Asked by: Harriet Harman (Labour - Camberwell and Peckham)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the change in the early years funding formula on the number of places in maintained nursery schools and nursery classes in the London Borough of Southwark.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
Maintained nursery schools make a very important contribution to social mobility. That is why, as we introduce new funding arrangements in the early years, we are providing local authorities with supplementary funding of £55m a year for their maintained nursery schools for at least two years. This will provide maintained nursery schools with stability by maintaining their current funding, and is part of our record investment in childcare – £6 billion per year by 2020.
We will say more about the funding of maintained nursery schools shortly in our response to the consultation on an Early Years National Funding Formula. We will also consult the sector on the future of maintained nursery schools, including on what happens after this two year period, in due course.
Asked by: Harriet Harman (Labour - Camberwell and Peckham)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will instruct Ofsted, when drawing up a report on a school, to consult parents who live locally but do not send their children to that school.
Answered by Nick Gibb
There are no plans for the Secretary of State to instruct Ofsted on this matter.
Asked by: Harriet Harman (Labour - Camberwell and Peckham)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the children's charity Kids Company on the provision of long-term Government funding to that charity.
Answered by Edward Timpson
Responsibility for coordinating central government funding to Kids Company was transferred from the Department for Education to the Cabinet Office in April 2013. Details of ministerial meetings will be published in the department’s quarterly returns in due course.
Asked by: Harriet Harman (Labour - Camberwell and Peckham)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of primary pupils from each region have engaged with (a) theatre activities, (b) music activities, (c) dance and (d) other arts in each year since 2009-10.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
The Department for Education does not collect this specific information.
All primary pupils in maintained schools will participate in drama, music, dance and art and design as part of the national curriculum. In addition, many pupils take part in extra curricula arts activities both inside and outside school.
Asked by: Harriet Harman (Labour - Camberwell and Peckham)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of primary pupils from (a) disadvantaged backgrounds and (b) non-disadvantaged backgrounds have engaged with (i) theatre activities, (ii) music activities, (iii) dance and (iv) other arts in each year since 2009-10.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
The Department for Education does not collect this specific information.
All primary pupils in maintained schools will participate in drama, music, dance and art and design as part of the national curriculum. In addition, many pupils take part in extra curricula arts activities both inside and outside school.