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Access to Musical Education in School - Question for Short Debate (18 Oct 2023)

the Earl of Clancarty: ...arts to gain a foothold. At the heart of this constricting philosophy, of course, are the EBacc and Progress 8, which need to be removed. As the noble Lord, Lord Boateng, pointed out, since 2010, GCSE music entries have fallen by 36%—12.5% in the last year alone—and A-level music entries by 45%. Moreover, Cambridge Assessment data tells us that only 5.4% of young people from groups...

British Sign Language — [Esther McVey in the Chair] (17 Oct 2023)

Tom Pursglove: .... Again, I want Departments to set a standard that we then ask our public services, communities and society as a whole to follow. The other area that I want to provide a brief update on is the BSL GCSE, for which there is huge appetite in this House and beyond. The public consultation on it has now closed. The Government are analysing the results of the consultation and working up the...

Education: Advanced British Standard - Question (17 Oct 2023)

Baroness Barran: ...of their career and to those working in disadvantaged schools, addressing recruitment and attainment. Critically, we will spend £150 million each year to support those who do not pass their maths GCSE at 16 to gain these qualifications by the time they get to 19.

2. Business Statement and Announcement (17 Oct 2023)

Mike Hedges: ...and lip reading—the statement to include deaf children's academic success and what is going to be done to reduce the difference in academic success between deaf children and non-deaf children at GCSE.

Schools: Music, Art, Craft and Dance - Question (16 Oct 2023)

Baroness Barran: ...the noble Baroness’s concerns in perspective, I point out that if one takes into account both GCSEs and technical awards, which I know she values, just over half of students—52%—take either a GCSE or technical award. We are funding the music hubs with £79 million per annum for delivery but there is an additional £25 million fund for the purchase of musical instruments. In my Answer...

Written Ministerial Statements — Department for Education: Advanced British Standard (16 Oct 2023)

Gillian Keegan: ...to £6,000 per year tax-free.c.£150 million each year to support those students who need the most support such as those who do not currently achieve a good pass (above grade 4) in maths and English GCSE at age 16. We will also invest in English and maths for all post-16 apprentices who have not gained their Level 2 qualification, uplifting the funding rates to match the Adult Education...

1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Revised Budget Allocations ( 4 Oct 2023)

Peter Fox: ..., despite this uplift from the UK Government, the Welsh Government cut funding for education in real terms by £6.5 million compared with the previous year. Latest exam results show that our top GCSE grades have hit a four-year low, as have our GCSE pass rates. Furthermore, research by the Education Policy Institute has found that there is a wider disadvantage gap in Wales compared with...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Sustainable Development: GCSE (25 Sep 2023)

Tulip Siddiq: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing sustainability content to GCSEs.

Written Answers — Department for Education: Music: GCE A-level and GCSE (25 Sep 2023)

Lord Black of Brentwood: To ask His Majesty's Government how many entries there were for (1) GCSE, and (2) A level, in music for each of the past five years for which figures are available; and of these, how many entries were from (a) fee-paying schools, and (b) the maintained sector.

Written Answers — Department for Education: Pupils: Social Services (25 Sep 2023)

the Bishop of Durham: To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the educational attainment and GCSE results of children who interact with the children’s social care system.

Children’s Social Care Implementation Strategy (Public Services Committee Report) - Motion to Take Note (20 Sep 2023)

Lord Hampton: ...subject, where the consequences of these decisions are often manifest. As Action for Children recently reported, 53% of young people with a social care referral failed either English or maths at GCSE. Of the 2004-05 birth cohort, 58% of young people with a social care referral were persistently absent at some point in their school careers, missing 10% or more of their classes in a school...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Mathematics: Education (20 Sep 2023)

Nick Gibb: ...mastery teaching methods in England. The Centres for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching for Mastery Randomised Controlled Trial, published in March 2023, which provided mastery teaching support for GCSE resits, found that pupils on the full intervention made one month of additional progress in attainment compared with pupils in colleges that were not using Teaching for Mastery. Pupils from...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Basic Skills: Selby and Ainsty (20 Sep 2023)

Nick Gibb: ...support the speech and language of pupils worst affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which are today’s 3 and 4 year olds, delivered through the new family hubs network. In secondary schools, the GCSE English Language qualification ensures that pupils are able to listen to and understand spoken language and use spoken Standard English effectively. Provisional 2023 data published by Ofqual...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Gcse (20 Sep 2023)

Stephen Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what percentage of pupils taking GCSEs received the grades 9 to 1 in each subject in each region of England in each academic year since the introduction of that grading system.

Written Answers — Department for Education: Basic Skills: Enfield North (20 Sep 2023)

Nick Gibb: ...28 million to support the speech and language of young children worst affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, delivered to 3 and 4 year olds through the new family hubs network. In secondary schools, the GCSE English Language qualification ensures that students are able to listen to and understand spoken language and use spoken standard English effectively. Provisional 2023 data published by...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Schools: Art and Design (19 Sep 2023)

Nick Gibb: ...ambitious curriculum. Over the previous four years of the pandemic period between the 2018/19 and 2021/22 academic years, around three in ten pupils in state funded schools have taken Art and Design GCSE and this has remained broadly stable.

Written Answers — Department for Education: Schools: Art and Design (19 Sep 2023)

Nick Gibb: ...art and design forming part of the National Curriculum from age 5 to 14. Between 2018/2019 and 2021/2022 academic years, around three in ten pupils in state funded schools have taken art and design GCSE and this has remained broadly stable. All schools have the freedom to choose how to spend their core funding according to their own circumstances and priorities, providing that all...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Mathematics: Higher Education (19 Sep 2023)

Robert Halfon: ...skills entitlements’ which provide the opportunity of free study for adults who do not have essential numeracy skills up to and including level 2. Learners who have not previously attained a GCSE grade 4 or higher can undertake a range of courses fully funded through the Adult Education Budget (AEB) including GCSEs, Functional Skills and other relevant qualifications from entry level to...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Art and Design: Secondary Education (19 Sep 2023)

Sharon Hodgson: ...of the potential impact of increasing levels of art and design training in Primary Initial Teacher Education on levels of (a) uptake of and (b) attainment in art and design-related subjects at (i) GCSE and (ii) A level.

Written Answers — Department for Education: Languages: Education (19 Sep 2023)

Baroness Barran: The government remains committed to increasing the proportion of pupils who choose to study a language up to GCSE and beyond, as well as to improving the quality of language teaching at both primary and secondary schools. In March 2023, the department announced a new £14.9 million Language Hubs programme, including a distinct German Promotion Project. The programme will be comprised of up to...


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