Grammar schools: Access to parental ballots and information
Mr David Chaytor
Harry Cohen
Mr Kelvin Hopkins
Paul Holmes
Lynne Jones
Mrs Janet Dean
NC8
To move the following Clause:—
'(1) The School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 59) is amended as follows—
(2) In section 105(2) procedure for deciding whether grammar schools should retain selective admission arrangements, paragraphs (b) and (c) are omitted.
(3) Section 106(1) (eligibility of parents to request or vote in a ballot) is amended by inserting "primary" before "schools".
(4) In section 106 subsection (2) is omitted.
(5) Section 106(3)(a) (proportion of parents required to request a ballot) is amended by leaving out "20" and inserting "5".
(6) Section 106(3) paragraph (b) is omitted.
(7) Section 107(3) (information provision by the authority or body on intentions or proposals following a successful petition) is amended by leaving out subsection (c) and inserting—
| "(c) | a statement by the authority or body on intentions or proposals for a non-selective education system which may include information on options, costs and planning assumptions in the event of such a result.".'. |
Permitted selection: aptitude for particular subjects
Mr David Chaytor
Harry Cohen
Lynne Jones
Mrs Janet Dean
Dr Rudi Viz
NC9
To move the following Clause:—
'The School Standards and Framework Act 1998 is amended by omitting section 102.'.
Restrictions relating to petitions and ballots
Mr Damian Green
Mr Graham Brady
Alistair Burt
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Stephen O'Brien
NC12
To move the following Clause:—
'After section 106 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 there is inserted—
"106A Restrictions relating to petitions and ballots
Where a petition of parents has been initiated, or a ballot held, and no change to admissions arrangements has been agreed, no further ballot may take place within a period of six years from the initiation of the petition.".'.
Selective education policy: LEAs
Dr Stephen Ladyman
Lynne Jones
Paul Holmes
NC14
To move the following Clause:—
'(1) The School Standards and Framework Act 1998 shall be amended as follows.
(2) After section 104(3) there is inserted—
"(3A) Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that within a prescribed local education authority more than 10 per cent. of pupils admitted to secondary schools in any year are likely to be admitted to grammar schools, that local education authority shall be designated as having a selective education policy."
(3) In section 106(3)(a) after "above" there is inserted "(save that where a local education authority operates a selective education policy as designated under section 104(3A), and no ballot under section 105(2)(a) has previously been conducted within that local education authority area, the request for a ballot must be made by a number of eligible parents equal to at least 5 per cent. of all parents falling within (1)(a) or (b) above.".'.
Selective education policy: regular inquiries into impact
Dr Stephen Ladyman
Lynne Jones
Paul Holmes
NC15
To move the following Clause:—
'(1) The School Standards and Framework Act 1998 shall be amended as follows.
(2) After section 104(3) there is inserted—
"(3A) Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that within a prescribed local education authority more than 10 per cent. of pupils admitted to secondary schools in any year are likely to be admitted to grammar schools, that local education authority shall be designated as having a selective education policy."
(3) After section 107 there is inserted—
"107A(1) Where a local education authority is prescribed as having a selective education policy as designated under section 104(3A) above, the Secretary of State must initiate every 15 years an independent inquiry, with the following terms of reference:
| (a) | the relative performance of secondary education in the education authority area compared with the rest of the UK, compared with geographical neighbours and compared with areas with similar social characteristics not operating a selective education policy, |
| (b) | the impact of selective education on social inclusion, |
| (c) | the relative success within the education authority area of meeting any government targets in place for progress from secondary to tertiary, further and higher education, |
| (d) | the impact of selection on individual schools, |
| (e) | the number and distribution of schools causing concern within the education authority area and the impact selection may be having on such schools, |
| (f) | the overall fairness and transparency of the selective system, |
| (g) | the freedom or otherwise of specific schools to give preference to pupils whose parent or guardian has expressed an objection to selection, and |
| (h) | any additional terms of reference as may be ordered by the Secretary of State after consultation with parents and the local education authority. |
(2) The members of the inquiry panel will be determined by the Secretary of State after consultation with parents and the local education authority.
(3) The findings of the inquiry will be made public.
