HC Deb 07 February 1995 vol 254 cc145-9W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will list those organisations which have made written submissions to the official task force consultation on nursery education for all four-year-olds.

Mr. Forth

A list of organisations from which the official task force on under-fives have received written submissions is given. The list does not include individual schools or members of the public who have written to the task force:

  • Association of County Councils
  • Association of Metropolitan Authorities
  • Avon Nursery Head Teachers
  • Avon Nursery Link Group
  • Barnardo's
  • British Association for Early Childhood Education
  • Business and Technology Education Council
  • Campaign for State Education
  • Catholic Education Service
  • Children in Wales
  • College of Care and Early Education
  • Commission for Racial Equality
  • Cornwall Campaign for Nursery Education
  • Council for Awards in Children's Care and Education
  • Council for Disabled Children
  • Daycare Trust
  • Devon County Council
  • Devon Federation of Parent-Teacher Associations

Early Childhood Education Forum (in addition to many organisations who made separate submissions, this encompasses:

  • Association of Advisors for Under Eights and their Families
  • Childcare Association
  • National Association of Nursery and Family Care
  • National Portage Association
  • Tutors of Advanced Courses for Teachers of Young Children)
  • Early Years Curriculum Group
  • Early Years Trainers Anti-Racist Network
  • Equal Opportunities Commission
  • Free Church Federal Council
  • Funding Agency for Schools
  • The GM Initiative
  • Grant-Maintained Schools Advisory Committee
  • Gwent Under Eights Network
  • Hampshire County Council
  • High/Scope UK
  • Incorporated Association of Preparatory Schools
  • Independent Schools Joint Council
  • Kids' Club Network
  • London Borough of Brent Early Years Conference
  • London Boroughs Association
  • Mencap
  • Metropolitan Council of Kirklees
  • Middlesborough Borough Council
  • Montessori Education (UK) Ltd.
  • National Association of Educational Inspectors, Advisers and Consultants
  • National Association of Grant-Maintained Primary Schools
  • National Association of Head Teachers
  • National Association of Nursery Centres
  • National Campaign for Nursery Education
  • National Childminding Association
  • National Children's Bureau
  • National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations
  • National Council of Women
  • National Governors' Council
  • National Private Day Nurseries Association
  • National Union of Teachers
  • OMEP (World Organisation for Early Childhood Education)
  • Oxfordshire Education Department
  • Penistone and Area Nursery Development Group
  • Playgroup Network
  • Portsmouth City Council
  • Pre-school Playgroups Association
  • Ripon Diocesan Board of Education
  • Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
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  • Save the Children
  • Shropshire County Council
  • Smart's Agency and Childcare Training Centre
  • Society of Education Officers
  • Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Sound Start Network
  • Special Educational Needs National Advisory Council
  • Voluntary Organisations Liaison Council for Under Fives
  • Whitehorse Childcare Ltd.
  • Women's Royal Voluntary Service
  • Working for Childcare

Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will list those organisations or their representatives she has met as part of her consultation on nursery education for all four-year-olds; and when she will make an announcement on the implementation of her policy.

Mr. Forth

A list of the organisations and institutions that my right hon. Friend, members of the DFE task force and I have met or visited is given. My right hon. Friend will make an announcement in due course:

