To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 1 March 2007, Official Report, column 1480W, on secondary education: curriculum, whether he expects schools to evaluate the effectiveness of any innovative curriculum plan they undertake. (126009)

We fully expect that schools will want to evaluate the effectiveness of any innovative curriculum planning they undertake.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many responses had the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority received to the secondary curriculum review consultation on (a) the programme of study and (b) the supporting materials from (i) teachers,(ii) parents and (iii) pupils as of 21 March. (130309)

The secondary curriculum review consultation will run until 30 April 2007.

In the first four weeks there have been approximately 230,000 hits on the website and about 2,000 people have participated in the on-line consultation. At this time no analysis has been made as to the category of respondent or the breakdown between responses to the programmes of study and the supporting materials.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which schools were used as case studies for personal development on the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority secondary curriculum review website. (130313)

All schools that submitted case studies to the secondary curriculum website were given the option of being identified by name.

In the section of the website that covers personal development, Gaynes School Language College was the only institution which chose to be named.