Live Education Questions House of Commons

Order order. Questions for secondary estate. Number one Mr Speaker. But

about last weeks cancellation of the key stage one spending test. How

sorry I am that this has been necessary and I entirely share their

anger and frustration. I know how hard everyone has worked to prepare

for these tests, and its investigations by the stated testing

agencies show that their internal processes did not keep part stable

and live test questions and human error led to test questions putting

on the website. The executive has apologised unreservedly for the

error. The two test term plan for this test aren't effective. The form

of curriculum is making sure young people can compete with the best in

the world. I like to thank the suggestive of the answer, but what

has been done to find out what they're doing around the world in

the classroom so that our students can meet the highest standards and

our students can compete with the best in connecting my Honorable

friend very much indeed. We meet with other education ministers

around the world to discuss our reforms that they're introducing. We

introduce in ambitious National Curriculum to match vest the world.

To represent a new gold standard and enable students to compete with

their peers in the worlds best school systems. I do hope the

Secretary of State gets it right, we've made a lot of mistakes in the

past comparing hours, but she Tatian with Finland and parts of China. --

education. And to be very misleading, and we should be very

careful. We are very careful and mindful of the fact that we want our

children to have the best possible result in the world. That is what

our forms are all about. That is why as well as the importance of getting

our GCA sees and A-levels to eight gold standard. We are also focusing

on things like character education and good strong mental well-being as

well. This the Secretary of State every with me that we need to focus

on the stem subjects as a top priority. And by doing so we will

deliver a more effective and competitive workforce. They way to

do that is by having a strong vision of our schools and academies and

trusts. I'm looking for to appearing in front of him and his committee

later on this week. I think he is absolutely right to talk about the

importance of the stem subjects. Of course part of the E back is mod or

formally witches. I'm sure that all members of the sides of house

remember what we said last week about securing the future

examinations of all modern for linkages, let's are taught languages

including things like Biblical Hebrew and the Japanese. As very

important for the future competitiveness of our country. How

the Secretary of State agrees that he critical thing in improving this

time of education is good quality teachers. Will she listen to the

schools, 13 of whom Robin and talking about secondary schools in

the small town have already spent half ?1 million on a too big to

recruit teachers and yet in the words of a headteacher of an

excellent grammar school, we are now appointing teachers who we would

argue... Arguably not considered five years ago. Was she doing to

have high-quality teachers of our children so they can learn? The most

important thing is the quality of teachers in our classrooms. That is

why we have more changes coming back into teaching any white paper. We

mentioned the fact that we want to set up a website which will save

schools important and high recruiting calls. So they're able to

reward excellent teachers at the front line. The most important thing

from the recruiter survey is that 31% of teachers said recruitment

crisis is doing a profession down. What to focus on the big and

important things that make a difference, that talk up the

profession not always talking it down. Stages of schools can be

raised by encouraging more schools to start breakfast club that they do

at a junior school in my constituency. It was Secretary of

State encourage more schools of thought that an homer close? He'll

be at aware of enough of any budget for the new sugar levy to expand

breakfast concert 1600 schools to September 2017 the opportunities

offered by the school they are very important and is sure of young

people get possession at regular activities that help them to achieve

the higher possible standards. Most of the quality of students in

schools and driven by academies and by local authorities. The main self

evaluation and improvement is a continuous cycle with only the

occasional visit from HM IE in Scotland or offset in England to

understand the work that they have done. The move to academies how does

the Secretary of State envisage quality assurance will be monitoring

locally and well but it has sheet set aside for the increased number

of inspectors required to drive improvement? Quality assurance will

be measured exactly the same way that it is now. Also partly by

parents who make the best possible choice for their children and tens

of the strongest schools. I think is worth noting that in Scotland 29%

schools in the areas I what rated week were unsatisfactory. It had

nine years to raise educational standards in Scotland, what have

they done about a? Our education policy including the white paper it

is about making sure that every child gets the best possible start

