Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 15 Nov 2022
Mathematical Sciences: Contribution to Society
"The right hon. Gentleman has made his point, and I have made the point that UKRI has an un-ringfenced approach in how it allocates its investments. It is important to allow that institution discretion to determine how it allocates its funding. Of course, fundamental foundational research in mathematical sciences goes …..."Nick Gibb - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 01 Nov 2022
Religious Education in Modern Britain
"It is a pleasure to debate this important subject under your beady eye, Dame Maria. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Cleethorpes (Martin Vickers) on securing the debate.
Quality religious education is an important part of a knowledge-rich curriculum. It ensures that all pupils understand the value and …..."Nick Gibb - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 01 Nov 2022
Religious Education in Modern Britain
"The hon. Member makes an important point—those are common features of the world’s major religions—but obviously RE and education is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland.
RE is part of each school’s basic or wider curriculum. While academies, free schools and most maintained schools designated as having a religious character …..."Nick Gibb - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 01 Nov 2022
Religious Education in Modern Britain
"I will keep that idea under consideration. We have already issued guidance about the teaching of religious education in schools.
Regardless of whether teachers are following a locally agreed syllabus for RE or one designed by their own school or a multi-academy trust, ensuring that they have access to high-quality …..."Nick Gibb - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 01 Nov 2022
Religious Education in Modern Britain
"My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and we have clear guidance to schools about mentoring and continuous professional development. The early career framework was implemented to help teachers in the first two years of their career to make sure they have the right mentoring and training so that they can …..."Nick Gibb - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 01 Nov 2022
Religious Education in Modern Britain
"My right hon. Friend will recall that when that decision was taken by my right hon. Friend the Member for East Hampshire (Damian Hinds), Catholic schools were encouraged to use the voluntary aided route to establish a new school. Of course, we will continue to keep all these issues under …..."Nick Gibb - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 01 Nov 2022
Religious Education in Modern Britain
"I would be delighted to meet my hon. Friend. I pay tribute to her for the superb work she does in her role as special envoy. I would also be delighted to meet my hon. Friend the Member for Cleethorpes and the RE Policy Unit to discuss these issues further. …..."Nick Gibb - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 24th October 2022
Asked by:
Nick Gibb (Conservative - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress he has made in moving from a National Funding Formula for schools to a direct funding formula.
Answered by Jonathan Gullis
The Government remains firmly committed to completing our reforms to the national school funding system, and introducing a direct national funding formula.
This will mean that each mainstream school is allocated funding on the same basis, wherever it is in the country, and every child can be given the same opportunities, based on a consistent assessment of their needs.
The Department is moving carefully towards the direct national funding formula over the coming years, working with the sector to ensure that the transition is a smooth one. From 2023-24, local authorities will have to move their own funding formulae closer to the national funding formula as part of our step-by-step approach to transition. Local minimum funding guarantee protections will remain in place to maintain stability for schools and protect them from sudden drops in pupil-led per-pupil funding.
We are also continuing to develop the schools national funding formula to allocate funding nationally in line with our recent consultation: https://consult.education.gov.uk/funding-policy-unit/implementing-the-direct-national-funding-formula/supporting_documents/Implementing%20the%20direct%20national%20funding%20formula%20%20government%20consultation.pdf. The Department's response will be published in due course.
The Department will also provide an update on the Schools Bill in due course.
Written Question
Wednesday 13th July 2022
Asked by:
Nick Gibb (Conservative - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the form entitled Model articles of association for academy trusts, published on 3 January 2013, whether it remains his policy that the maximum aggregate number of votes exercisable by local authority associated persons should not exceed 19.9 per cent of the total number of votes exercisable by Members in general meeting.
Answered by Will Quince
The most recent model articles of association for use by mainstream academies, last updated on 30 June 2021 states:
“Notwithstanding the number of Members from time to time, the maximum aggregate number of votes exercisable by Local Authority Associated Persons shall never exceed 19.9% of the total number of votes exercisable by Members in general meeting and the votes of the other Members having a right to vote at the meeting will be increased on a pro-rata basis.”
This remains the department’s policy position, and we have no plans to change this approach for most types of academy trusts.
The department is testing an approach to allow local authorities to establish new multi academy trusts, where there is a need, to which the above limit on local authority Associated Persons shall not apply. We will, however, require at least one member to be independent of any association with the local authority. We will work with a small number of local authorities to test the concept. Local authority-established multi-academy trusts will be subject to the same oversight and, where necessary, intervention as all trusts. More information about this policy can be found in the registration of interest document, here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-established-mats-registration-of-interest.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 May 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"24. What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of maths teaching in primary schools. ..."Nick Gibb - View Speech
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