Asked by: Mike Kane (Labour - Wythenshawe and Sale East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the school block allocations are being released later than October in the school year.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Pre-16 maintained school and academy allocations are published each financial year for all maintained schools and academies.
The Department intends to publish the 2018-9 allocations shortly.
The publication does not have a set date and has been published in November previously.
Asked by: Mike Kane (Labour - Wythenshawe and Sale East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish the block allocation for individual maintained schools and academies for 2018-19.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Pre-16 maintained school and academy allocations are published each financial year for all maintained schools and academies.
The Department intends to publish the 2018-9 allocations shortly.
The publication does not have a set date and has been published in November previously.
Asked by: Mike Kane (Labour - Wythenshawe and Sale East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Written Statement of 24 July on Teachers Update, WS912, how will the savings from his Department’s budget to fund the teachers pay grant be made.
Answered by Nick Gibb
We are fully funding the teachers’ pay award, by providing a Teachers’ Pay Grant worth £187 million in 2018-19 and £321 million in 2019-20. This grant will be additional and separate to the funding schools receive through the national funding formula. It funds the difference between the 1% award schools would have been anticipating, under the previous public sector pay cap, and the proposed award for next year.
There will be no cuts to existing programmes to fund this grant. In setting the core schools budget, worth £42.4 billion this year and £43.5 billion next year, the Department has to make estimates around a range of factors, such as pupil numbers. The Department has now worked hard to scrutinise these forecasts and assumptions in-year, and that has allowed it to free up the funding required for the pay grant – less than 0.6% of the overall budget, over two years.
Asked by: Mike Kane (Labour - Wythenshawe and Sale East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Written Statement of 24 July 2018 on Teachers Update, WS912, when he plans to publish the funding sources for the teachers pay grant for (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20.
Answered by Nick Gibb
We are fully funding the teachers’ pay award, by providing a Teachers’ Pay Grant worth £187 million in 2018-19 and £321 million in 2019-20. This grant will be additional and separate to the funding schools receive through the national funding formula. It funds the difference between the 1% award schools would have been anticipating, under the previous public sector pay cap, and the proposed award for next year.
There will be no cuts to existing programmes to fund this grant. In setting the core schools budget, worth £42.4 billion this year and £43.5 billion next year, the Department has to make estimates around a range of factors, such as pupil numbers. The Department has now worked hard to scrutinise these forecasts and assumptions in-year, and that has allowed it to free up the funding required for the pay grant – less than 0.6% of the overall budget, over two years.
Asked by: Mike Kane (Labour - Wythenshawe and Sale East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what applications have been made to date to the Northern Powerhouse Education fund.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I have given today to Questions UIN 140737, 140738 and 140739.
Asked by: Mike Kane (Labour - Wythenshawe and Sale East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been spent in what areas and on which projects from the Northern Powerhouse Education Fund.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I have given today to Questions UIN 140737, 140738 and 140739.
Asked by: Mike Kane (Labour - Wythenshawe and Sale East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to identify an alternative trust or provider for the Isle of Wight Studio school.
Answered by Anne Milton
The department and the academy trust responsible for the Isle of Wight Studio School – the Inspire Academy Trust – both agree that the school is not viable. The school was established to be a provision for 14 to 19 year olds (years 10 to 13); however, pupil numbers are currently at only 40% of capacity, providing education for 14 to 16 year olds only (years 10 and 11).
Ormiston Academies Trust submitted a bid for emergency school improvement funding, to support to the current year 10 and 11 cohorts until 2019. Ormiston later withdrew this application, as they were not able to demonstrate that their support would be sustainable long-term.
On 28 February 2018, Inspire Academy Trust informed the Regional Schools Commissioner of its proposal to close the Isle of Wight Studio School. Prior to making an in principle decision for closure, the department explored alternative options for the future of the school. The Regional Schools Commissioner and the Inspire Academy Trust spoke to potential alternative trusts about sponsoring the studio school. However, the long-term viability of the school presented challenges to finding a trust willing to proceed.
The department is considering responses to the listening period, which ended on 22 May. A final decision on the closure of the school will be made in light of these, and to ensure that the educational provision on the island is of the highest quality and provides genuine value.
Revenue and capital costs associated with the studio schools are published on GOV.UK at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenue-spending-on-open-and-withdrawn-utcs-and-studio-schools and https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-funding-for-open-free-schools.
Additional, updated revenue and capital costs for individual free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools are due to be published in the coming months.
Asked by: Mike Kane (Labour - Wythenshawe and Sale East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Schools Commissioner was first informed of the intention to close Studio School Isle of Wight.
Answered by Anne Milton
The department and the academy trust responsible for the Isle of Wight Studio School – the Inspire Academy Trust – both agree that the school is not viable. The school was established to be a provision for 14 to 19 year olds (years 10 to 13); however, pupil numbers are currently at only 40% of capacity, providing education for 14 to 16 year olds only (years 10 and 11).
Ormiston Academies Trust submitted a bid for emergency school improvement funding, to support to the current year 10 and 11 cohorts until 2019. Ormiston later withdrew this application, as they were not able to demonstrate that their support would be sustainable long-term.
On 28 February 2018, Inspire Academy Trust informed the Regional Schools Commissioner of its proposal to close the Isle of Wight Studio School. Prior to making an in principle decision for closure, the department explored alternative options for the future of the school. The Regional Schools Commissioner and the Inspire Academy Trust spoke to potential alternative trusts about sponsoring the studio school. However, the long-term viability of the school presented challenges to finding a trust willing to proceed.
The department is considering responses to the listening period, which ended on 22 May. A final decision on the closure of the school will be made in light of these, and to ensure that the educational provision on the island is of the highest quality and provides genuine value.
Revenue and capital costs associated with the studio schools are published on GOV.UK at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenue-spending-on-open-and-withdrawn-utcs-and-studio-schools and https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-funding-for-open-free-schools.
Additional, updated revenue and capital costs for individual free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools are due to be published in the coming months.
Asked by: Mike Kane (Labour - Wythenshawe and Sale East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding the Studio School Isle of Wight has received since it was opened.
Answered by Anne Milton
The department and the academy trust responsible for the Isle of Wight Studio School – the Inspire Academy Trust – both agree that the school is not viable. The school was established to be a provision for 14 to 19 year olds (years 10 to 13); however, pupil numbers are currently at only 40% of capacity, providing education for 14 to 16 year olds only (years 10 and 11).
Ormiston Academies Trust submitted a bid for emergency school improvement funding, to support to the current year 10 and 11 cohorts until 2019. Ormiston later withdrew this application, as they were not able to demonstrate that their support would be sustainable long-term.
On 28 February 2018, Inspire Academy Trust informed the Regional Schools Commissioner of its proposal to close the Isle of Wight Studio School. Prior to making an in principle decision for closure, the department explored alternative options for the future of the school. The Regional Schools Commissioner and the Inspire Academy Trust spoke to potential alternative trusts about sponsoring the studio school. However, the long-term viability of the school presented challenges to finding a trust willing to proceed.
The department is considering responses to the listening period, which ended on 22 May. A final decision on the closure of the school will be made in light of these, and to ensure that the educational provision on the island is of the highest quality and provides genuine value.
Revenue and capital costs associated with the studio schools are published on GOV.UK at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenue-spending-on-open-and-withdrawn-utcs-and-studio-schools and https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-funding-for-open-free-schools.
Additional, updated revenue and capital costs for individual free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools are due to be published in the coming months.
Asked by: Mike Kane (Labour - Wythenshawe and Sale East)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the local authority has a statutory duty to assist in finding an alternative provider for the Studio School Isle of Wight.
Answered by Anne Milton
The department and the academy trust responsible for the Isle of Wight Studio School – the Inspire Academy Trust – both agree that the school is not viable. The school was established to be a provision for 14 to 19 year olds (years 10 to 13); however, pupil numbers are currently at only 40% of capacity, providing education for 14 to 16 year olds only (years 10 and 11).
Ormiston Academies Trust submitted a bid for emergency school improvement funding, to support to the current year 10 and 11 cohorts until 2019. Ormiston later withdrew this application, as they were not able to demonstrate that their support would be sustainable long-term.
On 28 February 2018, Inspire Academy Trust informed the Regional Schools Commissioner of its proposal to close the Isle of Wight Studio School. Prior to making an in principle decision for closure, the department explored alternative options for the future of the school. The Regional Schools Commissioner and the Inspire Academy Trust spoke to potential alternative trusts about sponsoring the studio school. However, the long-term viability of the school presented challenges to finding a trust willing to proceed.
The department is considering responses to the listening period, which ended on 22 May. A final decision on the closure of the school will be made in light of these, and to ensure that the educational provision on the island is of the highest quality and provides genuine value.
Revenue and capital costs associated with the studio schools are published on GOV.UK at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revenue-spending-on-open-and-withdrawn-utcs-and-studio-schools and https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-funding-for-open-free-schools.
Additional, updated revenue and capital costs for individual free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools are due to be published in the coming months.