in life. Enable them to fulfil their vigil. It is called educational

excellence everywhere. Everywhere is non-negotiable. We're making

progress. The formula calls us think. Moving us closer to a fair

system where ever schools funding especially needs of the people. A

school is upsetting without being an Academy gives an excellent teacher

staff. Wouldn't ministers be better focused on the focusing their time

energy and money on raising standards and poor from forming

schools, the result purpose of the pragmatic and targeted Academy

programme. Not the whistle imposed dogma of structures on everyone. I'm

having to hear but the school of the Honorable Lady mentioned, I wanted

to go on to make the rest of the schools in the area a strong as

possible to work in collaboration. I'm not going to be suggested that

had the opportunity to make sure we had a very good strong school system

across the country offering the best possible education, I'm not going to

leave the job half done. They're going to finish the job. My

constituency is a rapidly going new town. That puts pressure on primary

school places. This is Secretary of State agreed with me that an

categorisation can put an outstanding primary better financial

position so they could build more classrooms and increased intake to

meet apparent demand? She's deathly right to say that the opportunities

offered by both schools becoming academies but also by the fair

funding which means that more money to the front line, the schools are

in charge of their own destinies about whether they expand to take on

more pupils. They also want to see local authorities both in academies

sticker more places and securing more free schools for example to

deal with parental demand. Canonization so far breasts on the

czar of an individual school to economize or surround school

improvement. That's not going to be the case in the future were schools

will be required to catalyse even if they are good or excellent and will

risk losing the very features that made them good or excellent as she

considers legislation with the Secretary of State consider in

Academy ovation model that allows which schools to remain to have a

form of education with a may do so? Up until the last sentence where he

seemed to imply that somehow academies were not part of the

public sector. He cannot be more mistaken. They get their funding

directive from the apartment of education. They could follow the

National Curriculum. I will say his them. What does he say to the

headteacher who wrote to me after the Academy show last week who said

her college for forgetting that children are the parties. Change the

reality and collaboration is a strategy. How can it not be our

moral spots ability to serve as many children as possible working

together for. That is what we want to see. Does the right honourable

friend groovy that a good argument for Academy Station is getting

schools out of left houses were sitting gender reassignment for

four-year-olds. The point about academies and that they are the

vehicle for schools to innovate and do the right things with her

children. That does not happen other local authority control. That is

what we want to see and why we want schools to become academies the

Secretary of State has intimated that good local authorities can

perform local or Academy trust. This would give local authorities more

spots before running schools than they have now. Something

appointments or suggest is what is holding schools back. Why is having

such cost the up he having necessary for good local authorities. Isn't it

time for her to smell the coffee and shelve her plants were forced

academization? I'm a caffeine addict. Basically he is missing the

point. Good schools have much to offer the whole of the rest of the

education system. What we see now in schools across the country is

collaboration and partnership in clusters of schools. That is what we

want to see continue across the way in the system. We have the best

people don't run schools, the front lines, as we want to see. We never

hear talk of the pupils from the Labour Party. It is always about

vested interest. Over the last 11 months one of the issues time and

time again that his company is the cost of recruitment to teachers. I'm

just very pleased to see a proposal in relation to a national website is

going to be show up -- set up. How is this going to improve

recruitment? Thank you for raising that issue and for spotting a

chapters and a white paper that only one deals with school structures,

the rest tackle with issues that schools have been talking with us

about. The high recruitment of teachers. We can work with the

sector to enable a low or no-cost way to advertise that means more

money to get to the front line. That's what we all want to see.

Sorry Mr Speaker, question number four. I would like to answer this

question with question 16. We have record numbers of teachers in the

classrooms and attendance rates have raised. It's become more challenging

for some schools which is why our white paper explains to boost

teacher recruitment and abilities assessment measures we've already

put in place as easy to ?7 million package to work improve standards

for teachers and generous training groceries and fellowship. Excessive

workload is a top reason for teachers leaving the professors.

Three quarters of teachers say their workload has increased since the

Secretary of State launched the 2014 workload challenge. Ellis was two

inch address the increases in successive work. Why has that love

Jones failed to reduce the workload crisis. Will she agreed to me myself

and my and their colleagues in our questions about local challenges? In

terms of the workload challenge, the 44,000 responses to that inquiry and

survey and the top issues raised were a marketing data management and

lesson planning burdens and within three working parties that have

reported now very concrete proposals how we reduced the Burns, these are

real puzzles of how we will group reduce the burdens on teachers. The

report that a number of teachers leaving the profession has increased

by over 11% in the last three years. The last four consecutive years the

government has failed to heed its own recruitment tires. Does the

Minister agree with me that the plan to force all schools to become

academies and did nothing to help the situation and may in many cases

cost teachers to be come more demoralise and more likely to leave

the profession? The professional autonomy that comes with academies

does the opposite. It encourages the profession in a way that has not

happened in the past. The highest number of teachers at all times and

I'll schools 450 5000. That 13,000 cents weekend. -- since 2010. The

number of teachers has kept pace, in terms of retention 90% of teachers

are still in after one year of qualifying. 70% after five years,

and half of teachers are still in teachers 18 years after

qualification. These figures are broadly in line with other

professions. One of the very best ideas is the troops into teachers

scheme. Given that personnel in the Armed Forces are amongst the very

best that Britain has to offer what success is he achieving a getting

personnel from the RTF, Navy, and Army into schools to teach our

people? To say to your scheme that only started in January 2014, as is

the first core road to qualify. There are now other 140 people

working in schools. It is clear that teachers and not being listened to

with regards to the fiasco of the forthcoming... Distant number for

education is putting off children from learning English and math

probably. What is the Mr going to listen to teachers to change his

approach? We do listen to teachers and have consulted very widely on

the new curriculum that was published in final form in 2013.

They came into force in 2014 and is on par with the best curriculum for

primary schools around the world. It is very high educations --

expectations. We need to make sure that people leaving our schools are

able to compete in a modern world, able to survive and thrive in the

modern economy. That is our ambition. We wish the Liberal party

which ended condition as well. Education questions, the 7th of

March asked them about the in cold -- income threshold. He told me

there was a consultation with the Home Office and that was ongoing. No

announcements have been made on this issue. For the Minister answer my

question today, what steps of the Minister answer my question today,

what steps have you taken to ensure qualified teachers will be exempt

from the ?35,000 threshold on earnings. The consultation is

ongoing and we will port back in due course. Peggy Mr Speaker, there is

undeniably a crisis in teacher recruitment in schools. Canada won

the Minister that this is not confined to schools. This is

starting to affect early years as well. There is no coherent early

years career pathway, there is no set pay scale and some providers

only pay wages for 35 weeks a year. How can the government possibly hope

to improve quality in early years what it is doing its best to put

people off joining the profession? We're not putting people off, we are

expanding the early years sector. We acknowledge that when you have a

strong economy is a challenge to recruit highly qualified people,

highly in abled people. We are doing a huge amount to encourage to the

profession, we have a very effective advertising campaign, effective

bursaries, we are spending ?120 billion ungenerous bursaries, and it

it is working. We have record numbers of people in teaching. But

we do not do is talking down the profession. My right honourable

friend has just said that what teachers tell us is when people talk

about recruitment crisis is, that helps deter people for coming into

the profession not encouraging him. I will answer this

the government make a significant contribution to the schools we want

this to continue. That is not the only way we'll want to see parents

engaged in schools. That is why the paper outlines our plan to engage

many clearly with Pat. Mysteries and a new parent portal to help parents

navigate the school system. I make human forces have many parents

engaged with local schools. Many have a person recently because they

been reports that their voice position and influence may be

diminished if it is turned into an academy. To my Honorable friend

assured that that is not the case? I pay tribute to the many thousands of

parents to plate a valuable role. It is vital that they listen to parents

and we want academies to engage with them. People in my own constituency,

parents are invited often to and I can't Academy policies their views.

A recent 78% of responders felt that they were able to contribute to the

academies that Almond. -- development. Could you clarify how

their voice and skills continue to play an important part in government

bodies with a skill becomes an Academy. Involving parents and

governments and really listening to the views of parents are not

necessarily the same thing. That's what I want the boards to have them

for the skills and setting up parent councils to engage the many Philly.

And to represent their views to governing bodies. With the Secretary

of State confirm that parents should be considered over the

canonization... I don't need to rethink because we are very clear

about the important role that parents plays as governors, through

parental surveys and engagement. He appears to be in the second half of

his question fighting a fight under we had of the education adoption act

is now part of the law which 78 clear role for parents to be

involved. Can he explain more clearly articulate to some of her

parental accountability is quite an important part in school life. In

what circumstances that she invented and that taking parents off at role

of governments in the school is a good thing? I don't think the

honourable gentleman should be insulting members of the side of the

house, you partly well understand the important role of parents as

governments. Hear, hear! We are not, please let me speak slowly and

clearly to the Honorable Tillman. We are not and have never suggested

that parents should not be on governing bodies. Mr Speaker, I have

had many parents contact me over the Key stage two SATs. Even though this

is the in place in 2014 there is some concern that after the exams

and would the Honorable Lady me with meet and talk over any concerns that

may come up? I would be delighted to. As the Minister has said we have

raised the bar in relation to the key stage two tests which are

happening. The border reason for that is to make sure that our young

people actually have the basics of the reading and writing and maths

and to help them progress in life. We know the difference in results

within this key stage two peoples in the primary have the expected level

in reading and writing amounts and those who do not. That is unfair.

Number six. Can I begin by apologising to you Mr Speaker if I'm

unusually slow and gingerly in my efforts to the dispatch box this

afternoon. I have the excuse of running the London Marathon

yesterday Hear, hear! Along with others members of this house. Close

to 40,000 other hardy individuals who want to ask this house to put on

record our collective gratitude and admiration. In particular the over

?25 million they raised for the hundreds of charities up and down

the country. It is our role to assess the adequacy in the social

work sector. They being inspected which assesses arrangements for

topics and services to look after children and my department

interviews to support that. Whether they are judged inadequate. Too

modest to point out that he has run marathons in the previous number of

occasions, but because he is too modest I will do it for him. Social

work as he well knows is a holistic profession, for example when I

qualified I had knowledge of all social work disciplines such as

mental health, Child protection, and others. Ensuring I was able to fully

grasp the issues facing my client. Therefore Kenny minister explain his

government is investing in front line and think ahead to the

detriment to traditional more holistic courses. Creating

specialties and silos which is bad for the profession and worse for the

clients? The honourable lady has given a distorted view of the work

that has been done. Not only are the government investing in other

schemes, but also to the gear of employment

the first time there is a relentless focus on high-quality practice. Both

any simple theoretical understanding of social work. We do get that

balance right going Saint Monica a Catholic primary

school and my constituency has had five ... Headteacher, pupils, and

parents. Can she possibly tell me what benefit forcing that school to

become an academy will prove? Mr Speaker, I am not sure it has any

relevance to the original question asked by his honourable friend. Now

that he has done, I am afraid it is not suitable for a minute Thierry

the Well ministerial... The 20 14th special education reforms represent

the biggest change to the system in a generation helping transform

support. And focusing on positive outcomes for education, employment,

and community participation. From May 2016, all areas will be

inspected by offstage and the Care Quality Commission. I think the

Minister for his answer. I have been contacted by one of my constituents

who raised concerns about forcing schools to become academies in the

potential effects that this will have on her autistic son and terms

of him being marginalised. With the Minister please tell me what

assessment has been undertaken on the effect of enforcing schools to

become academies and how that will affect disabled children? I am happy

to meet with honourable Lady and give her more detail on exactly how

the system breaks. I can reassure her that under the children and

families act, academies have exactly the same duties for people with

special education needs as all schools. They must co-operate with

their local consul weather. If respected for what type of school

but is. Thank you Mr Speaker. Does the Minister agree that one of the

most egregious elements of today's unfair school funding system is that

which affects children with special education needs? Can he confirm that

the special needs block will be part and will be part of the reviews so

that we can have a transparent and fair system for all children? My

honourable friend and the former chair of the select committee is

right to point out that the hype needs funding element of the

dedicated schools Gregg has over time become extremely skewed in how

we have silenced the formula to distribute that important money for

the support of chosen for special education needs and disabilities. We

announced additional money, but going for the need to have a fairer

system so that every child has there been smacked irrespective of where

they are in the country. It will be part of that... -- has their needs

met. This year, the school forum them egregious teachers for 7

million to the height needs block in order to address some of the needs

of the honourable children. These proposals will result in a huge

shortfall in funding for social needs. What's with the secretary of

state due to address this very great concern of parents and teachers?

