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To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many head teachers there have been at each school in Suffolk since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many head teachers there have been at each school in Suffolk since 1997.
Asked by
David Ruffley
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
28 January 2010
For answer on
1 February 2010
Answered on
4 February 2010
The information requested is not collected centrally.
Subjects
Headteachers; Suffolk
Date
4 February 2010
Reference
505 c470W; 314871
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many people have held the post of head teacher at each school in Milton Keynes since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many people have held the post of head teacher at each school in Milton Keynes since 1997.
Asked by
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
29 January 2010
For answer on
2 February 2010
Answered on
4 February 2010
The information requested is not collected centrally.
Subjects
Headteachers; Milton Keynes
Date
4 February 2010
Reference
505 c469W; 315373
House
House of Commons
As my hon. Friend knows, school organisation and the commissioning of school places is a matter for the local authority. It is a matter of great concern to hear that in Loughborough one of the proposals is the closure of an outstanding school. That would require detailed attention. He will need to work, as he is no doubt doing, with the local authority and the local community to see what can be done about it.
As my hon. Friend knows, school organisation and the commissioning of school places is a matter for the local authority. It is a matter of great concern to hear that in Loughborough one of the proposals is the closure of an outstanding school. That would require detailed attention. He will need to work, as he is no doubt doing, with the local authority and the local community to see what can be done about it.
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Asked by
Andy Reed
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Oral answers to questions
My hon. Friend will know that, in Leicestershire, the county council proposes to close two out of three secondary schools. Does he agree that closing an outstanding secondary school would be a big mistake, and that, in trying to ensure that it is possible to deliver in a town the size of Loughborough, greater collaboration—not necessarily the removal of heads— and the sharing of best practice by schools is the best way to deliver education for 11 to 14-year-olds?
Subjects
Headteachers; Secondary education
Date
25 January 2010
Reference
504 c543
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I am perfectly happy, if it can be arranged, to go to Colchester again to see what is happening. ... My right hon. Friend says that I should, so it looks like I am going.
I am happy to meet the hon. Gentleman again on that particular issue. He is right to point out the serious point that good teachers can spread best practice, and can help to improve other schools as well as their own, which is why we are trying to develop the executive head model. With respect to Colchester, as he will know, the crucial issue, with which school reorganisation is trying to deal, is not only school improvement but surplus places.
I am perfectly happy, if it can be arranged, to go to Colchester again to see what is happening. ... My right hon. Friend says that I should, so it looks like I am going.
I am happy to meet the hon. Gentleman again on that particular issue. He is right to point out the serious point that good teachers can spread best practice, and can help to improve other schools as well as their own, which is why we are trying to develop the executive head model. With respect to Colchester, as he will know, the crucial issue, with which school reorganisation is trying to deal, is not only school improvement but surplus places.
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Asked by
Bob Russell
(Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Oral answers to questions
I am grateful for that response. For those who doubt whether one person can run more than school—that used to be my view—may I invite them to come to my constituency and see the inspirational leadership of one head teacher, Mr. Jonathan Tippett, who has turned around three schools? He continues to turn them around, but regrettably—I invite the Minister to come to see this for himself—two of those schools have been badly let down by the Tory-run Essex county council, which plans to close Thomas Lord Audley and Alderman Blaxill schools.
Subjects
Headteachers; Secondary education
Date
25 January 2010
Reference
504 c543
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
The Department's mission is for all children to achieve their full potential. To deliver that, our policy is to make the best use of the very best head teachers. Where and when appropriate, this can and should mean the best heads running more than one school in either or both the secondary and primary phases.
The Department's mission is for all children to achieve their full potential. To deliver that, our policy is to make the best use of the very best head teachers. Where and when appropriate, this can and should mean the best heads running more than one school in either or both the secondary and primary phases.
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Headteachers; Secondary education
Date
25 January 2010
Reference
504 c542
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
What his policy is on the appointment of a single head teacher to take responsibility for two or more secondary schools.
