Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Mar 2017
Children and Social Work Bill [Lords]
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Mar 2017
Children and Social Work Bill [Lords]
"Who will decide what is age-appropriate, and where is there any reference in any of these provisions to the moral dimension of this very important issue?..."Gerald Howarth - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Mar 2017
Children and Social Work Bill [Lords]
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Written Question
Monday 19th December 2016
Asked by:
Gerald Howarth (Conservative - Aldershot)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students enrolled at (a) sixth form colleges and (b) school and academy sixth forms in December 2016 were eligible for free school meals at the age of 15.
Answered by Edward Timpson
Eleven per cent of academic aged 16-18 year olds who studied their highest qualification in 2014/15 at a sixth form college, were eligible for free school meals at academic age 15. The equivalent figure for school and academy sixth forms was ten per cent. Data for December 2016 is unavailable.
Note: This proportion is based on those where the FSM status at 15 is known.
Source: Department for Education’s Young Person’s Matched Administrative Dataset.
Written Question
Monday 19th December 2016
Asked by:
Gerald Howarth (Conservative - Aldershot)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average GCSE score is of students currently enrolled at (a) sixth form colleges and (b) school and academy sixth forms in England.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The requested information for pupils at the end of Key Stage 5 in the academic year 2014/15 is given in the following table:
Average GCSE Attainment[1],[2] of pupils at the end of key stage 5 in 2015 by school type |
School type | Number of eligible pupils[3] | Average capped[4] GCSE and equivalents point score per pupil | Percentage of students achieving 5A*-C in English and mathematics GCSEs including equivalents |
Sixth form colleges | 64,579 | 381.2 | 81.7 |
All state-funded schools[5] | 181,223 | 390.8 | 84.1 |
Source 16-18 attainment data
[1]In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of key stage 4 performance measures data: 1) Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations which: restrict the qualifications counted; prevent any qualification from counting as larger than one GCSE; and cap the number of non-GCSEs included in performance measures at two per pupil, and 2) an early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification, in subjects counted in the English Baccalaureate. Consequently, the numbers supplied prior to 2013/14 are not comparable with those from 2013/14 onwards.
[2] In 2014/15, early entry policy, under which only a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification is counted in performance measures, was extended to all subjects.
[3] Covers students at the end of advanced level study who were entered for at least one substantial advanced level academic or vocational qualification in the 2014/15 academic year: substantial advanced level academic or vocational qualifications are defined as qualifications that are at least the size of an A level (180 guided learning hours per year), such as a BTEC subsidiary diploma level 3. If a vocational or academic qualification is similar in size to 2 A levels it will be counted as 2 substantial level 3 qualifications. In order to be included in this table, pupils also needed a valid end of key stage 4 record, therefore the number of eligible pupils is lower than that published in the key stage 5 SFR.
[4] Average capped point scores are calculated using the best 8 GCSE or equivalent results.
[5] Includes school and academy sixth-forms
Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Jan 2016
Out-of-school Education Settings
"I endorse everything that my hon. Friend the Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh) said. It is important to understand why we are in the Chamber today. We are here because Sir Michael Wilshaw found that the Trojan horse experience in Birmingham had exposed the most dangerous corruption of our …..."Gerald Howarth - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Jan 2016
Out-of-school Education Settings
"Indeed. Everything is being done so that the Government can pretend that they are being even-handed. We cannot be even-handed between those who do not threaten our national security and those who do. We have to be specific.
There is of course complete confusion about how the Government are approaching …..."Gerald Howarth - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Jan 2016
Out-of-school Education Settings
"My hon. Friend’s illustration exposes the complete absurdity of the whole regulatory process that the Government are seeking to introduce. I thank him for his helpful intervention.
We risk passing massive powers to Ofsted to define extremism and what constitutes British values. In conclusion, therefore, the scheme is hopelessly broad, …..."Gerald Howarth - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Jun 2015
Education and Adoption Bill
"I am extremely grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way, especially because I have not been able to hear all of her comments on the Bill. That part of the Bill concerns me. I wonder whether she can reassure me and others who are concerned about the zeal …..."Gerald Howarth - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Mar 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"I can assure my hon. Friend that in the Sixth Form college in Farnborough we have one of the finest structures in the country. However, sixth-form colleges are facing a challenge because they are eligible for VAT, unlike sixth forms in mainstream schools. Will my hon. Friend do something to …..."Gerald Howarth - View Speech
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