Just to reiterate, we want to see a funding system that is based fairly

and squarely on meeting children's needs. He will be consulting widely

across the sector to make sure that in the future we achieve just that.

I will look over the honourable lady says about London as well as across

the country so that every child can benefit from any system, as we move

forward with yellow. Particularly physically and mentally

disabled, and fact, so much so that other schools passed them onto their

schools. The finding does not recognise this high level of care

that is needed. Will the consider this and also can he help me if

there is a pot of money someone to help this excellent school continue

to do wonderful job? We know that there aren't many children in this

country who have profound needs, we also want to make sure that we make

sure have education excellence everywhere and they have the

opportunity to learn, grow, and develop interests successful adults.

You need to make sure they are well supported. It is clear that has to

be cooperation across education, social clear, and health to provide

the money and support that is needed for those children. Of course, I am

happy to talk further with my honourable friend to establish how

it is working in his own constituency and how we can make it

work better in the future. Edifice of the government announced the

ham-fisted and categorisation of all schools there has been growing

opposition from parents, teachers, as Ian charities, Tory Council

leaders, and educating as six's... Can the Minister further explained

that his government is doing to alleviate these concerns. Will he go

so far to... And ensure that children with SEMD are not excluded?

Mr Speaker, I have a fondness for her. I enjoyed our time together

during the children and family filled in the housing days of 2013.

I have to say, and I suspect that this is been put up. This does not

Tomic or question. I am confident that the law that we both helped

take to this how's the 23rd of May 2014 for flex... When it comes to

children with special education needs. The law is clear. That is why

we're bringing in a inspection regime for special education so we

can see a clear picture of how that is performing. We know that

academies rejects the old one size fits all approach and are more

dynamic and responsive to the needs of local areas. Schools will have

time to make choices. It will buy now be clear to the

Secretary of state that members on her side believe that schools should

get some toys about whether to become academies -- choice. They

have more autonomy with their local authority than members of an Academy

trust. 350,000 children now study and

sponsored academies rated good or outstanding. Let's look at an

example of the Academy in his own constituency. A few months later,

over a year later, it had gone from 45% of pupils... Converging to

academies is improving the education for children up and down the key

country. It is absolutely right that we make this opportunity available

to all children. However, concerns have been expressed about how this

will affect small schools. I wonder whether my friend would confirm the

dish is considered one of the ways of addressing these concerns would

be to allow local authorities to the involved in a running a

multi-Academy trust? Can I thank the honourable friend very much indeed.

He will know that we publish the White Paper, and the point of

publishing that paper is that we are talking to members of all sides of

the House as well as local authorities. Like him, I want all

young people to have the best possible start my. In We know that

academies make a difference. They also know that small schools can

benefit from this. I look for to continue my conversations with him.

Lucan has the highest... When is the government going to undertake an

objective analysis of why some schools do better than others? What

we know from the international evidence is that the more autonomy

does at the front line half, heads, teachers, and governors, the more

they take responsibility for the results that are achieved. What I

would say to the honourable gentleman is that I will the good

schools in his constituencies to be sharing expertise. That way that

they have a strong education, which I want to see for everyone. In my

constituency, schools converted from maintained to academies and saw the

results improve. Surpassing the local authority at this. What my

right honourable friend agree with me that this policy represents an

opportunity for Hampshire, which performs well as a local authority,

to get involved in creative old board -- create more autonomy? She

is writes to say that we can see the results and primary academies which

have been open for two years have improved by an average of ten

percentage points, double the rate of improvement of authority schools.

