HC Deb 12 May 2004 vol 421 cc415-20W
Mr. Collins

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the circular documents that were sent by(a) the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, (b) Ofsted and (c) his Department to (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003; and how many pages each document contained. [167560]

Mr. Miliband

The following pages show the documents that were sent, including the number of pages, during the period 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003 from(a) the Department for Education and Skills (b) the Office for Standards in Education and (c) the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority to (i) primary schools and (ii) secondary schools.

In total, 34 documents were sent to all primary schools and 41 documents were sent to all secondary schools in the period from the Department for Education and Skills.

Nine documents were sent to all primary schools and 17 documents were sent to all secondary schools in the period from the Office for Standards in Education, and a total of 22 documents were sent to all primary schools and 21 documents were sent to all secondary schools in the period from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.

Where a document has been sent to all primary and all secondary schools it will appear in the totals for both primary and secondary above. Details of each document and how many pages each contained have been placed in the Library.

Annex A: Documents sent from the Department for Education and Skills to all primary and secondary schools between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003
Primary schools Pages
January
NLNS refresher pack 26
Spectrum 10
Languages for all: Languages for life 25
Sure Start 9
KS2 letter from Stephen Twigg 2
February
Raising standards and tackling workload 32
Spectrum 12
Introduction to e-communications 2
Building schools for the future 20
March
Early Years Headcount 3
Write here: write now 2
Spectrum 20
Survey of absences in school 5
April
Notification of move to e-payment system 2
Spectrum 16
May
Spectrum 16
Excellence and Enjoyment 50
June
Spectrum 28
Threshold payments 1
Safeguarding children from abuse 30
September
Implementation Review Unit: poster 1
Implementation Review Unit: publicity leaflet 2
Data collection by type of special educational needs 10
Schoolteachers pay and conditions document 2003 180
Travelling to school: flyer on sustainable school transport 1
Guidance under S133 of the Education Act 2002 14
Spectrum 67 22
October
Spectrum 68 12
Pupil achievement tracker (CD-ROM) 1
Performance management support materials 1
Research topic paper on the impact of parental involvement in children's education 6
November
Speaking, listening, learning: working with children in Key stages 1 and 2 152
Spectrum 69 12
December
Spectrum 70 12
Secondary schools
January
Spectrum 10
Languages for all: languages for life 25

Annex A: Documents sent from the Department for Education and Skills to all primary and secondary schools between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003
Primary schools Pages
February
Peter Housden letter re e-batch 2
14–19 Outcome Pack 10
Raising standards and workload 32
A new specialist system 50
Specialist system TSE 2
KS3 targets 2
Spectrum 12
Building schools for the future 20
March
Spectrum 16
Survey of absences in schools 5
National non stat spec—careers 30
Protecting children from abuse 5
April
12th youth cohort study 5
Notification of move to e-payment system 2
Spectrum 16
May
Spectrum 16
June
Safeguarding children from abuse 30
Threshold guidance 1
Spectrum 28
September
Implementation Review Unit: poster 1
Implementation Review Unit: publicity leaflet 2
Data collection by type of special educational needs 10
Schoolteachers pay and conditions document 2003 180
Travelling to school: flyer on sustainable school transport 1
Guidance under S133 of the Education Act 2002 14
Education maintenance allowances (EMA)—guidance leaflet 6
Principles underpinning the organisation of 16–19 provision (summary) 8
Spectrum 67 22
October
Spectrum 68 12
Research topic paper on the impact of parental involvement in children's education 6
Performance management support materials 1
Pupil achievement tracker (CD ROM) 1
November
Direct communication with young people 20
KS3 National Strategy: Targeting level 5 and above—teaching responses to reading 122
KS3 National Strategy: Year 9 booster kit—English 2003 170
Spectrum 69 12
KS3 National Strategy: GCSE booster pack 76
Future of higher education: changes to student finance 8
December
Spectrum 70 12
Notes:
1. There were no circular documents sent to schools in July or August 2003.
2. 'Spectrum' is the DfES monthly catalogue of publications, and source of information and news of interest to schools.

