§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of pupils in each
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Pilot/Pathfinder Area Diversity Pathfinders Middlesbrough; Hertfordshire; Portsmouth; Cornwall; Newham To explore various avenues towards developing a truly diverse secondary system by creating the opportunity for LEAs to work with schools to develop their own distinctive ethos and excellence in order to raise standards throughout secondary education. Excellence in Cities Primary Pilot Extending the programme to primary schools in EiC areas. Birmingham; Bradford; Camden; Coporation of London; Greenwich; hackney; Hammersmith and Fulham; Haringey; Islington; Knowsley; Lambeth; Leeds; Lewisham; Liverpool; Manchester; Newham; Rotherham; Salford; Sheffield; Southwark; Tower Hamlets; Waltham Forest; Wandsworth; Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea National Mentoring Pilot Project To raise the achievement of secondary school pupils aged between 12–18 years in deprived areas, encouraging them to develop and move on to independent learning, and promoting the benefits of entering into higher education to those who may not otherwise consider it. Birmingham; Oxfordshire; Hackney; Lambeth; Manchester; Nottingham; Brighton; Salford; Trafford; Portsmouth; Plymouth; Bradford; Lancashire; Gloucestershire; Newcastle; South Tyneside; Middlesbrough; Telford and Wrekin Learning Mentors To help pupils remove barriers to learning. Barking and Dagenham; Barnsley; Birmingham; Blackburn; Blackpool; Bradford; Brent; Bristol; Camden; Corporation of London; Doncaster; Ealing; Enfield; Gateshead; Greenwich; Hackney; Halton; Hammersmith and Fulham; Haringey; Hartlepool; Hounslow; Islington; Kensington and Chelsea; Kingston Upon Hull; Knowsley; Lambeth; Leeds Leicester City; Lewisham; Liverpool; Luton; Manchester; Middlesbrough, Newcastle Upon Tyne; Newham; North Tyneside; City of Nottingham; Oldham; Redcar and Cleveland; Rochdale; Rotherham; St Helens; Salford; Sandwell; Sefton; Sheffield; South Tyneside; Solihull; Southwark; Stockton on Tees; Stoke on Trent; Sunderland; Tower Hamlets; Waltham Forest; Wandsworth; Westminster; Wirral; Wolverhampton; Portsmouth; West Cumbria; Kent; Dewsbury and Batley; East Lancashire; Walsall; Croydon; Tameside; Huddersfield; West Lancashire; Coventry Advanced Skills Teachers (AST) Groupworking Schemes Off-shoot of national AST project to ascertain benefit and good practice in using AST's in groups rather than individually. Birmingham; Essex; Gloucestershire; Kent; Leeds; Lincolnshire; Newham; York School Partnership Pilots To develop models of partnership working between schools and with external partners to inform development of policy and tackle some current weak and failing schools where existing support is not securing sufficiently rapid progress. Sheffield; Isles of Scilly; Sandwell; Walsall; Bolton; Lewisham; Birmingham; Swindon; Derby Pupil Learning Credits To provide secondary schools with extra funding to enable them to provide additional learning opportunities for Key Stage 3 pupils whose social circumstances are exceptionally challenging, and then to assess the benefits of this to the pupils and the schools. Camden; Croydon; Greenwich; Hackney; Hammersmith and Fulham; Haringey; Islington; Kensington and Chelsea; Lambeth; Lewisham; Newham; Southwark; Tower Hamlets; Waltham Forest; Wandsworth; Westminster; Knowsley; Lancashire; Liverpool; Manchester; Salford; Portsmouth; Kent; Birmingham; Walsall; Bradford; Kirklees; Leeds; Rotherham; Sheffield local education authority took part in each of her Department's initiatives which have not yet been subject to nationwide roll-out. [71814]