I hope that they will take advantage of the new system as well. Question

number ten Mr Speaker. I wish I could claim to binding London

Marathon like my honourable friend. I only went on a two-mile run this

morning and ate nearly finished me off. On to the honourable Lady 's

question. I have regular meetings with post 16 education providers. I

am also holding meetings with honourable members. Jhonattan I

think the Minister for that answer. A forcing them to travel long

distances to get to college. What funding would be available for the

Department for students forced to travel further as a result of

closure or amalgamation of their courses? For the department consider

reinstating the education maintenance allowance? Mr Speaker,

the honourable lady will be aware that any of the recommendations that

come out of a review that might include proposals for a merger, to

have to be accepted by the colleges themselves. They are an independent

corporation. And my constituency, I also have very sparsely populated

areas. I understand full well the issues around travel to course

provision. They can use funding, including the bursary funding, to

pay for and contribute towards transport costs. It is ultimately up

to the college related think that move is going to be good for

student. Can my honourable friend update the House of colleges that

are in special house at the same time the college are being expected

to merge. Mr Speaker, I'm not aware of the particular case that he

refers to, but if you would like to write me I would be had to be with

him to discuss it. In general, we don't want merger is being rushed

into before the review has had a chance to look at the provision in

the whole area. Equally, we don't want to stop institutions are making

arrangements that help them address problems. I am having to look into

it. The government wants to promote apprentice ships, yet the proportion

of apprenticeships with learning difficulties and disabilities

decreased from 11% to 8% in 2010-13. Wild bees are these are going on, a

rep report... -- while these reports. And indeed those on the

autism spectrum be addressed? Especially if reviews.

Mr Speaker, I am grateful to the honourable gentleman from raising

this question. It is very important. I recently had an excellent meeting

that was facilitated by the honourable member for Bedford. I am

going to be holding a round table of people who represent others

disabilities. It is essential that we... We are determined to do that.

Question 12 Mr Speaker. With permission Mr Speaker, I would like

to answer this question with question 17. We expect all schools

to be academies or have plans in place to convert by 2020 with all

schools as academies by 2022 spelling out our clear expedition

for full academisation now. We have set aside funding to support

a high-quality, fully Academy is school system with over ?500 million

available. In response to written questions to

me earlier in the month, the department confirmed that deficits

for school that converts will still remain with the local authority. And

my bro, over half of our schools will have deficits by 2017. -- Biro.

If I may say to the honourable gentleman, I've read the honourable

member's report, and I do share his ambition for improving standards of

education in greater Manchester. I have to say that it is not a

top-down reform. This is depletion in its purest form. Giving control

of schools to the professionals on the front line. That is what this

about. He should be supporting these measures because it will raise

academic standards across our system. Mr Speaker, I visited

Springfield primary school and my constituency this morning. It is run

by the most dedicated professionals I have ever known and had the

privilege to teach there myself. They tell me that it is more than

adequately supported by the local conservative education authority, it

has a brilliant LDA Labour council or school government. With the

Minister joined me in praising the school, but explain to me why they

think that they have a good model currently and why it needs to be

change. We don't want the model but that school operates under to

change. He wants that school to take the model that it uses to raise

standards and teach children well and that school, despite the loss of

the honourable member as a teacher. We wanted to spread that exposed

other schools in the area. That is the essence of the academies

programme. It is about ensuring that every local school in every part of

the country has a good local school. That is the ambition. I hope that he

will that ambition. -- shared that ambition. We should ensure that

academies benefit from strong leadership and recognise that they

can support other schools that the creation of a multi-academies trust.

Honorably I am pleased that the headteacher of

that Academy is exploring joining in a multi-academies trust. We are

supporting leaders of trust to succeed in their vital role through

programmes that be successful multi-academies trust executive

programme and the Academy ambassadors programme which is

resulted and over hundred and 90 business experienced leaders. We

have now exceeded time and become to topple question. Topical number one.

