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| | Community schools, foundation and voluntary aided schools |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | If a community or foundation school wishes to change its status to a voluntary |
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| | aided school, the governors need to seek the approval of— |
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| | (a) | a simple majority of the registered parents of registered pupils at the |
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| | (b) | the appropriate diocesan authority. |
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| | (2) | Where the conditions under subsection (1) have been met, no notices for |
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| | consultation need to be published and the proposal does not need to be referred to |
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| | the school organisation committee.’. |
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| | Closure of special schools: authorisation |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | No special school in England shall be closed without the prior authorisation of the |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State shall by regulations prescribe a suitable mechanism to |
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| | allow him to perform his duties under this section. |
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| | (3) | No special school in Wales shall be closed without the prior authorisation of the |
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| | (4) | The Assembly shall by regulations prescribe a suitable mechanism to allow it to |
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| | perform its duties under this section.’. |
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| | Changes to category of school |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Schedule 8 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31) (changes to |
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| | the category of school) is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | In paragraph 2(2) at the end insert “except that regulations shall include provision |
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| | (a) | the relevant body shall consult such persons as appear to them to be |
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| | appropriate, including the parents of all registered pupils of the school; |
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| | (b) | any proposal to change the category to a foundation school shall be |
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| | considered for approval in the first instance by the school organisation |
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| Clause 119, page 65, line 4, at end insert— |
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| | ‘section (Proposals for discontinuance of rural primary school) (proposals |
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| | for discontinuance of rural primary school); |
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| | section (Proposals relating to maintained special school) (proposals |
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| | relating to maintained special school);’. |
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| | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| | Clauses 120 to 123 Agreed to. |
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| Schedule 19, page 150, line 15, at end insert— |
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| ‘Protection of Children Act 1999 |
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| Schedule 19, page 150, line 25, at end insert— |
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| | ‘In Schedule 14, paragraphs 1 and 5 to 7.’. |
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| | Schedule, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| | Clauses 124 and 125 Agreed to. |
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| Clause 126, page 67, line 35, after ‘5’, insert ‘, 22A’. |
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| Clause 126, page 67, line 44, leave out ‘22 to 24’ and insert ‘22, 23, 24’. |
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| Clause 126, page 68, line 3, leave out ‘the Secretary of State’ and insert— |
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| | ‘(a) | for sections (Proposals for discontinuance of rural primary school) and |
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| | (Proposals relating to maintained special school), and paragraph 8A of |
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| | Schedule 12 (and section 71 so far as relating to that paragraph)— |
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| | (i) | in relation to England, the Secretary of State, and |
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| | (ii) | in relation to Wales, the Assembly, and |
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| | (b) | for the other provisions of the Part, the Secretary of State.’. |
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| | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| Clause 128, page 68, line 33, leave out subsection (3). |
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| | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| | Abolition of Independent Appeals Panels |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘Subsections (3)(c), (4)(a), (6) and (7) of section 52 of the Education Act 2002 (c. |
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| | 32) (panels to hear appeals against decisions not to reinstate pupils) shall cease to |
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| | Pupil referral units: supply and publication of information |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The Secretary of State or the Assembly may by regulations require a pupil |
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| | referral unit maintained by local education authority to collect and publish data |
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| | (a) | education, achievement and attainment; |
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| | (c) | unauthorised absence; |
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| | (d) | the proportion of children required to attend the unit on a full time basis; |
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| | (e) | any other information as may be prescribed.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | It shall be left to the discretion of the governing body of each maintained school |
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| | in England and Wales to decide whether or not to hold an annual parents’ |
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| | (2) | The governing body and headteacher shall decide on the nature, length and style |
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| | of any meeting which is to be held.’. |
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| | Reducing administrative burdens on schools, etc. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State shall exercise his functions so as to have regard to the |
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| | desirability of avoiding excessive administrative burdens on governing bodies, |
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| | headteachers, teachers and other school staff of all maintained schools, special |
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| | schools, pupil referral units and local education authorities in England. |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State shall each year lay before each House of Parliament for |
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| | approval by affirmative resolution a report giving details of— |
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| | (a) | the general level of administration within all types of maintained schools |
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| | and local education authorities; |
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| | (b) | the measures which he has taken and which he proposes to take to reduce |
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| | administrative burdens; and |
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| | (c) | an evaluation of the effectiveness of those measures.’. |
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| | Admissions code of practice: revised status |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘In section 84 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31) (code of |
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| | practice) in subsection (3) for “have regard to” substitute “act in accordance |
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| | Arrangements for school organisation proposals involving three or more schools |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘Sections 64 to 66 do not apply in England to proposals about three or more |
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| | schools in the same local education authority area when published simultaneously |
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| | by the local education authority and the governing bodies of aided and foundation |
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| | schools or the promoters of new aided or foundation schools.’. |
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| | Bill, as amended, to be reported. |
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