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Legislative Definition of Sex — [Judith Cummins in the Chair] (12 Jun 2023)

Olivia Blake: Absolutely. There is a risk in this House of us talking about GCSE biology rather than actually biology. The aneuploidies XXX occurs in one in 1,000 women, and XXY occurs in one in 500 men. These are very common biological differences that do complicate the matter—and those are not intersex individuals, to be clear.

Free Music Education - Question (12 Jun 2023)

the Earl of Clancarty: My Lords, the Minister repeatedly tells us that the EBacc has had no effect on the arts, including music, in schools. How, then, will she account for the fall in GCSE music entries of 27% between 2010 and 2022, and the further expected fall of 12% in the last year?

Written Answers — Department for Education: Developing Countries: Education (12 Jun 2023)

Nick Gibb: ...an individual school level. Geography is part of the statutory National Curriculum for maintained schools at Key Stages 1, 2 and 3. Within geography, the National Curriculum and subject content for GCSE does set out requirements for teaching human geography, including economic, global, and international development. Citizenship is also part of the statutory National Curriculum at Key...

Written Answers — Department for Education: GCE A-level and GCSE: Coronavirus (12 Jun 2023)

Fleur Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment the Government has made of the impact of covid-19 on the (a) health and (b) education of this year's cohort of (i) GCSE and (ii) A Level students; and what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that this year's (A) GCSE and (B) A-level exams reflect that impact.

Written Answers — Department for Education: Health Education (12 Jun 2023)

Nick Gibb: ...1 to 3. The curriculum aims to teach pupils how to cook and how to apply the principles of healthy eating and nutrition. The Department has also introduced a new food preparation and nutrition GCSE to provide pupils with practical cookery experience and teach them the underlying scientific concepts of nutrition and healthy eating. The Healthy Schools Rating Scheme celebrates the positive...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Developing Countries: Education (12 Jun 2023)

Nick Gibb: ...an individual school level. Geography is part of the statutory National Curriculum for maintained schools at Key Stages 1, 2 and 3. Within geography, the National Curriculum and subject content for GCSE sets out requirements for teaching human geography including economic, global and international development. Citizenship is also part of the statutory National Curriculum at Key Stages 3...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Countryside: Education ( 8 Jun 2023)

Nick Gibb: ...in natural settings. Young people in Enfield may already be taking advantage of activities run by London’s National Park City Rangers. By 2025, the Department aims to introduce a natural history GCSE, giving young people a further opportunity to engage with and develop a deeper knowledge and understanding of the natural world. In studying this GCSE, young people will explore organisms...

1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change: Transport Links across the Menai Strait ( 7 Jun 2023)

Rhun ap Iorwerth: ..., in the case for a third crossing. What happened in this case was that the Britannia bridge was closed for nine hours, and people couldn't get to Ysbyty Gwynedd, school pupils couldn't get to their GCSE and A-level examinations. We must resolve this situation in terms of resilience. I've written to the Minister, recommending, as an initial step, although we do need that third crossing,...

Backbench business: Inshore Industry Fishing Crews: Visas — [Martin Vickers in the Chair] (25 May 2023)

Jim Shannon: ...they need to have. To prevent them from helping our own industry simply because they cannot pass the reading and writing elements of an academic English exam, which reportedly sits somewhere between GCSE and A-level in difficulty, is perhaps contrary to the bigger picture of ensuring our food security. The Home Secretary has kindly offered a package of help designed to aid the transition...

Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Countryside: Educational Visits (25 May 2023)

Trudy Harrison: ...prestigious partners. The Climate Action Awards will also provide opportunities to recognise the great work that young people and settings do to improve their local environment. A Natural History GCSE will also be introduced in 2025. The Government is also providing funding to offer the Duke of Edinburgh's Award (DofE) to all mainstream secondary schools in England by 2025, allowing many...

1. Questions to the First Minister: Social Mobility (23 May 2023)

Laura Anne Jones: ...UK counterparts. However, the Government appear to want to make this harder than ever for our learners by pushing forward with a highly controversial move to just combine those double sciences at GCSE level, something that has been widely denounced. At a time when we're crying out for young people to take up science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects and jobs for the future,...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Countryside: Young People (23 May 2023)

Nick Gibb: ...million will be provided, enabling schools, colleges, and nurseries to create opportunities for outdoor education in natural settings. By 2025, the Department will aim to introduce a natural history GCSE, giving young people an opportunity to engage with and develop a deeper knowledge and understanding of the natural world. In studying this GCSE, young people will explore organisms and...

Backbench Business: National Numeracy Day — [Dame Maria Miller in the Chair] (18 May 2023)

Nick Gibb: ...4 and 5 in order to bolster those cohorts’ fluency in times tables. Last month’s announcement also included further support for teachers of 16 to 19-year-olds who are resitting their mathematics GCSE or functional skills qualification. We know that teaching for mastery also works for this age group, because an evaluation showed that GCSE resit students taught by teachers in the full...

Public Access to Nature (18 May 2023)

Trudy Harrison: ...to run through some of their comments. I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Worcester (Mr Walker) for his work when he was Schools Minister in the Department for Education to make sure that that GCSE will come in in 2025. I will join him to ensure that the current Education Minister absolutely makes that happen and that DEFRA can be part of it as well. While he was walking the Malvern...

Written Answers — Department for Education: Curriculum and Teaching Methods (17 May 2023)

Nick Gibb: ...for the education and children’s services systems’. The strategy sets out new initiatives, including extra support, for teaching nature and climate change, the introduction of a natural history GCSE, a National Education Nature Park, Climate Action Award, and support for head teachers to take a whole school approach to climate change. The National Education Nature Park will bring...

Written Answers — Home Office: Asylum: Children (17 May 2023)

Robert Jenrick: ....uk). The pressures on the asylum estate means accommodation must be on a ‘no choice basis’. However, children who are asylum seekers and in their final school or college year leading up to their GCSE, Scottish Highers, AS or A-level exams may remain accommodated in that particular area to allow them to complete exams, provided that they have been enrolled at that school for a...

Justice: Topical Questions (16 May 2023)

Vicky Ford: Two Chelmsford GCSE students, Louis and Mason, have been engaged in a citizenship project on our justice system and reducing reoffending rates. Given that we know employment can help to reduce reoffending, what progress is being made on helping offenders and ex-offenders into work?

Written Answers — Department for Education: Horticulture: Curriculum (15 May 2023)

Nick Gibb: ..., such as gardening clubs, can have for children’s mental health and wellbeing, as well as their educational and social development. The Department is developing draft subject content for a new GCSE in natural history, to be taught from 2025, which will include opportunities for students to gain a deeper knowledge of the natural world around them. For post 16 students, the Department is...

Online Safety Bill - Committee (6th Day): Amendment 52A (11 May 2023)

Lord Knight of Weymouth: ...speeches. I could go on at some length about the educational element to this, but I will constrain myself. In the last year, 1.4% of secondary school pupils in this country did computer science at GCSE. It is a constant source of frustration that computer science is prayed in aid by the Department for Education as a line for Ministers to take in the algorithm they are given to use....

Centre-assessed Grades (10 May 2023)

Nick Gibb: ...needed to enable students to progress. However, last year we were able to return to exams, and it was an important step back to normality for students. Exams are going ahead again this year, and GCSE students will continue to be provided with formulae and equation sheets in maths, physics and combined science exams. That is important to prepare students for college, university or...


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