What his policy is on the appointment of a single head teacher to take responsibility for two or more secondary schools.
Asked by
Bob Russell
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
19 January 2010
For answer on
25 January 2010
Answered on
25 January 2010
The Department's mission is for all children to achieve their full potential. To deliver that, our policy is to make the best use of the very best head teachers. Where and when appropriate, this can and should mean the best heads running more than one school in either or both the secondary and primary phases.
Subjects
Headteachers; Secondary education
Date
25 January 2010
Reference
504 c542; 312588
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether he plans to end the three hour limit on lesson observation by headteachers; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether he plans to end the three hour limit on lesson observation by headteachers; and if he will make a statement.
Asked by
David Laws
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
11 January 2010
For answer on
13 January 2010
Answered on
18 January 2010
The statutory framework for performance management in England is provided by The Education (School Teacher Performance Management) (England) Regulations 2006, SI 2006 No. 2661.The amount of observation that is planned and agreed should reflect and be proportionate to the needs of the individual teacher and reflect their individual circumstances. The regulations specify a limit of three hours in any review cycle for classroom observation. However, where evidence emerges which gives rise to concern about a teacher's teaching performance a revision meeting is held and additional classroom observations may be arranged. There are no plans to change these arrangements.
Subjects
Headteachers
Date
18 January 2010
Reference
504 c146W; 310672
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers have (i) applied for and (ii) obtained the National Professional Qualification for Headship in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers have (i) applied for and (ii) obtained the National Professional Qualification for Headship in each of the last 10 years.
Asked by
David Laws
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
8 December 2009
For answer on
10 December 2009
Answered on
5 January 2010
The National College for Leadership of Schools and Children's Services, who have run the National Professional Qualification for Headship since 2001, provided the following data:
| Primary (including nursery) | Secondary | Other (inc. special, LA, independent, overseas) | Grand total | |||||
| APPS | GRADS | APPS | GRADS | APPS | GRADS | APPS | GRADS | |
| 2001 | n/k | 201 | n/k | 163 | n/k | 23 | n/k | 387 |
| 2002 | 2,426 | 1,726 | 1,549 | 920 | 201 | 141 | 4,176 | 2,787 |
| 2003 | 3,082 | 1,943 | 1,899 | 1,209 | 210 | 127 | 5,191 | 3,279 |
| 2004 | 3,121 | 2,294 | 2,031 | 1,368 | 164 | 177 | 5,316 | 3,839 |
| 2005 | 2,682 | 2,450 | 2,022 | 1,582 | 551 | 205 | 5,255 | 4,237 |
| 2006 | 2,487 | 2,492 | 1,702 | 1,662 | 473 | 255 | 4,662 | 4,409 |
| 2007 | 2,836 | 2,574 | 1,847 | 1,841 | 309 | 308 | 4,992 | 4,723 |
| 2008 | 1,178 | 2,356 | 337 | 1,428 | 300 | 223 | 1,815 | 4,007 |
| 2009 | 534 | 455 | 134 | 160 | 225 | 88 | 893 | 703 |
| Total | 18,346 | 16,491 | 11,521 | 10,333 | 2,433 | 1,547 | 32,300 | 28,371 |
| Notes: | ||||||||
| 1. Data are unavailable for the period 1997-2000. | ||||||||
| 2. 2001 application figures not recorded. | ||||||||
| 3. 2009 figures only cover partial recruitment for this year as this is not yet completed. | ||||||||
| 4. NPQH takes 12 months to complete, so those starting in 2008 graduate in 2009 |
Subjects
Headteachers; Qualifications
Date
5 January 2010
Reference
503 c304W; 306470
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many executive heads and executive directors of secondary schools there are in England; and what the salary range is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many executive heads and executive directors of secondary schools there are in England; and what the salary range is.
