Asked by: Karen Lumley (Conservative - Redditch)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools currently teach water safety education.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The Government is fully committed to ensuring young people learn to swim and stay safe in water. In reforming the national curriculum, the new physical education (PE) programme of study, including the specifications for swimming and water safety, were developed through consultation with subject experts and teachers. The draft programme of study was subject to statutory consultation from 7 February to 16 April 2013.
Swimming and water safety is compulsory for primary-aged children in maintained schools; the national curriculum specifically states that pupils should be taught to perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations. The programme of study for PE is available online here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-physical-education-programmes-of-study.
Asked by: Karen Lumley (Conservative - Redditch)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the feasibility of teaching water safety education in schools as a distinct topic from the national curriculum requirement for schools to teach children to swim.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The Government is fully committed to ensuring young people learn to swim and stay safe in water. In reforming the national curriculum, the new physical education (PE) programme of study, including the specifications for swimming and water safety, were developed through consultation with subject experts and teachers. The draft programme of study was subject to statutory consultation from 7 February to 16 April 2013.
Swimming and water safety is compulsory for primary-aged children in maintained schools; the national curriculum specifically states that pupils should be taught to perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations. The programme of study for PE is available online here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-physical-education-programmes-of-study.
Asked by: Karen Lumley (Conservative - Redditch)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the Philips HeartStart FRx devices on which her Department negotiated a discounted price have been sold to which schools.
Answered by David Laws
As of 23 January 2015, 124 confirmed orders had been placed for a total of 168 automated external defibrillators (AEDs). The list of schools as provided by NHS Supply Chain is as follows:
School name | Number of devices purchased |
Aquinas College | 1 |
Archbishop Holgate’s School | 1 |
Aylesford Primary School | 1 |
Belgrave St Bartholomew’s Academy | 1 |
Bishop Wordsworth’s School | 1 |
Bishopshalt School | 1 |
Bordesley Green Girls’ School and Sixth Form, Birmigham | 1 |
Bourne Westfield Primary Academy | 1 |
Brighton, Hove & Sussex Sixth Form College (BHASVIC) | 2 |
Brockhill Park Performing Arts College | 1 |
Brookfields School, Reading | 1 |
Bure Park Primary School, Bicester | 1 |
Buxton School | 1 |
Canada Hill Community Primary School | 1 |
Carmel College, Darlington | 5 |
Carshalton Boys Sports College | 2 |
Castle Batch Community Primary School | 1 |
Charter Academy, Southsea | 1 |
Chesham Grammar School | 1 |
Cheshunt School | 1 |
Chesswood Middle School | 1 |
Christ Church (Erith) C of E Primary School (part of Trinitas Academy Trust) | 1 |
Cirencester Deer Park School | 1 |
Clements Community Primary School, Suffolk | 1 |
Cloughwood Academy | 1 |
Colebourne Primary School and Beaufort School, Birmingham | 1 |
Darlington School of Mathematics and Science | 1 |
Dean Field Community Primary School | 1 |
Downsway Primary School | 1 |
Downsway Primary School | 1 |
Elmlea Junior School | 1 |
Energy Coast UTC, Workington | 1 |
Fair Furlong Primary School, Bristol | 1 |
Francis Baily Primary School | 1 |
Greasley Beauvale Primary School | 1 |
Great Torrington School, Devon | 1 |
Greig City Academy, Hornsey | 2 |
Grey Court School | 1 |
Gunnersbury Catholic School, Middlesex | 2 |
Hadrian Academy, Dunstable | 1 |
Harris Academy Battersea | 1 |
Harris Academy South Norwood | 2 |
Harris Primary Academy Benson | 1 |
Harris Primary Academy Crystal Palace | 1 |
Harris Primary Academy Kenley | 1 |
Hawkes Farm Primary School | 1 |
Hayes Park School | 1 |
Hayes School, Bromley | 1 |
Highfield Primary School, Leeds | 1 |
Holy Cross RC Primary School, Nottingham | 1 |
Holy Trinity Primary School, Calderdale | 1 |
