Amendments proposed to the Education and Inspections Bill - continued House of Commons

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Mr David Willetts
Mr Nick Gibb
Mr John Hayes
Mr David Evennett

42

Clause     31,     page     22,     leave out lines 9 and 10.

   

Mr David Willetts
Mr Nick Gibb
Mr John Hayes
Mr David Evennett

43

Clause     31,     page     22,     leave out lines 11 to 14 and insert—

    '(6)   Regulations may prescribe requirements as to persons who are to be disqualified from acting as charity trustee.'.

   

Mr David Willetts
Mr Nick Gibb
Mr John Hayes
Mr David Evennett

80

Clause     31,     page     22,     line     11,     leave out from first 'requirements' to 'persons' in line 13 and insert—

      (a) may include requirements as to the objects or purposes of the foundation, and

      (a) must include requirements as to'.

   

Mr David Willetts
Mr Nick Gibb
Mr John Hayes
Mr David Evennett

79

Clause     31,     page     22,     line     14,     at end insert—

    '(6A)   Requirements under subsection (6)(b) must provide that a person shall be disqualified for holding, or continuing to hold, office as a charity trustee if—

      (a) he is liable to be detained under the Mental Health Act 1983;

      (b) he has been adjudged bankrupt or sequestration of his estate has been awarded and (in either case) he has not been discharged and the bankruptcy order has not been annulled or rescinded;

      (c) he has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors and has not been discharged in respect of it;

      (d) he is subject to a disqualification order under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 or to an order made under section 429(2)(b) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (failure to pay under county court administration order); or

      (e) he is included in a list of teachers and workers with young persons under any other enactment whose employment is restricted or prohibited.'.

   

Sarah Teather
Greg Mulholland
Annette Brooke

156

Clause     31,     page     22,     leave out lines 24 to 41.


   

Mr David Willetts
Mr Nick Gibb
Mr John Hayes
Mr David Evennett

44

Clause     32,     page     23,     line     22,     leave out 'or impose'.


   

Sarah Teather
Greg Mulholland
Annette Brooke

71

Clause     35,     page     25,     line     13,     leave out 'have regard to' and insert 'act in accordance with'.

   

Sarah Teather
Greg Mulholland
Annette Brooke

72

Clause     35,     page     25,     line     16,     leave out 'have regard to' and insert 'act in accordance with'.


   

Mr David Willetts
Mr Nick Gibb
Mr John Hayes
Mr David Evennett

45

Clause     36,     page     26,     line     28,     at end insert 'and

      (c) in subsection (4), after paragraph (b) insert—

          "(c) any selection of 10 per cent of pupils by apptitude in a subject that is a compulsory target-setting subject for the purposes of the specialist schools programme.".'.


   

Mr David Willetts
Mr Nick Gibb
Mr John Hayes
Mr David Evennett

46

Page     26,     line     29,     leave out Clause 37.


   

Mr David Willetts
Mr Nick Gibb
Mr John Hayes
Mr David Evennett

47

Clause     39,     page     28,     line     43,     at end add ', such advice to include full information regarding the provision of special schools available in the geographical area.'.

   

Mr David Willetts
Mr Nick Gibb
Mr John Hayes
Mr David Evennett

192

*Clause     39,     page     28,     line     43,     at end add ', such advice to be monitored and evaluated by the local education authority for its effectiveness, with examples of good practice being collated and disseminated.'.


   

Mr David Willetts
Mr Nick Gibb
Mr John Hayes
Mr David Evennett

48

Clause     40,     page     29,     line     8,     at end insert—

    '(1A)   If the maintained school is one which has been designated as a school having a religious character in accordance with section 69, subsection (1) does not apply in relation to any interview intended to assess religious committment and religious practice.'.

   

Mr David Willetts
Mr Nick Gibb
Mr John Hayes
Mr David Evennett

49

Clause     40,     page     29,     line     8,     at end insert—

    '(1A)   Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to any interview conducted to assess intended compliance with a home school contract.'.


   

Mr David Willetts
Mr Nick Gibb
Mr John Hayes
Mr David Evennett

91

Clause     41,     page     29,     line     25,     at end insert—

    '(1A)   In section 89 of SSFA 1998 (procedure for determining admissions arrangements) after subsection (3) insert—

          "(3A)   The requirement to consult under subsections (2) and (3) shall not apply where an admissions authority, prior to determining its admission arrangements, decides to make no substantive alterations to its admissions arrangements.".'.

