House of Commons Education Committee The English Baccalaureate Written evidence - Web Volume III This volume contains written evidence accepted by the Education Committee for the inquiry The English Baccalaureate List of written evidence Volume I Page 1 Michael Tidd 1 2 Geoff Lucas, HMC 2 3 ISRSA (Independent Schools Religious Studies Association) 3 4 Jonathan Morris, Headteacher, St Wilfrid’s School 5 5 The Oratory School 6 6 Cllr Mrs K M Roche 7 7 Hugh O’Neill, Headteacher, St Benedict’s Catholic School, Bury St Edmunds 8 8 Paul Allen 11 9 Andrew Strachan 13 10 Mr S G Bell, Headteacher, Paisley Catholic College 16 11 Cath Brookes, Deputy Principal, Burntwood School 17 12 Vincent Everett 19 13 Mr Brendan Hickey, Headteacher, St Thomas More Catholic School 20 14 John Keller, Principal, Guthlaxton College 22 15 Gail Neill, Director, Diocese of Nottingham Education Service 23 16 Michael Wright, Headteacher, Leyland St Mary’s Catholic High School 24 17 Christopher Curtis, Headteacher, St Bede’s School 25 18 James Reeve 27 19 Danny Brierley 29 20 Mr Nick Taunt, Headteacher, Bishop Luffa School, Chichester 31 21 Andrew R Middleton 33 22 Mervyn Apthorpe, Assistant Headteacher and Head of Technology, St Thomas 34 More Catholic Science College 23 Miss Moria Kent, Head of RE / PSHCE / Careers, Stanley High School 35 24 Richard Wilkin, Headteacher, St Bede’s Inter Church School 36 25 Barnaby Lennon, Headmaster, Harrow School 37 26 Sharon Gladman 38 27 Damien Graham, Deputy Headteacher, All Saints’ Catholic High School 39 28 Tony Downey, Headteacher, Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Sports College 40 29 Bernadette Mimngah, Vice Principal, Mount Carmel RC Technology College for Girls 41 30 La Retraite RC School 42 31 Mr Philip Wood 44 32 Music Education Council 48 33 Miss Doreen Cronin 49 34 Martin Lapworth 50 35 George Graingers 53 36 J C Bamford Excavators 54 37 Professor John F Healey 55 38 David Sheppard, Headteacher, The Charter School 56; 57 39 Council of University Classical Departments 58 40 Jennifer James, Head of History, Holte Visual and Performing Arts College 59 41 Judith Mossman, Professor of Classics, University of Nottingham 60 42 Jonathan Kerr 61 43 Mrs Jane Crow, Headteacher, Cardinal Newman School, Luton 63 44 Chris Lord, Head of Classics, Chigwell School, Essex 65 45 Mrs Barbara Roden 67 46 Anna Karstan 69 47 ASDAN 70 48 Mrs Aston 76 49 Classics Department, Hereford Cathedral School 77 50 Mrs Susan Rutherford 78 51 The Better History Group 80 52 Richard Vaughan 84 53 David Boothroyd 86 54 Andrea Lea 88 55 Dr Iain W Farrell, Director of Studies, Harrow School 90 56 The Royal Academy of Engineering 91 57 Jolyon English 93 58 Andrew Hampton 94 59 Association of Colleges 95 60 Denise Davids 102 61 Elizabeth Wolverson on behalf of the London Diocesan Board for Schools 103 62 T Hammond, Headteacher, Hagley Catholic High School 105 63 Cath Taylor 107 64 A Kurt, Head of Classics, Dartford Grammar School 109 65 Rowan Stephenson 110; 111 66 Dominic Hodgkinson 113 67 Mrs E A Hayden, Head of Religious Studies, Christleton High School 114 68 Sheila Oviatt Ham 116 69 The Learning Machine Ltd 120 70 Sue Warrington, Headteacher, Chace Community College 124 71 Miriam Fairclough 126 72 Professor Judith Lieu, Chair of the Faculty Board, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge 127 73 Ian Bangay, Head of North Yorkshire Music Service 129 74 Kevin Harley, Deputy Head, Curriculum, The Piggott School 131 75 National Association of Religious Education (NATRE) 133 76 Geographical Association 137 77 AMiE 146 78 J M Kenny, Chair of Governors, Thomas Alleyne’s High School 149 79 Ifs 150 80 Barnardo’s 152 81 John Connor 157 82 Fiona Hopkinson 160 83 National Society for Education in Art and Design 161 84 Professor Robert Jackson 165 85 NASUWT 171 86 Felicity Gibbins 185 87 New Visions for Education Group 186 88 Mr Afshar, Head of Business Studies, Wimbledon College 192 89 Mrs Marion Gibbs, Headmistress, James Allen’s Girls’ School 193 90 Staffordshire County Council 195 91 Peter Davies, University of Birmingham 200 92 Linda Cadier 203 93 All Hallows RC Business, Enterprise and Sports College 205 94 National Union of Teachers 207 95 Brian Murphy 212 96 Steve Jewell, Principal, The Littlehampton Academy 213 97 Little Ilford School 214 98 Danielle Fairey 215 99 Leadership Team, Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Coventry 216 100 Mrs G A Byron 218 101 A J Glover, Headteacher, The Becket School 219 102 Association of University Professors and Heads of French 221 103 Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Bristol 222 104 Anne Teasdale 224 105 St John Fisher Catholic College 225 106 Dr Elizabeth Swinbank 227 107 Mrs Jill K Taylor 228 108 Joe Hughes, Director of the Education, Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle Education Service 