Invicta Grammar School | 1 |
Kesgrave High School | 1 |
Kingsdale Foundation School | 3 |
Kirk Hallam Community Academy | 3 |
Lakey Lane Primary School | 1 |
Lancaster and Morecambe College | 1 |
Langmoor Primary School | 1 |
Linwood School | 2 |
Little Mead Primary Academy | 1 |
Long Toft Primary School | 1 |
Longfield Academy Trust, Darlington | 2 |
Moor Park High School and Sixth Form | 1 |
New Charter Academy, Ashton | 2 |
Newlaithes Infant School | 1 |
Nonsuch High School for Girls | 2 |
Oakwood Primary School | 9 |
Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy | 1 |
Ormiston Sudbury Academy | 1 |
Outwood Grange Academies Trust | 11 |
Park Primary School, Doncaster | 1 |
Parson Street Primary School | 1 |
Pennine Way Junior Academy | 1 |
Queen Mary’s School, Thirsk | 1 |
Rednock School, Gloucestershire | 1 |
Robert Sandilands Primary School and Nursery | 1 |
Rushcliffe School | 1 |
Rye Hills School | 1 |
Ryefield Primary School | 1 |
Sandhurst Junior School | 1 |
Sandroyd School | 1 |
Shoeburyness High School | 1 |
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School | 1 |
Sir Herbert Leon Academy, Milton Keynes | 1 |
Sir Robert Geffery’s School | 1 |
South Molton Community College | 1 |
South Wilts Grammar School for Girls | 1 |
Springfields Academy | 1 |
St Agatha’s Catholic Primary School | 1 |
St Aloysius’ College, London | 1 |
St Augustine of Canterbury CofE Primary School (part of Trinitas Academy Trust) | 1 |
St Crispin’s School, Wokingham | 1 |
St James’ Catholic Primary School, Birmingham | 1 |
St Joseph’s College, Staffs | 4 |
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bishop’s Stortford | 1 |
St Margaret’s Academy | 1 |
St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School | 1 |
Stanhope Primary School, Tyne and Wear | 1 |
Stanley Park Infants’ School | 1 |
Stewards Academy | 2 |
Summerlea Community Primary School | 1 |
The Bishop of Winchester Academy, Bournemouth | 1 |
The Bromfords School and Sixth Form College | 1 |
The Bulmershe School | 1 |
The Education Village | 3 |
The Hollington Primary Academy | 1 |
The John Fisher School | 2 |
The Latimer Primary School, Leicestershire | 1 |
The Rydale Academy, Darlington | 1 |
The Skinners’ School | 1 |
Thomas Estley Community College | 1 |
Tong High School | 1 |
Treviglas Community College | 1 |
Vyners School | 2 |
Waterloo Primary Academy, Blackpool | 2 |
West Twyford Primary School | 1 |
Westdale Junior School | 1 |
Whitburn Church of England Academy | 1 |
Wingfield Academy | 1 |
Witham St Hughs Academy | 1 |
Woodbridge High School | 1 |
Woodford Primary School | 1 |
Woodville CofE Junior School | 1 |
Wyvern College, Eastleigh | 1 |
To help schools in considering whether to purchase these potentially life-saving devices, the Department for Education has also published advice on installing and maintaining AEDs on school premises. This advice is available online at:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/automated-external-defibrillators-aeds-in-schools.
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Asked by: Karen Lumley (Conservative - Redditch)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the role of schools in encouraging pupils to consider apprenticeships post-16.
Answered by Nick Boles
Schools are legally required to secure independent careers guidance for 12- to 18-year-olds that includes information on the full range of education and training options, including apprenticeships.
In 2013, Ofsted’s study of the early implementation of this duty found that apprenticeships were rarely promoted effectively, especially in schools with sixth forms.
The Government has published new statutory guidance and departmental advice on careers guidance and inspiration, informed by the Ofsted study, which is effective from September 2014. This provides a clear framework and practical support for schools to help them inspire their pupils about the options open to them. The guidance is clear that schools should give employers and other providers delivering apprenticeships the opportunity to inform pupils directly about what they offer. It emphasises that apprenticeships and university offer two equally effective routes to a successful career.
Ofsted is now giving careers guidance a higher priority in school inspections and we will work with them to monitor carefully the impact of the statutory guidance and the wider improvements that the Government has put in place.