Annex B: Documents sent from the Office for Standards in

Education to all primary and secondary schools between

1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003

Date Schools Pages
Annual Report of Her

Majesty's Chief Inspector

of Schools: Standards and

Quality in Education

Annex B: Documents sent from the Office for Standards in

Education to all primary and secondary schools between

1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003

Date Schools Pages
2001–02 5 February 2003 All 106
Area Inspection Framework Consultation 10 February 2003 Secondary 22
Good assessment in secondary schools 3 March 2003 Secondary 41
Key Stage 3 Strategy: Evaluation of second year 14 March 2003 Secondary 32
Writing in English as an Additional Language at Key Stage 4 and Post-16 17 March 2003 Secondary 74
Curriculum 2000: Implementation 21 March 2003 Secondary 27
Bullying: Action taken in secondary schools 25 March 2003 Secondary 33
Framework for Inspecting Schools (May 2003) 30 May 2003 All 57
Excellence in Cities and EAZs: management and impact 2 June 2003 Secondary 78
Key Stage 4: towards a flexible curriculum 10 June 2003 Secondary 53
The School Sports Co-ordinator Programme: Evaluation of Phases 1 and 2, 2001–03 16 June 2003 All 40
Leadership and Management of Schools: What Ofsted inspections tell us 27 June 2003 All 48
Boys' achievement in secondary schools 11 July 2003 Secondary 58
The education of six-year-olds in England, Denmark and Finland 23 July 2003 Primary 63
Area Inspection Framework 22 September 2003 Secondary 22
The education of asylum-seeker pupils 22 October 2003 All 38
Handbook for Inspectors—Inspection of Connexions Partnerships 18 November 2003 Secondary 89
Provision and support for traveller pupils 9 December 2003 Primary 21
National Literacy and Numeracy Report 2003 9 December 2003 Primary 66
Leadership and management: managing the school workforce (leaflet) 16 December 2003 All 4

Annex C: Documents sent from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority to all primary and secondary schools between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003
Date Schools Pages
KS1 and KS2 standards report January 2003 Primary 2
KS3 standards report January 2003 Secondary 2
Foundation Stage Profile (+ order form) January 2003 Primary 2
A-level circular January 2003 Secondary 1
Using mathematics to raise achievement January 2003 All 1
KS1 audit January 2003 Primary 1
Citizenship Key stages 1–4 Guidance on assessment recording and reporting February 2003 All 1
New perspectives on spoken English in the classroom February 2003 All 1

Annex C: Documents sent from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority to all primary and secondary schools between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003
Date Schools Pages
Introduction or revised VCEs postponed to September 2005 March 2003 Secondary 1
Checklist and packing sheets for Key Stage 2 tests 2003 March 2003 Primary 2
Checklist and packing sheets for year 7 progress tests 2003 March 2003 Secondary 2
Checklist and packing sheets for Key Stage 3 tests 2003 March 2003 Secondary 2
Drugs, alcohol and tobacco March 2003 All 1
Update to the exemplar scheme of work for ICT at Key stages 1 and 2 April 2003 Primary 1
KS1 Test circular 2003 with HDF April 2003 Primary 3
Test dates for 2004 May 2003 All 1
Diagnostic software CD-ROM June 2003 All 1
2003 KS2 level threshold tables July 2003 Primary 2
2003 KS3 level threshold tables July 2003 Secondary 2
2003 Year 7 level threshold tables September 2003 Secondary 2
Work-related learning for all at key stage 4: guidance for implementing the statutory requirement from 2004 September 2003 Secondary 2
Changes to the Key stage 4 curriculum: guidance for implementation from 2004 September 2003 Secondary 2
KS1 ARA October 2003 Primary 2
KS2 ARA October 2003 Primary 2
KS3 ARA October 2003 Secondary 2
Year 7/8 ARA October 2003 Secondary 2
Religious education and collective worship October 2003 All 1
2003 Testbase and implications for Key stages 1, 2 and 3 October 2003 All 1
School-based assessment video (CD format)—Assessment for learning: Involving pupils November 2003 All 1
2004 Key stage 1 statutory tasks for English and mathematics December 2003 Primary 2
2004 Key stage 1 statutory tasks for English and mathematics (independent schools) December 2003 Primary 2

Table A—Sefton LEA Capital Allocations
£000
Type 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05* 2005–06*
Additional NDS Grant (615) 141
Assistance with AMPs 39
Basic L C Vap 101 573 735
Basic Need 70 217 683 1589 2950 1804 903 550 716
City Learning Centres 1200

Annex C: Documents sent from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority to all primary and secondary schools between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2003
Date Schools Pages
2004 Key stage 1 tasks for

English and mathematics

and copies of 2003 tests

for English and mathematics

December 2003 Primary 2
Data Handling Toolkit December 2003 All 1