229 109 Dr Cain, School of Education, University of Southampton 231 110 Archbishop Sentamu Academy 232 111 Alderman Colin Cradock, Chair of the South Gloucestershire Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education; Margaret Murphy, South Gloucestershire Advisory Teacher for Religious Education; and Antony Evans, South Gloucestershire Advisor for Personal, Social, Health and Moral Education and Citizenship 241 112 Field Studies Council 243 113 Senior Leadership Team at Sacred Heart of Mary Girls’ School 248 114 Incorporated Society of Musicians and Conservatoires UK 251 115 The Stockport Secondary Headteachers Consortium 256 116 School of Education, Birmingham City University 258 117 Democratic Life 261 118 Girls’ Day School Trust 264 119 Cornwall’s Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education 268 120 National Association of Music Educators (NAME) 273 121 Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA) 278 122 West Sussex SACRE 281 123 Colin Adams, Treasurer, Humanities Association 283 124 Robert Benzie, Head teacher, Ansford School and Chair of the Somerset Association of Secondary Headteachers 284 125 CILT, The National Centre for Languages 287 126 National Committee for 14–19 Engineering Education 298 127 Isabelle Jones, Head of Languages and Teacher of French and Spanish 302 128 Frances Hudson 304 Volume II 129 Clare Stanhope 305 130 Tim Manly 307 131 University Council of Modern Languages 308 132 Governing Body of St Joseph’s RC High School, Horwich 310 133 ConstructionSkills 313 134 Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University 318 135 Alice Charnley, PGCE Student 320 136 Girls’ Schools Association 322 137 Catherine Hynes, Head of Religious Education, The Campion School 324 138 Michael Loveland 326 139 The Independent Schools Association 331 140 Don Henson, Head of Education, Council for British Archaeology 332 141 The Economics, Business and Enterprise Association 334 142 Association for Citizenship Teaching 339 143 Park Community school 342 144 The Curriculum Foundation 343 145 BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT 356 146 Royal Shakespeare Company 363 147 Ruth Robinson 366 148 The Joint Association of Classical Teachers Examination Committee 368 149 Joanne Rawlings 371 150 157 Group 375 151 Ilford Ursuline High School 379 152 Education for Engineering 381 153 School of Education, University of Southampton 389 154 John Johnson, Headmaster, The Campion School 393 155 VAGA, the Visual Arts and Galleries Association 394 156 Institute of Education, University of London 396 157 Institute for Education Business Excellence 403 158 Cultural Learning Alliance 409 159 The Chafford School RE Department 413 160 The Royal Society 414 161 Angela Gallagher-Brett and Liz Hudswell, Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies, University of Southampton 416 162 Paul Scarsbrook, Greg Tatton and Jason warner 417 163 ADS 419 164 Association of School and College Leaders 421 165 Church of England Board of Education and the National Society 426 166 Henry Gowland, Vice Principal (Academic), The Kings Academy, Middlesbrough 430 167 Dormers Wells High School 432 168 Creative and Cultural Skills Council 435 169 Kent County Council 438 170 The National Association of Language Advisers 441 171 Mr P Travis, Headmaster, St Thomas More High School, Southend 442 172 The Association for Language Learning (ALL) 445 173 Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Policy Committee for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport 451 174 Diploma Development Partnership for the Creative and Media Diploma by Skillset and Creative and Cultural Skills 453 175 Association of Teachers and Lecturers 458 176 Engage 465 177 Group for Education in Museums 466 178 Crafts Council 468 179 Joint Submission on behalf of The Association of School and College Leaders, The Curriculum Foundation and Whole Education 471 180 Mr Pigott 475 181 Cardinal Wiseman Catholic Technology College, Birmingham 476 182 Rev Christopher Thomas 478 183 National Board of Religious Inspectors and Advisers 479 184 The British Psychological Society 484 185 University of Cambridge School Classics Project 486 186 Mrs K Packham, Curriculum Leader for Religious Education, St Thomas More Catholic High School, Crewe 493 187 Leeds SACRE 494 188 Sheffield Learning for Life Partnership 496 189 WJEC 500 190 William Musk 508 191 Arts Council England 510 192 Fr Timothy M Gardner OP on behalf of the Catholic Education Service for England and Wales 513 193 Mr J Partridge, Curriculum Team Leader for ICT, The Minster School, Southwell 517 194 The Design and Technology Association 519 195 Trinity College London 522 196 Naomi Hart 524 197 Nigel Ranson, Headteacher, Our Lady’s Catholic High School 526 198 Don Henson, Education Coordinator of the Heritage Alliance 527