Watching a live streaming of the... The 55% of preschool, shows that all

pupils regardless of background to develop appreciation and love for

great literary works. We want to encourage more pupils to encourage

Shakespeare. We all welcome on the side of the

House the government's decision to introduce a fairer funding formula

for schools. Can my right honourable friend is sure of my constituents of

the particular needs of our rural and coastal schools will form part

of the new formulas of the children and my constituency are not

disadvantaged simply because of an accident of geography and the

current formula? The fair distribution of funding is a

priority for this government. As he already heard, their funding will

ensure that every school is allocated funding fairly and

transparently. According to the formula, we will support our

smallest and most remote school. This weekend, the conservative led

county councils network added a very strong opposition to the secretary

of state's plans to force all schools to become academies. Adding

to that already expects by the national Association of head

teachers, the Association of school and College leaders, parents, the

national Governors Association, leading names in the Academy

programme, like the chief exec of the Harris foundation and the

freedom and autonomy for schools national Association. As well as a

growing number of her own park benches. It is hardly a list of what

she might called, or just called, the vested interests. Can she today

clarified to those with these very serious concerns whether or not she

will be bringing forth legislation to force good and outstanding

schools to become academies against their I set out very clearly our

desire on the side of the House to make sure that every child gets the

best start in life. We believe that academies, as the House has heard,

are the right vehicle for that innovation in terms of curriculum,

pay, and feed for headteacher. I wonder if the honourable lady and

her vocal opposition has taken account of the writer on the Labour

teachers is that we have people on the left, discovering of schools,

and the hundreds of thousands of people of work for them in terms

that are so unjust as to be deceitful. A sub of the honourable

lady wants to be taken as? She is not responsible for what is written

on Labour blogs. The topical questions there are is based

shortage of time. We must press on the extraneous matters the

introduce. She may not appreciate what a huge amount of a people,

uncertainty, and frankly panic, she has caused by her announcement. For

head teachers, who are already facing huge challenges trying to

work around her botched new stats test, or massively behind schedule

of GCS ease, and her real terms cuts to school budgets, those heads need

and deserve more clarity from the Secretary of State. Let me just

remind her she had powers to term underperformance. Academies. Good

and outstanding schools can already choose to convert. The only

remaining power she needs is to force any good or outstanding school

that does not want to become an Academy to do so. Still her

intention to ask Parliament for these new powers, yes or no? I have

been clear that I will not be the secretary of state that leaves the

jobs of making our school system as strong as possible for the benefit

of all pupils undone. I would just point or two, and I hope the

honourable lady is visiting schools that are ready to give the new

Academy freedoms. One academies as bad as the Academy, we have the

freedom to explore. To respond to our changing needs, this has allowed

us to become a top performing schools nationally. Mr Speaker, we

on the side of the House are all for improving the opportunities and my

chances for all children. It is interesting, we never heard the

honourable lady talking about the pupils, or children, just obsessing

about one chapter in the White Paper. Digital skills are

fundamental to the success of our knowledge economy, but evidence of

the science and technology inquiry so that only 35% of ICT teachers

have qualifications. Will the Minister say what steps they are

taking to train ICT teachers and ensure that we are equipping in

people with the skills they need, not just for today's workplace, but

for a jobs market that may be an recognisable and a decade. Digital

literacy is a core part of the National Curriculum in computing

which is a statutory subject in all four key stages in schools. We are

training up a cadre of specialists who. This school is an outstanding

primary and my constituency. There chair of governors has been... What

is the secretary of state ignoring the concerns of others and insisting

on dictating an offer that has no choice. I had the pleasure of

visiting the Charles Dickens primary school in the last academic year,

and it absolutely brilliant school for the personal headteacher. I want

that headteacher, not only to help and help and support, and inspire

the teacher in high school, but also to spread that excellence to other

schools locally that are struggling. That is what we want to see in the

education system. I'm surprised members on the other side of the

House are not interesting in raising standards for all children in all

parts of country. This dyslexia group tells me that the provision

can be good, but it is all too often uneven across local schools. What

can the government do to ensure not just the quality of dyslexia and its

proxy a provision, but it's consistency in England? Can I come

in the words of the dyslexia work group and my honourable friend's

constituency. And the dyslexia trust to provide training to schools and

parents. I can also tell my honourable from that we are

procuring a new contract in 2016-17 D 13 is for children and young

people with dyslexia. Thank you Mr Speaker. Last year I spoke to the

Minister about the difficulties that behalf with recruitment and training

teachers in my constituency. This is partly because of its remoteness.

