Question follow-through · 5397

Alternative Education: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 2 September 2024 entitled Education reforms to deliver on the government’s opportunity mission, HCWS54, whether it is her policy to replace single headline grades for

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
11 Sept 2024
Target answer date
7 Oct 2024
Answer
7 Oct 2024 · 26 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 2 September 2024 entitled Education reforms to deliver on the government’s opportunity mission, HCWS54, whether it is her policy to replace single headline grades for

  2. 7 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 7 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The government’s announcement to remove Ofsted’s single headline grades with immediate effect included state-funded alternative provision schools. The government is committed to removing single headline grades in all the remits that Ofsted inspects and re...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Students: Finance

4 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to introduce an alternative student finance product for Muslim students.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Special Educational Needs

7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children attend special educational needs schools by (a) sex, (b) ethnicity, (c) free school meals status and (d) region.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pupil Referral Units

7 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are registered at pupil referral units by (a) sex, (b) ethnicity, (c) free school meals status and (d) region.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Alternative Education: Travellers

8 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Institute for Public Policy Research's report entitled Who is losing learning, the case for reducing exclusions across mainstream schools, published on 5 September 2024, what steps her Departm

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pupils: Travellers

8 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Education Policy Institute's Annual Report 2024, published on 16 July 2024, what steps she plans to take to tackle disadvantage gaps identified in that report for (a) Gypsy and Roma pupils

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pupil Referral Units

17 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answers of 14 October 2024 to Question 7569 on Special Educational Needs and Question 7570 on Pupil Referral Units, how many and what proportion of children who had been excluded from school wer

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Breakfast Clubs: Primary Education

22 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing kitchen facilities available to primary schools, in the context of the roll-out of new breakfast clubs.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pupil Referral Units

4 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2024 to Question 9795 on Pupil Referral Units, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of recording the number of children registered at Pupil Referral Units

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pupil Referral Units

4 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2024 to Question 9795 on Pupil Referral Units, if her Department will undertake a manual audit of all children registered at Pupil Referral Units since 1 November 2023 to se

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pupil Referral Units: Special Educational Needs

4 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answers of 14 October to Questions 7569 on Special Educational Needs and 7570 on Pupil Referral Units, how many and what proportion of children who attended Special Educational Needs schools wer

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions

4 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7596 on Special Educational Needs, how many and what proportion of children who had been excluded from school were then registered at special schools by (a)

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Free School Meals: Departmental Coordination

19 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on automatically enrolling all eligible pupils for free school meals.