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Rose Report

As I have said, we are not prescribing the amount of discrete teaching of English and maths. The idea is that teachers should be able to use their expertise to spread English and maths and embed them throughout the curriculum. We are not being prescriptive and saying that they must spend x hours on English and maths. We expect both to be spread throughout the curriculum. Jim Rose's interim review places a new focus and energy on the primary years to build on the success I outlined, and I take this opportunity to pay tribute to him for his and his team's hard work and commitment in producing such an insightful interim report. I look forward to receiving his recommendations in due course. As my hon. Friend noted, consultation is ongoing until 28 February. On that point, and in reply to the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, eight parents responded to Jim's interim report, and much wider parent consultation is under way on the web at mumsnet, face to face and in the ongoing consultation.