§ Mr. MilibandThe following pilot/Pathfinder initiatives were in operation during the school year 2001–02. These will not necessarily roll-out nationally though, as a result of the Spending Review, Education Maintenance Allowances will be available throughout England from September 2004. Information on numbers of pupils taking part is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
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Pilot/Pathfinder Area Peer Mentoring Resource Pack Trial To help schools run programmes where Y10/11 pupils mentor Y7 pupils to help them through the transition into secondary schooling. Birmingham; Lancashire; Salford; Westminster Schools Facing Extremely Challenging Circumstances To find new and innovative ways to raise attainment. Liverpool; North East Lincolnshire; Sunderland; Hammersmith and Fulham; Birmingham; Kent; Calderdale; Barnet Gifted and Talented Intensive programme to support the development of gifted and talented pupils. Barking and Dagenham; Barnsley; Birmingham; Blackburn; Blackpool; Bradford; Brent; Bristol; Camden; Corporation of London; Doncaster; Ealing; Enfield; Gateshead; Greenwich; Hackney: Halton; Hammersmith and Fulham; Haringey; Hartlepool; Hounslow; Islington; Kensington and Chelsea; Kingston Upon Hull; Knowsley; Lambeth; Leeds Leicester City; Lewisham; Liverpool; Luton; Manchester; Middlesbrough, Newcastle Upon Tyne; Newham; North Tyneside; City of Nottingham; Oldham; Redcar and Cleveland; Rochdale: Rotherham; St Helens; Salford; Sandwell: Sefton; Sheffield; South Tyneside; Solihull; Southwark; Stockton on Tees; Stoke on Trent; Sunderland; Tower Hamlets; Waltham Forest; Wandsworth; Westminster; Wirral; Wolverhampton; Portsmouth; West Cumbria; Kent; Dewsbury and Batley; East Lancashire; Walsall; Croydon; Tameside; Huddersfield; West Lancashire; Coventry Zoneparc Pilot Playground improvement and management scheme to increase activity levels of young people and tackle social exclusion Bristol; Lambeth Education Maintenance Allowance To improve participation, retention and attainment in post-compulsory education among 16–18 year olds Cornwall; Knowsley; Leeds; Liverpool; Luton; Manchester; Middlesbrough; Northumberland; Southampton; Sheffield; Walsall; Wolverhampton; Nottingham; Oldham; Bolton; Coventry; Doncaster; Tameside; North Tyneside; Wakefield; Birmingham; Gateshead; Leicester; South Tyneside; Stoke on Trent; Wigan; Barking and Dagenham; Brent; Camden; Ealing; Fulham; Greenwich; Hackney; Halton; Hammersmith and Fulham; Waltham Forest; Hartlepool; Haringey; Islington; Kingston upon Hull; Lambeth; Lewisham; Newham; Salford; Sandwell; Southwark; Wandsworth; Tower Hamlets: Bradford; Barnsley; St Helens; Wirral; East Lancashire; Sunderland; Suffolk;; North East Lincolnshire; Worcestershire Barking and Dagenham; Barnsley; Birmingham; Blackburn; Blackpool; Bradford; Brent; Bristol; Camden: Corporation of London; Doncaster; Ealing; Enfield; Gateshead; Greenwich; Hackney; Halton; Hammersmith and Fulham; Haringey; Hartlepool; Hounslow; Islington; Kensington and Chelsea; Kingston Upon Hull; Knowsley; Lambeth; Leeds Leicester City; Lewisham; Liverpool; Luton; Manchester; Middlesbrough, Newcastle Upon Tyne; Newham; North Tyneside; City of Nottingham; Oldham; Redcar and Cleveland; Rochdale; Rotherham; St Helens; Salford; Sandwell; Sefton; Sheffield; South Tyneside; Solihull; Southwark; Stockton on Tees; Stoke on Trent; Sunderland; Tower Hamlets; Waltham Forest; Wandsworth; Westminster; Wirral; Wolverhampton; Portsmouth; West Cumbria; Kent; Dewsbury and Batley; East Lancashire; Walsall; Croydon: Tameside; Huddersfield; West Lancashire; Coventry