Sarah Coombes MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Teachers: SandwellDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to ensure that all schools in Sandwell are listing teaching jobs with a (a) main and (b) upper pay scale.
Answer: For maintained schools, the school teachers’ pay and conditions document (STPCD) sets out which pay range would be appropriate for any teaching role advertised in England, including Sandwell, and includes the main and upper pay ranges. The document is ava...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTruancy: SandwellDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of above average unauthorised absence rates on educational outcomes in Sandwell local authority area.
Answer: Improving school attendance is central to the government’s Opportunity Mission to drive high and rising standards for every child. The government has inherited an epidemic of school absence which is one of the biggest barriers to opportunity, damaging lea...
Answered 2 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AbsenteeismDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20312More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce persistent absences in primary and secondary schools in West Bromwich constituency.
Answer: This government is determined to tackle the generational challenge of school absence which is a fundamental barrier to learning and life chances. Missing school regularly is harmful to a child’s attainment, safety and physical and mental health, which lim...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordExtended Services: ClosuresDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps she to prevent the closure of private after-school childcare providers.
Answer: The department does not hold this information.This government recognises the vital work that private, voluntary and independent (PVI) providers, including childminders, undertake to deliver before-school, after-school and holiday childcare. The government...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordExtended Services: ClosuresDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many after-school childcare providers have closed since 2020.
Answer: The department does not hold this information.This government recognises the vital work that private, voluntary and independent (PVI) providers, including childminders, undertake to deliver before-school, after-school and holiday childcare. The government...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTeachers: UnemploymentDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support unemployed teachers into teaching jobs.
Answer: High quality teaching is the factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s education. This government is focused on supporting qualified teachers, be they newly qualified or returning to the profession, and helping them find teaching jobs that hel...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTeachers: UnemploymentDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of qualified teachers who were unemployed on 8 October 2024.
Answer: High quality teaching is the factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s education. This government is focused on supporting qualified teachers, be they newly qualified or returning to the profession, and helping them find teaching jobs that hel...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
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