201 less than in March 2023, and a percentage change of 0.9%.
The department has not made a forecast estimation of the likely proportionate change in providers by September 2024 or September 2025.
It is important to note however that this is not an accurate measure of capacity in the sector. The latest Childcare and Early Years Provider Survey (2023) shows that the number of Early Years places has increased by 40,000 in 2023 compared with 2018. At the same time, the total population of 0 to 5 year olds has declined by 1% per year every year from 2018 to 2022, according to the latest available Office for National Statistics data.
Asked by: Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the (a) number and (b) percentage of (i) private, (ii) voluntary and (iii) independent childcare providers has changed since March 2023.
Answered by David Johnston
The number of private, voluntary and independent providers that are registered on the Early Years Register as of 31 March 2023 was 22,691.
The latest available data for December 2023 shows that the number of private, voluntary and independent providers that are registered on the Early Years Register was 22,490, which is 201 less than in March 2023, and a percentage change of 0.9%.
The department has not made a forecast estimation of the likely proportionate change in providers by September 2024 or September 2025.
It is important to note however that this is not an accurate measure of capacity in the sector. The latest Childcare and Early Years Provider Survey (2023) shows that the number of Early Years places has increased by 40,000 in 2023 compared with 2018. At the same time, the total population of 0 to 5 year olds has declined by 1% per year every year from 2018 to 2022, according to the latest available Office for National Statistics data.
Asked by: Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to count the number of staff working in the early years and childcare sector.
Answered by David Johnston
The department collects information on the overall size of the workforce through its regular Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers, which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2023.
The latest data from this survey was published in December 2023 and showed the number of paid staff working in the early years sector had increased by 13,000 in 2023 alone.