§ 18. Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he is now in a position to520W publish figures of the number and type of teachers required to deliver the national curriculum; and if he will make a statement.
§ 58. Mr. PatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he is now in a position to publish figures of the number and type of teachers required to deliver the national curriculum; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. RumboldNot yet. Firm estimates will depend upon reports from the relevant subject working groups. There are likely to be additional demands in some subjects but not necessarily an increase in numbers overall.
§ 45. Mr. AshdownTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what amount of teaching time will be lost to primary school teachers during the implementation of assessment arrangements for the national curriculum.
§ Mrs. RumboldTime spent on assessment is not "lost" to teaching, but is an essential part of the teaching. process. The national arrangements will represent a development of present practice designed to improve the effectiveness of assessment in schools for the benefit of parents, pupils and teachers.
§ 56. Mr. DykesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will itemise the principal suggestions and elements in any recent public representations received by his Department for the specific contents of the proposed new national core curriculum.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe Department has not received any such recent public representations. The targets and programmes of study which my right hon. Friend will propose later this year for English, maths and science will be based on the reports of the working groups on these subjects. In producing their final reports, the working groups on maths and science will take account of detailed responses to their interim reports, and the English group will be considering comments received on the Kingman report on the teaching of English.