Asked by
Nick Gibb
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 October 2009
For answer on
26 October 2009
Answered on
29 October 2009
The term 'executive head' is used to describe a variety of roles, including head teachers who are responsible and accountable for more than one school, either as a temporary or permanent arrangement, instead of there being a head teacher for each individual school; or head teachers who are responsible and accountable for the day-to-day management of their own schools but in addition provide a service to another school.The term "executive director" is also used to describe a number of different roles such as an individual who is appointed across a number of schools, each of which has its own head teacher and governing body responsible and accountable for the day-to-day management of that school.Because there is currently no common definition of "executive head" or "executive director", no figures are available on the numbers of posts that are being described in this way.Following the School Teacher's Review Body's (STRB) recommendation that the Department should investigate and clarify the role and status of the various models of "executive head", research has been commissioned to define and evaluate these models. The results of the research will feed into a future remit to the STRB which will focus on long term leadership pay arrangements that take full account of the emerging models of school leadership.Interim changes were introduced into the STPCD from September 2009 to reflect emerging leadership models, including recognition for heads who become responsible for running more than one school either on a permanent or temporary basis. The provisions in the STPCD provide for employers to determine a salary for heads who take on responsibility for running more than one school that is above the top of the leadership pay spine (£109,658 in Inner London and £102,734 elsewhere). It is a matter for individual employers to determine the appropriate salary that takes account of the nature and challenge of the responsibilities associated with running more than one school.
Subjects
Headteachers; Secondary education
Date
29 October 2009
Reference
498 c595W; 296145
House
House of Commons
We estimate that 38 per cent. of current head teachers will have retired by 2015. Dealing with the loss of their skills and experience will be a challenge and an opportunity. We have invested £30 million through the National College for Leadership of Schools and Children’s Services succession planning strategy to ensure that this demographic challenge is managed effectively. The national college continues to work closely with schools, local authorities and faith bodies around the country to find, develop and keep excellent head teachers.
We estimate that 38 per cent. of current head teachers will have retired by 2015. Dealing with the loss of their skills and experience will be a challenge and an opportunity. We have invested £30 million through the National College for Leadership of Schools and Children’s Services succession planning strategy to ensure that this demographic challenge is managed effectively. The national college continues to work closely with schools, local authorities and faith bodies around the country to find, develop and keep excellent head teachers.
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Asked by
Greg Mulholland
(Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Oral answers to questions
What proportion of head teachers he expects to retire from their posts in the next five years.
Subjects
Headteachers
Date
12 October 2009
Reference
497 c15
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
My hon. Friend makes an important point, but the latest figures show that vacancies remain stable at below 1 per cent. As he has said, no school is without a head, but there are schools with acting heads. I have explained what we are doing about it: we are working with the National College for Leadership of Schools and Children’s Services to seek to identify at an early stage in their career those people who might want to be head teachers and work with them to achieve their goal. We have also tried to ensure that we do as much as we can to support head teachers in post in schools in their administrative and financial tasks. One reason why we have increased the number of administrative assistants and, indeed, of school business managers is so that head teachers can concentrate on their major task, which is teaching and learning in the school.
My hon. Friend makes an important point, but the latest figures show that vacancies remain stable at below 1 per cent. As he has said, no school is without a head, but there are schools with acting heads. I have explained what we are doing about it: we are working with the National College for Leadership of Schools and Children’s Services to seek to identify at an early stage in their career those people who might want to be head teachers and work with them to achieve their goal. We have also tried to ensure that we do as much as we can to support head teachers in post in schools in their administrative and financial tasks. One reason why we have increased the number of administrative assistants and, indeed, of school business managers is so that head teachers can concentrate on their major task, which is teaching and learning in the school.
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Asked by
David Leslie Taylor
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Oral answers to questions
There is an increasing number of cases in which schools advertise for heads, but the number of people who apply is small and the quality of the applicants is indifferent. To what does the Minister attribute that, and what does he intend to do about it, because far too many schools have acting heads for far too long a period?
