HC Deb 18 March 2004 vol 419 c475W
Mr. Brady

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his answer of 9 March 2004,Official Report, column 1381W, on school exclusions (cannabis), when the first term's data, on the reasons for exclusions from schools, will be available. [161793]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

We plan to publish information from the first term's data on exclusions alongside the Statistical First Release on Permanent Exclusions from Schools and Exclusion Appeals in England 2002/03 (provisional), in May 2004.

Quantity Relevant legislation Innovation
4 The Changing of School Session Times (England) Regulations 1999 To extend the length of the school day mid academic year, rather than wait until the beginning of the new school year. The purpose of the innovation was to provide extra curricular activities for pupils, freeing up time for teachers to work on planning, preparation, and to draw up education plans for individual pupils.
1 The Changing of School Session Times (England) Regulations 1999 To change the timings of the school day without the requirements set out in regulations to give the minimum of three months notice to parents and to consult parents at a meeting (instead parents were consulted by correspondence). The purpose of the innovation was to end the school day one hour early on alternate Wednesdays from September 2003, allowing staff to have a dedicated two-hour period once a fortnight for planning, preparation, assessment, and to hold meetings.
1 The Education (National Curriculum) (KS2 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order2003 Exemption sought from Key Stage 2 National Curriculum testing while replacing these tests with on-going teacher assessment procedures.