  • Andersen Consulting
  • Asquith Court
  • Association of County Councils
  • Association of Metropolitan Authorities
  • Association of Teachers and Lecturers
  • Bordon County Infant School, Hampshire
  • Belgian Ministry of Education (Flemish speaking)
  • Belgian Ministry of Education (French speaking)
  • Bradshaw Community Nursery Centre, Salford
  • British Association for Early Childhood Education
  • Busy Bees
  • Catholic Education Service
  • Centre for Policy Studies
  • Chase Children's Centre, Hampshire
  • Childcare Association
  • Childcare North Shields
  • Childcare Vouchers
  • Childcare Wallsend
  • Church of England General Synod Board of Education
  • Clydebank Family Centre, Strathclyde
  • Cranstonhill Nursery School, Glasgow
  • Danish Ministry of Education
  • Danish Ministry of Social Services
  • Deighton Nursery, Kirklees
  • Dorning Street Nursery School, Salford
  • Dorothy Gardner Centre, Westminster
  • Early Childhood Education Forum (in addition to those organisations who appear separately on the list, this encompasses: Association of Advisors for Under Eights and their Families
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  • Campaign for State Education
  • Children in Wales
  • Commission for Racial Equality
  • Council for Disabled Children
  • Council for Awards in Children's Care and Education
  • Daycare Trust
  • Early Years Curriculum Group
  • Early Years Trainers Anti-Racist Network
  • High/Scope UK
  • Incorporated Association of Preparatory Schools
  • National Association of Education Inspectors, Advisors and Consultants
  • National Association of Nursery Centres
  • National Association of Nursery and Family Care
  • National Childminding Association
  • National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations
  • National Private Day Nurseries Association
  • National Portage Association
  • OMEP (World Organisation for Early Childhood Education)
  • Tutors of Advanced Courses for Teachers of Young Children)
  • Voluntary Organisations Liaison Council for Under Fives
  • Working for Childcare
  • Early Years Co-ordinators Network
  • Faifley Community Nursery, Stathclyde
  • French Ministry of Education
  • Funding Agency for Schools
  • Goldsmiths college
  • Gloucestershire LEA
  • Hampshire LEA
  • Highgate Newton Playgroup
  • Hillend Children's Centre, Strathclyde
  • Intercity Kitty Nursery
  • Irlam Endowed Primary School, Salford
  • Jigsaw Day Nursery, Welwyn Garden City
  • Kindercare Learning Centres
  • Kirklees LEA
  • Lepton (CE) Junior and Infants School, Kirklees
  • London Montessori Centre
  • Margaret McMillan Nursery Centre, Islington
  • Milton Keynes Preparatory School
  • Montessori UK Ltd.
  • National Association of Head Teachers
  • National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers
  • National Campaign for Nursery Education
  • National Children's Bureau
  • National Union of Teachers
  • North Tyneside LEA
  • Park Infant Family Centre, Gloucestershire
  • Peat Marwick/KPMG Consultants
  • Pen Green Family Centre, Corby
  • Perrin's Community School Day Nursery, Hampshire
  • Pre-school Playgroups Association
  • Professional Association of Teachers
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  • Ready Steady Go Nursery, Camden
  • Royal Society of Arts
  • Salford LEA
  • Sheffield LEA
  • SIMS Education Services Ltd.
  • Sound Start
  • Spanish Ministry of Education
  • Startright Educare
  • Strathclyde Regional Council
  • Susan Hay Associates, Broadgate Nursery
  • Sythwood School Playgroup
  • Tower Hamlets LEA
  • Thomas Coram Research Unit, University of London

Full-time equivalent number of teachers employed in the maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special sectors, including self-governing (GM) schools, in England as at January of each year
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 11993 11994
Nursery, primary and secondary 410,547 405,252 402,932 402,280 401,506 397,410 398,542 394,945 394,874 396,332 389,091 390,430
Special 17,448 17,470 17,302 17,167 17,644 16,929 17,328 17,014 16,801 16,647 16,647 16,292
Education other than at school 2,180 2,285 2,214 2,083 2,578 2,737 3,058 2,664 2,636 2,578 2,578 2,578
Total 430,175 425,007 422,448 421,530 421,728 417,076 418,928 414,623 414,311 415,557 408,316 409,300

SourceAnnual 618G return.

Note

1As from 1/4/93 sixth form colleges became part of the Further Education sector, and the 1994 figures therefore exclude teachers in these colleges. The second 1993 figure also excludes these teachers to allow comparison with 1994.