(4) The inquiry panel will be empowered to make recommendations and the local education authority must inform the Secretary of State within three months of such recommendations being published how it intends to address them; the LEA must then enter into consultation over an implementation plan.
(5) In the event that a ballot under section 105(2)(a) has been held since the last inquiry, the Secretary of State will have no obligation to initiate such an inquiry for a further 15 years.".'.
Selective education policy: designated areas for petition and ballot
Dr Steve Ladyman
Lynne Jones
Paul Holmes
NC17
To move the following Clause:—
'(1) The School Standards and Framework Act 1998 shall be amended as follows.
(2) After section 104(3) there is inserted—
"(3A) Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that within a prescribed local education authority more than 10 per cent. of pupils admitted to secondary schools in any year are likely to be admitted to grammar schools, that local education authority shall be designated as having a selective education policy."
(3) After section 106 there is inserted—
(106A) Where a local education authority is prescribed as having a selective education policy as designated under section 104(3A) above and that authority has a total population of more than 120,000 people then for the purposes of section 106:
| (a) | if the education authority is a two tier authority then the relevant petition and ballot areas shall be deemed to be within District Council boundaries |
| (b) | if the education authority is a unitary or other single tier authority then after consultation with the Secretary of State the authority will designate discrete areas within its boundaries, where the areas designated have populations less than 120,000, as the relevant petition and ballot areas.".'. |
No requirements of attendance at a place of religious worship (No. 2)
Mr Frank Dobson
Mr Phil Willis
Alice Mahon
Mr Jon Owen Jones
Mr A. J. Beith
John Barratt
| Annette Brooke | Mr Paul Burstow | Mr Menzies Campbell |
| Mr Alistair Carmichael | Sue Doughty | Sandra Gidley |
| Matthew Green | Mr Mike Hancock | Nick Harvey |
| Paul Holmes | Simon Hughes | Mr Nigel Jones |
| Mr Archy Kirkwood | Norman Lamb | Mr David Laws |
| Mr Michael Moore | Lembit Öpik | Dr John Pugh |
| Mr Alan Reid | Mr David Rendel | Bob Russell |
| Mr Adrian Sanders | Sir Robert Smith | Mr Andrew Stunell |
| Matthew Taylor | Dr Jenny Tonge | John Thurso
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NC18
To move the following Clause:—
'(1) It shall not be required, as a condition of a pupil being admitted to a maintained school, that:
| (a) | he must attend or abstain from attending a place of religious worhip; |
| (b) | his parents or guardians must attend or abstain from attending a place of religious worship; |
| (c) | the pupil, his parent(s) or guardian(s) belong to a particular faith or denomination. |
(2) The local education authority after consultation with the admission forum may by regulation authorise that, notwithstanding (1) a maintained school may admit between 20 per cent. and 75 per cent. of pupils who have a particular faith or denomination.
(3) Where the local education authority is informed that there are sufficient applications to a particular maintained school to fill the available places, the local education authority may after consultation with the admission forum authorise an increase up to 100 per cent. in the numbers of pupils admitted who are of the particular faith or denomination of the maintained school in question.
(4) This section shall only have effect in respect of schools established after the coming into force of this Act.'.
NEW CLAUSES RELATING TO PART 5
Maintenance, expansion and funding of school sixth forms
Mr Damian Green
Mr Graham Brady
Alistair Burt
Mrs Eleanor Laing
Mr Stephen O'Brien
NC11
To move the following Clause:—
'After section 113 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c.21) there is inserted—
"113A Maintenance, expansion and funding of school sixth forms
(1) Where the Learning and Skills Council proposes a change in sixth form provision, there shall be a presumption that a school sixth form will not be closed where the governing body of the school proposes that it should continue and believes that it contributes to the success of the school as a whole.
(2) Subsection (1) above shall not apply if an inspection has shown that education for those above compulsory school age is of an unacceptable standard.
(3) A maintained school which provides education for pupils above compulsory school age but below the age of 19 may submit proposals to the relevant authority to increase the number of sixth form places, and the relevant authority shall provide funding for those places at the same per capita rate as for existing places, provided that the school can demonstrate sufficient demand for those places.".'.
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