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HANSARDSchool Funding: Special Educational NeedsI am delighted to join my noble friend in celebrating that success. That matter will be for individual parents in independent schools to work through. Independent schools have…23 May 2024HANSARDSchool Funding: Special Educational NeedsI am not sure where £60.7 billion relates to £3.50, as they are quite a way apart. I point the noble Lord to where our children are in the international league tables and the…23 May 2024HANSARDSchool Funding: Special Educational NeedsThe noble Earl may be right that we are timed out on an arts premium.23 May 2024HANSARDSchool Funding: Special Educational NeedsNo, I do not accept that. As I said, this Government have focused very much on supporting schools and teachers to do their critical job brilliantly, and we should not question…23 May 2024HANSARDSchool Funding: Special Educational NeedsNo, the Minister certainly would not feel that to be appropriate. Looking at how pupil premium can be used, the Education Endowment Foundation has directed three areas:…23 May 2024HANSARDSchool Funding: Special Educational NeedsWe give schools a great deal of discretion over how they use their budgets. It is right that we want the experts who know their community to use funds as they see fit, and the…23 May 2024HANSARDSchool Funding: Special Educational NeedsThe report focused on the state-funded sector and is therefore not related to VAT in education.23 May 2024HANSARDSchool Funding: Special Educational NeedsHaving a highly skilled teacher to work with, combined with the assistive technology to which the noble Lord referred, is the critical part. That is one of the reasons that Huawei…23 May 2024HANSARDSchool Funding: Special Educational NeedsMy Lords, including additional pay and pension grants, school funding is increasing to £60.7 billion this year, the highest ever in real terms per pupil, supporting school leaders…23 May 2024HANSARDSchool Funding: Special Educational NeedsMy noble friend is very kind—23 May 2024HANSARDCovid-19 Pandemic: Educational AttainmentChildren with special educational needs and disabilities were of course greatly impacted during the pandemic. The Government have been working with a wide range of organisations…22 May 2024HANSARDCovid-19 Pandemic: Educational AttainmentMy Lords, the challenges of the pandemic were unprecedented and almost £5 billion was made available specifically for education recovery. The latest results from 2023 show…22 May 2024HANSARDCovid-19 Pandemic: Educational AttainmentI agree entirely with the noble Lord about the importance of social interaction and parental engagement. When I talk to schools about this, they frequently cite examples showing…22 May 2024HANSARDCovid-19 Pandemic: Educational AttainmentThe noble Baroness is right that our focus needs to be on those disadvantaged children. That has been reflected in our strategy focusing on 55 education investment areas, where we…22 May 2024HANSARDCovid-19 Pandemic: Educational AttainmentI am not entirely sure that revisiting whether we should have locked down gets us much further forward. The Government are genuinely, tirelessly focusing on everything we can do…22 May 2024HANSARDCovid-19 Pandemic: Educational AttainmentThe money the Government have put in has been focused particularly on the most disadvantaged children and on leaving a legacy in our schools. The proof of the pudding is that…22 May 2024HANSARDCovid-19 Pandemic: Educational AttainmentI am delighted to join the noble Baroness in congratulating Sulivan Primary School on its garden at Chelsea. I take this opportunity to shamelessly plug the National Education…22 May 2024HANSARDCovid-19 Pandemic: Educational AttainmentWe in the department have worked very closely with each of those individual schools. Of course, the disruption may have affected coursework rather more significantly than specific…22 May 2024HANSARDHigher Education (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)My Lords, I was just starting to talk about the relationship of the OfS with the sector, which was a matter of concern to a number of your Lordships. The OfS has both reflected…21 May 2024HANSARDHigher Education (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Bolton, for securing this important debate, and all members of the Industry and Regulators Committee for their work and…21 May 2024