Asked by: Jonathan Gullis (Conservative - Stoke-on-Trent North)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2022 to Question 80958 on Grammar Schools, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing legislative restrictions on the establishment of new grammar schools; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department maintains a diversity of schools and wants grammar schools to continue to play an important role within the education system.
The Department’s priority is to concentrate on ensuring that as many children as possible, whatever their ability, have access to an outstanding education, rather than creating more grammar schools.
Asked by: Jonathan Gullis (Conservative - Stoke-on-Trent North)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing legislative restrictions on the establishment of new grammar schools.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department maintains a diversity of provision, including grammar schools and schools designated with a religious character, ‘faith schools’, within the English school system.
The Department does not collect data on the number of children admitted to schools under specific admission criteria, such as aptitude or ability in music, drama or dance or on the basis of their faith.
Asked by: Jonathan Gullis (Conservative - Stoke-on-Trent North)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in England were admitted to state-funded schools because of their talent in (a) music, (b) drama, and (c) dance in each of the last five years.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department maintains a diversity of provision, including grammar schools and schools designated with a religious character, ‘faith schools’, within the English school system.
The Department does not collect data on the number of children admitted to schools under specific admission criteria, such as aptitude or ability in music, drama or dance or on the basis of their faith.
Asked by: Jonathan Gullis (Conservative - Stoke-on-Trent North)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in England were admitted to schools based on their faith in the last 12 months.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department maintains a diversity of provision, including grammar schools and schools designated with a religious character, ‘faith schools’, within the English school system.
The Department does not collect data on the number of children admitted to schools under specific admission criteria, such as aptitude or ability in music, drama or dance or on the basis of their faith.
Asked by: Jonathan Gullis (Conservative - Stoke-on-Trent North)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to continue Primary PE and Sport Premium funding for the 2022-23 academic year.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department announced on 25 June 2022 that funding for the Primary PE and Sport Premium will continue at £320 million for the 2022/23 academic year.