   

Mr David Willetts
Mr Nick Gibb
Mr John Hayes
Mr David Evennett

50

Clause     41,     page     30,     line     2,     leave out 'a prescribed number of' and insert 'the two'.

   

Mr David Willetts
Mr Nick Gibb
Mr John Hayes
Mr David Evennett

51

Clause     41,     page     31,     line     2,     leave out 'prescribed number of' and insert 'the two'.


   

Mr David Willetts
Mr Nick Gibb
Mr John Hayes
Mr David Evennett

92

Clause     42,     page     31,     line     26,     at end insert—

    '(1A)   After subsection (2) insert—

          "(2A)   Where an objection is made under subsection (2), the person making the objection to the adjudicator (the "objector") must provide a detailed meritorious case for his decision, setting out why the specific admission arrangement to which he objects damages his school or, in the case of a local education authority, other schools within the authority area, and providing substantive evidence to support his case.

          (2B)   If the objector fails to provide the detailed meritorious case and evidence required in subsection (2A) the adjudicator shall not hear the objection.

          (2C)   If, in the reasonable opinion of the adjudicator an objection by an objector is unreasonable, vexatious, frivolous or otherwise unmeritorious, he shall not hear the objection.

          (2D)   Where an objector has made objection on the same grounds at any time in the previous three years, the adjudicator shall not hear the objection.".'.

   

Mr David Willetts
Mr Nick Gibb
Mr John Hayes
Mr David Evennett

52

Clause     42,     page     31,     line     27,     leave out subsection (2).

   

Mr David Willetts
Mr Nick Gibb
Mr John Hayes
Mr David Evennett

54

Clause     42,     page     31,     line     31,     leave out from 'made' to end of line 32.

   

Mr David Willetts
Mr Nick Gibb
Mr John Hayes
Mr David Evennett

55

Clause     42,     page     31,     line     39,     leave out from 'arrangements' to 'and' in line 40.

   

Mr David Willetts
Mr Nick Gibb
Mr John Hayes
Mr David Evennett

53

Clause     42,     page     31,     line     46,     at end insert ', provided those modifications are in line with the character and ethos of the school.'.

   

Mr David Willetts
Mr Nick Gibb
Mr John Hayes
Mr David Evennett

57

Clause     42,     page     31,     line     46,     at end insert—

    '(5D)   Where the adjudicator makes a decision in relation to the admission arrangements of an admission authority, the admission authority may appeal to the Secretary of State.

    (5E)   The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision in relation to appeals under this section, including provision—

      (a) as to the time by which an appeal is to be made,

      (b) as to the manner in which an appeal is to be made,

      (c) as to the procedure to be followed in connection with an appeal, and

      (d) as to the matters to be taken into account in deciding whether to allow an appeal.'.

   

Mr David Willetts
Mr Nick Gibb
Mr John Hayes
Mr David Evennett

93

Clause     42,     page     32,     line     22,     leave out subsection (6).


   

Mr David Willetts
Mr Nick Gibb
Mr John Hayes
Mr David Evennett

94

Clause     43,     page     33,     line     8,     at end insert '(1) or'.


NEW CLAUSES RELATING TO SCHOOL ADMISSIONS

Admissions administration

   

Sarah Teather
Greg Mulholland
Annette Brooke

NC4

To move the following Clause:—

    '(1)   Chapter 1 of Part III of SSFA 1998 (schools admissions) is amended as follows.

    (2)   After section 89 insert the following section—

          "89A   Admissions administration

          (1)   Admissions administration will receive all applications for places made on behalf of pupils seeking admission to maintained schools, academies, city technology colleges and city colleges for the technology of the arts within its local education authority's area.

          (2)   Admission administration will anonymise these applications so that the identity of individual applicants cannot be identified by the schools for which they have applied or indicated a preference.

          (3)   Admission administration will determine the awarding of places at maintained schools within its local education authority's area having regard to the arrangements which are to apply for that year, established by any admissions authority within that area, including special arrangements provided for in section 91.

          (4)   The person responsible for admissions administration within a local education authority must be employed or commissioned by the local education authority.

          (5)   In this Chapter "admissions administration" means the person responsible for the administration of arrangements for the admissions of pupils to any school within a local education authority's area."'.



 
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