Subjects
Headteachers
Date
12 October 2009
Reference
497 c15-6
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I do not accept that there is a crisis in head teacher recruitment. There is a challenge, and that is one reason why we have given the national college £30 million to help develop succession planning, which is necessary. On the issue of axing 3,000 head teacher posts, that is not a figure that the Department has used. It is right as we develop schools for the future that we look at how schools are organised and managed, and federations are one way forward. Certainly, we have never used the figure of 3,000 head teacher posts to be axed.
I do not accept that there is a crisis in head teacher recruitment. There is a challenge, and that is one reason why we have given the national college £30 million to help develop succession planning, which is necessary. On the issue of axing 3,000 head teacher posts, that is not a figure that the Department has used. It is right as we develop schools for the future that we look at how schools are organised and managed, and federations are one way forward. Certainly, we have never used the figure of 3,000 head teacher posts to be axed.
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Asked by
Greg Mulholland
(Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Oral answers to questions
The Minister has used the word "challenge". Other people describe the number of head teachers retiring as a crisis. In that regard, may I ask the Minister why on earth the Government have announced at this stage the scrapping of 3,000 head teachers and leadership posts in schools? Will that not make the situation much worse?
Subjects
Headteachers
Date
12 October 2009
Reference
497 c15
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
What proportion of head teachers he expects to retire from their posts in the next five years.
What proportion of head teachers he expects to retire from their posts in the next five years.
Asked by
Greg Mulholland
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 October 2009
For answer on
12 October 2009
Answered on
12 October 2009
We estimate that 38 per cent. of current head teachers will have retired by 2015. Dealing with the loss of their skills and experience will be a challenge and an opportunity. We have invested £30 million through the National College for Leadership of Schools and Children’s Services succession planning strategy to ensure that this demographic challenge is managed effectively. The national college continues to work closely with schools, local authorities and faith bodies around the country to find, develop and keep excellent head teachers.
Subjects
Headteachers
Date
12 October 2009
Reference
497 c15; 292203
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many head teachers left the profession for reasons other than retirement in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many head teachers left the profession for reasons other than retirement in each of the last 10 years.
Asked by
Lord Gove
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
13 July 2009
For answer on
15 July 2009
Answered on
5 October 2009
Due to data quality issues figures are not available for head teachers only.
Subjects
Headteachers; Resignations
Date
5 October 2009
Reference
496 c2302W; 287223
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average age of (a) primary and (b) secondary school head teachers was in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average age of (a) primary and (b) secondary school head teachers was in each year since 1997.
Asked by
Lord Gove
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
8 July 2009
For answer on
13 July 2009
Answered on
15 July 2009
The following table provides the average age of full-time head teachers in local authority maintained nursery/primary and secondary schools in England, March 1997 to 2008, the latest information available.
| Average age of full-time head teachers in local authority maintained schools. Coverage: England. Years: March 1997 to 2008 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nursery/primary | Secondary | |
| 1997 | 48 | 49 |
| 1998 | 48 | 49 |
| 1999 | 48 | 50 |
| 2000 | 49 | 50 |
| 2001 | 49 | 50 |
| 2002 | 49 | 50 |
| 2003 | 50 | 51 |
| 2004 | 50 | 50 |
| 2005 | 50 | 51 |
| 2006¹ | 50 | 51 |
| 2007¹ | 50 | 51 |
| 2008¹ | 49 | 51 |
| ¹ Provisional. | ||
| Note: | ||
| Figures are rounded to the nearest whole year. | ||
| Source: | ||
| Database of Teacher Records. |
Subjects
Age; Headteachers
Date
15 July 2009
Reference
496 c467W; 286402
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of head teachers have been subject to disciplinary procedure in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of head teachers have been subject to disciplinary procedure in each of the last five years.
Asked by
Bob Spink
(Independent (affiliation))
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
23 June 2009
For answer on
25 June 2009
Answered on
26 June 2009
The operation of disciplinary procedures in schools is a matter for local determination. Accordingly, the information requested about the proportion of head teachers who have been subject to disciplinary procedures over the last five years is not held centrally.
Subjects
Disciplinary proceedings; Headteachers
Date
26 June 2009
Reference
494 c1182W; 282442
House
House of Commons