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Baker of Dorking, Lord
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asked Her Majesty's Government:How many pupils took GCSE in history instate secondary schools in 2006 including city technology colleges and academies, but excluding specialist schools and pupil referral units.
asked Her Majesty's Government:How many pupils took GCSE in history instate secondary schools in 2006 including city technology colleges and academies, but excluding specialist schools and pupil referral units.
Asked by
Lord Baker of Dorking
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Adonis
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
29 March 2007
In 2006, there were 184,058 pupils in maintained mainstream schools¹ at the end of key stage 4² who attempted a GCSE in history. "1. Includes community schools, voluntary aided schools, voluntary controlled schools, foundation schools, city technology colleges and academies.""2. Pupils at the end of key stage 4 in the 2005-06 academic year."
Subjects
History; Pupils; GCSE
Date
29 March 2007
Reference
2321; 690 c323-4WA
House
House of Lords
My Lords, is the Minister aware that figures given in the House of Commons in answer to that Question do not reflect what he has just said? They show that about a third of our secondary schools, covering a million pupils, do not offer history after the age of 14—just at the time when Gordon Brown is trying to identify Britishness, which depends upon a knowledge of and an interest in our history. Is the Minister aware that the only other country in Europe that allows history to be dropped at 14 is Albania? Will he ensure that history is restored to the national curriculum for all children up to the age of 16, as it was at the beginning?
My Lords, is the Minister aware that figures given in the House of Commons in answer to that Question do not reflect what he has just said? They show that about a third of our secondary schools, covering a million pupils, do not offer history after the age of 14—just at the time when Gordon Brown is trying to identify Britishness, which depends upon a knowledge of and an interest in our history. Is the Minister aware that the only other country in Europe that allows history to be dropped at 14 is Albania? Will he ensure that history is restored to the national curriculum for all children up to the age of 16, as it was at the beginning?
Asked by
Lord Baker of Dorking
(Conservative)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
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Answered
Answered on
21 February 2007
My Lords, the noble Lord was the father of the national curriculum, and history was never a compulsory subject at key stage 4. I am sorry that he did not bring it in himself when he had responsibility for these matters. He can hardly blame us for not having done so since, although in many areas we have tried to correct the errors of the previous regime. He may be misconstruing the figures given in the parliamentary Answer. The figure of 1,479 to which he referred does not, I stress, relate to one-third of mainstream secondary schools—only 2 per cent of mainstream secondary schools do not enter candidates for history GCSE. My view is that that is 2 per cent too many, but the figure is none the less 2 per cent. The figure of 1,479 includes 689 independent schools and 722 special schools, and the confusion in the press has come from conflating one figure with the other.
Subjects
Curriculum; History; Secondary education; GCSE
Date
21 February 2007
Reference
689 c1068-9
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House of Lords chamber
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House of Lords
My Lords, I would like to clarify a point. When the national curriculum was established there were subjects that went up to 16, as the noble Lord well knows, and they were dropped in the mid-90s—by a Conservative Minister, because not all Conservatives are perfect. The disparity between the figures that the noble Lord has given today and the figures given to the House of Commons by his department is staggering. If he is trying to say that there is 100 per cent take-up of GCSE in secondary schools at 16, that cannot be the case. I think he will find that my figures are much more accurate.
My Lords, I would like to clarify a point. When the national curriculum was established there were subjects that went up to 16, as the noble Lord well knows, and they were dropped in the mid-90s—by a Conservative Minister, because not all Conservatives are perfect. The disparity between the figures that the noble Lord has given today and the figures given to the House of Commons by his department is staggering. If he is trying to say that there is 100 per cent take-up of GCSE in secondary schools at 16, that cannot be the case. I think he will find that my figures are much more accurate.
Asked by
Lord Baker of Dorking
(Conservative)
Oral questions - Supplementary
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Answered
Answered on
21 February 2007
My Lords, I think that the noble Lord simply has to read the Answer that was given in the House of Commons. That makes it clear that the figure of 1,373 schools that do not do history includes special schools and independent schools. Sometimes Members simply need to read the words on the page to understand what is being said. It does not say, ““One-third of mainstream secondary schools””, which was the point then made in the press; that was completely unfounded on the basis of the reply.
As for the noble Lord’s first point about what different Conservative Ministers do, I am afraid that I am not accountable for reversals and changes of policy on the part of different Conservative Ministers, but I look forward to him taking up that case with his successors. If they can come to a common view, we might be able to operate on the basis of it.
Subjects
History; Secondary education; GCSE
Date
21 February 2007
Reference
689 c1071
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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House of Lords
How many secondary schools in 2006 did not submit candidates for GCSE in history.
How many secondary schools in 2006 did not submit candidates for GCSE in history.
Asked by
Lord Baker of Dorking
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Adonis
(Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Procedure
Topical questions (HL)
For answer on
21 February 2007
Answered on
21 February 2007
My Lords, for maintained mainstream secondary schools, the 2006 figure was 68 and in 1997 it was 94. There are 3,112 secondary schools in England, so I am glad to say that the proportion has declined by a third from 3 per cent to 2 per cent since 1997.
Subjects
History; Secondary education; GCSE
Date
21 February 2007
Reference
689 c1068
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
Lords debate on unstarred question on what plans they have to mark the publication of the new "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" as a record of those men and women who have shaped Britains past.
Lords debate on unstarred question on what plans they have to mark the publication of the new "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" as a record of those men and women who have shaped Britains past.
Lead member
Lord Baker of Dorking
Answering member
Lord McIntosh of Haringey
Department
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Type
Questions for short debate
Subjects
Access; Finance; Libraries; Government assistance; Internet; History; Prices; Schools; Oxford University Press; Biography; Dictionaries
Date
10 September 2004
Reference
664 c867-90
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords