HC Deb 22 June 1989 vol 155 cc245-6W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will convene a conference of the local education authorities of Wales to discuss with directors of education and chairmen of local education authorities the (i) financial and (ii) professional consequences to the schools service of local management of schools and the national curriculum;

(2) if he will visit each of the local education authorities in Wales to discuss with them the (i) financial and (ii) professional consequences of local management of schools and the national curriculum; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

No request has been made to my right hon. Friend by local education authorities to meet and discuss the consequences of the implementation of the Education Reform Act 1988. At official level discussions on these issues continue to take place through working groups on which all local education authorities are represented.

Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list in theOfficial Report all Government documents issued to (a) local education authorities and (b) schools as a consequence of the Education Reform Act listing both the number of pages and the cost of the document; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

The following documents have been issued by the Welsh Office to local authorities and schools as a direct result of the passing of the Education Reform Act 1988. Most of these documents were produced within the Department and costs cannot be separately identified. I am ensuring that copies are available in the Library of the House.

Length and Control of School Sessions: Draft Circular Admission of pupils to County and Voluntary Schools: Circular 47/88 Charges for school activities: Circular 4/89 Religious Education and Collective Worship: Circular 6/89 Grant Maintained Schools: Circular 49/88 Local Management of Schools: Circular 36/88 Statutory Approval of Qualifications: Circular 33/89 National Curriculum Mathematics and Science Orders: Circular 14/89 The School Curriculum and Assessment: Circular 15/89 Local Arrangements for the Consideration of Complaints made under Section 23: Circular 26/89 Modern Foreign Languages in the National Curriculum: Circular 32/89 Governance of Maintained Further and Higher Education Institutions: Circular 37/88 Local Management of Further and Higher Education Institutions: Planning and Delegation of Schemes and Articles of Government: Circular 38/88 Local Management of Further and Higher Education Colleges: Circular Letter

Mathematics fin. Ages 5–16:

Proposals of the Secretaries of State 1988 Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Mathematics) Order 1989 Mathematics in the National Curriculum" (Associated document to above).

Science for Ages 5–16:

Proposals of the Secretaries of State 1988 Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in Science) Order 1989 Science in The National Curriculum" (Associated document to above).

Design and Technology for Ages 5–16:

Proposal of the Secretaries of State 1989 National Curriculum Implementation: Circular Letter to Headteachers National Curriculum: Draft Statutory Regulations—Exemptions from English at Key Stage 1: Consultation Letter National Curriculum Temporary Exceptions for Individual Pupils: Draft Regulations and Circular LEA Training Grants Scheme and ESG—National Curriculum Development Plans: Guidance Note National Curriculum: Task Group on Assessment and Testing (TGAT): Report Education Reform: The Government's Proposals for Schools: Booklet School Governors: How to Become A Grant Maintained School: Booklet School Governors: A New Role: Booklet Shouldn't You Become A School Governor: Booklet School Governors: A Guide to the Law for County and Controlled Schools: Booklet English for Ages 5–11: Booklet English in the National Curriculum Key Stage 1: Booklet