§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) if he will give the names of those who currently advise his Department about the national curriculum and associated matters, and in each case the body they represent;
(2) how many people drawn from the primary school sector of education are on his Department's advisory team; and what percentage they represent.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe School Curriculum and Assessment Authority has the main responsibility for advising my right hon. Friend on the national curriculum and associated matters. The authority was established on 1 October under the chairmanship of Sir Ron Dearing. Its 14 members, announced on 14 September, are:
- Mr. Roy Blatchford—Headmaster, Bicester Community College, Oxfordshire (an LEA maintained secondary school).
- Mr. John Burn—Principal, Emmanuel College, Gateshead (Tyneside City Technology College).
- Mrs. Judith Conway—Teacher, Christ Church School, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire (a self-governing GM primary school).
- Mr. Paul Dick—Headmaster, Kennet School, Thatcham, Berkshire (an LEA maintained secondary school).
- Mrs. Heather Du Quesnay—Director of Education, Hertfordshire County Council.
- Dr. Philip Evans—Headmaster, Bedford School (an independent 7–18 school).
- Mrs. Yvonne Hargreaves-Pizer—Headteacher, Hague Primary School, Tower Hamlets, London (an LEA maintained school).
- Mr. Graham Mackenzie—Group Chief Executive, UES Holdings Limited
- Dr. John Marks—Open University Tutor in Physics and History and Philosophy of Science, and Director of the Educational Research Trust
- Professor Leonard Marsh—Principal, Bishop Grosseteste College, Lincoln
- Professor Anthony O' Hear—Professor of Philosophy, University of Bradford
- Mr. David Quarmby—Joint Managing Director, J. Sainsbury plc.
- Mrs. Shahwar Sadeque—Director of Art of Intelligence (a computer software company), Governor of the BBC, and former researcher and school teacher
- Mr. Martyn Worrall—Headmaster, Hawksworth Hall School, Leeds (an independent special school owned by the Spastics Society).
The members were selected on the basis of their individual expertise and experience and not as representatives of any particular body.
Three of the authority's seven teachers are involved in primary education and much of Professor Marsh's professional work has been concerned with the primary sector.