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Written Question
Schools: Inspections
Wednesday 1st February 2023

Asked by: Tom Randall (Conservative - Gedling)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the impact of the closure of schools during the covid-19 outbreak on the regularity of Ofsted inspections.

Answered by Nick Gibb

Ofsted’s routine school inspections were paused in March 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The suspension of routine school inspections was lifted on 28 April 2021. Whilst some graded inspections took place during the 2021 summer term, Ofsted returned to its full programme of routine school inspections in September 2021.

In November 2021, Ofsted announced its aim to inspect every state funded school by the end of summer 2025, so that every school will have at least one inspection between May 2021 and July 2025. Ofsted is confident it can meet this target.

Written Question
Schools: Inspections
Monday 30th January 2023

Asked by: Tom Randall (Conservative - Gedling)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what percentage of schools rated good or outstanding by Ofsted were inspected again within four years as recommended by Department for Education guidance in (a) Gedling, (b) Nottinghamshire, (c) the East Midlands and (d) England.

Answered by Nick Gibb

This is a matter for His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the hon. Member for Gedling directly and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Nov 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"T7. My teenage constituents Amy and Ella Meek created the charity Kids Against Plastic to campaign against the use of plastic, and they are currently running the very successful Plastic Clever Schools initiative to encourage schools to reduce plastic usage. Their work was recognised at the weekend, when they were …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 29 Oct 2021
Childcare Bill

"I suppose that usually the menopause follows childcare, but we seem to be doing it the other way round. None the less, I hope that we will find agreement on this subject as we did on the previous one. I join others across the House in congratulating the hon. Member …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 21 Oct 2020
Free School Meals

"Free school meals have been part of the education system for more than a century, and they are and have always been intended to be an additional support on school days in term time. Lockdown disrupted education in a way that we probably have not seen since the war. The …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Oct 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

" What recent steps he has taken to help ensure that universities can deliver safe (a) teaching and (b) student services during the covid-19 outbreak. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Oct 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"A constituent of mine who is also an associate lecturer at Nottingham Trent University wrote to me to say that a safe start to the new academic year would be a boost in a year that has been awful in so many ways. Why was it important to reopen universities? …..."
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Written Question
Pupils: Per Capita Costs
Monday 20th January 2020

Asked by: Tom Randall (Conservative - Gedling)

Question to the Department for Education:

What plans the Government has to increase the level of per pupil funding.

Answered by Nick Gibb

Next year, our National Funding Formula is delivering an average increase in per pupil funding of 4.2%, while ensuring that pupil-led funding for every school can rise at least in line with inflation. We are levelling up the lowest funding schools to receive minimum per pupil amounts of £3,750 at primary and £5,000 at secondary.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Jan 2020
Education and Local Government

"It is a pleasure to follow my constituency neighbour, the hon. Member for Nottingham North (Alex Norris). This is my maiden speech and I reflect on the fact that many seek election to this House, but most do not succeed. Of those who do, many do not have the opportunity …..."
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