Can I ask specifically, you talked a lot about the recruitment of

teachers, what specifically is being done to encourage teachers to come

to remote areas? One thing is the national teaching service was has

been established to bring high-performing teachers to part of

the country that have had problems and recruiting teachers to that

area. The other thing, is what a rural, remote school is part of the

multi-Academy trust, that does help to recruit teachers because they

know that they can move around within a multi-Academy trust from a

rural school to a school in a rule urban area and back again. It

makes... The best educational settings in the country are

maintained nursery schools. They performed remarkably, just as well

in poor areas as they do in the less affluent areas. What... And make

sure these great institutions continue their work? My honourable

friend is absolutely right, although nurseries only provide 3% of the

places in the early years, they do offer excellent early years

education. Over the last few years we have seen the structure of a

number have federated project multi-Academy trust. I know my

honourable friend has a special interest in this area, and I would

welcome the opportunity to meet and discuss how we can promote the

excellent work the centuries to. On the 20th of April, the control

provided an adverse opinion for the sake year running on the truth and

fairness of the Department for Education's statements. Providing

Parliament with a clear view of the Academy trust spending is a vital

part for education's work, yet it is failing to do so. Probably secretary

of state ensure that by extending Academy, pilot will be able to see

if the taxpayer is getting a good value for money when not clearly is

not happening now? I regroup you but the honourable lady has just that.

We have a more rigorous system. Rather than to the end of August,

rather than to the end of March. We have not agreed with Parliament, a

new methodology that will better reflect the situation.

with Secretary of State join me in congratulating the excellent had

teaching staff at Bonsall primary school my constituency that has gone

through an outstanding improvement? I would like to congratulate his

pupils for an outstanding judgement. It is an amazing achievement to move

to that. I was pleased toward the... I hope that will now consider their

experience and expertise. ... Will the Minister except concerns that

the government departments without committing to count and truck abuse

and neglect to children that they will fold the cracks not receiving

the mental health support that they need to their lives? I had an

inquiry into this issue. The honourable lady is right to

highlight that this needs a better response. That's of me is that of a

joint working group to the Department of Health to create new

care pathways specifically for children to improve their mental

health process. Would you have a questionnaire which is collected

every 12 months for children who are looked after, but we need to look at

what more we can do to make sure we could follow the progress and

achieve what we are capable of. At the end of last week a college in us

a draft proposal to end its a level position. I don't look apparent in

students in opposing these plants. Would you Mr make it clear to the

college that must do everything that those students have only completed

one year are able to complete the second year. Mr Speaker I am happy

to reassure my Honorable friend is a college would have a very clear

responsibility to ensure the students were able to complete their

a levels and another high-quality institution and I'll be happy to

work with them to intro to that they work up to that responsibility. Does

he accept it all the evidence shows that being an academy is either good

or bad for a schools performance. It is surely time to revisit this

flawed plan to force the schools against their will to become

Academy. I think she ought to take note of the director of education

and schools. What I did the show is that school systems which offer a

greater deal of school autonomy tend to have higher performance. It don't

say anything about trends. IV the trends towards academies is a very

promising development in the UK. Used to have a prescriptive

education system. Adding should take note of the international evidence.

In this cool governor, I must declare an interest in that I've see

for myself the amazing performance has been improved as a result of

being a member of that Academy chain. The Secretary of State join

me in welcoming the continuance successive academies. And having a

good number of outstanding schools will ensure that standards match our

international competition. I thought it was as though the excellent,

inspiring, for the approval that we know that there are 1.4 million more

children in schools rated good or outstanding there were 8010. We did

didn't to push on with that. They've would have ?40,000 year for the last

two years of premium money. Isn't that the bong intention for that

money? The as we have had about academies and schools and you like

to read meet with further details. ... Teachers and heads in Mike is a

toothache have contacted me with concerns for the additional workload

of unexpected canonization can have on them. What steps is my right over

and taking to ensure that time focus and energy and morale are not lost

while the white paper is discussed to the teachers can continue to do

the do best and inspire young people and children? Mid-August the the

fact that there will be 60 is the now and 2022 to become Academy.

Their support for school to want to become academies and the people that

driving the process will be the head and governors of that school. Order,

urgent question Emily