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

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Administration of pupil admissions

Mr David Chaytor

NC 46

To move the following Clause:—

'(1) Chapter 1 of Part 3 of SSFA (admission arrangements) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 88 (admission authorities and admission arrangements), in subsection (2) after "means the" leave out "arrangements" and insert "criteria".

(3) In section 89B (co-ordination of admissions arrangements)—

(a) in each of subsections (1) and (2) leave out "co-ordinating" and insert "administering",

(b) leave out subsection (5), and

(c) in subsection (6) at end insert "in particular that the local education authority admits pupils to each school in accordance with the admission criteria established by the admission authority for that school under section 89 (procedure for determining admission arrangements)".

(4) Leave out section 89C.'.

Academy admission arrangements

Mr David Chaytor

NC 47

To move the following Clause:—

'In subsection (4) of section 482 (Academies) of the Education Act 1996, insert after sub-paragraph (a)—

"(aa) conditions and requirements imposed for securing that—

(i) the proprietor of the school consults on the admission arrangements as if the school were a maintained school under section 89 of SSFA 1998 (procedure for determining admission arrangements),

(ii) pupil admissions to the school are managed by the local education authority under section 98B of SSFA 1998 (co-ordination of admission arrangements), and

(iii) objections relating to the admission arrangements are determined by the adjudicator under section 90 of SSFA 1998 (reference of objections to adjudicator or Secretary of State).".'.

Register of institutions approved to act as a foundation of a school

Mr David Chaytor
Angela Eagle
Martin Salter
Mr Nick Raynsford
Mr John Denham
Dr Alan Whitehead

NC 48

To move the following Clause:—

'(1) The Secretary of State shall establish and maintain a register of all institutions approved by him to act as or take part in the foundation of a foundation school.

(2) In considering whether to approve an institution under this section, the Secretary of State shall consider evidence that the institution is—

(a) capable of contributing to the raising of school standards,

(b) capable of promoting community cohesion,

(d) capable of conforming to the charitable objectives of the foundation, and

(e) able to demonstrate that its trustees are not involved in illegal activities or any other activities incompatible with the good reputation of any school of which it may be the foundation or in the foundation of which it may participate.

(3) An institution may not act as nor take any part in the foundation of a foundation school unless registered as approved by the Secretary of State under this section.

(4) Regulations under this section may make provision as to—

(a) the form and manner in which applications for registration are to be made;

(b) the documentary and other evidence which is to accompany applications for registration;

(d) the matters which are to be recorded in the register against the institutions registered in it;

(e) the restoration and alteration of entries;

(f) the information contained in the register which may be made available for inspection by members of the public, and the circumstances in which and the conditions subject to which that information may be made available; and

(g) such other matters as may be determined by the Secretary of State.'.

14-19 collaborative

Mr David Chaytor

NC 49

To move the following Clause:—

'(1) A local education authority shall in accordance with regulations establish for their area a body, to be known as the "14-19 collaborative", for the purposes of—

(a) advising the authority, school governing bodies, the Learning and Skills Council and further education corporations on the exercise by any body of relevant functions to do with the education or training of person who are aged 14 or over but under 19; and

(b) advising, in particular, on developing partnership working between educational institutions, securing collaboration arrangements under section 88 of EA 2002, and ensuring the provision of personalised learning opportunities.

(2) Regulations may make provision—

(a) as to the constitution, meetings and proceedings of a 14-19 collaborative, and

(b) as to the manner in which advice is to be given by the collaborative.

(3) The bodies mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) shall have regard, in carrying out their functions, to any relevant advice given to them by a 14-19 collaborative under that subsection.

(4) The local education authority shall make arrangements for the collaborative to be provided with accommodation and with such services as the authority considers appropriate.

(5) In this section "relevant functions" are those functions placed on any body under section 78, 79, 85, 85A and 88 of EA 2002, sections 2, 3, and 3D of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 and sections 114 and 149 of this Act.'.

Approval of qualifications

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

NC50

To move the following Clause:—

'(1) The following qualifications shall be approved for the purposes of section 96 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000.

(2) The approved qualifications are—

(a) the International GCSE;

(b) the Cambridge Pre-U qualification developed by Cambridge International Examinations.'.

Parliamentary control of code for schools admissions

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

NC51

To move the following Clause:—

'(1) Section 85 of SSFA 1998 (making and approval of code of practice) is amended as follows.

(2) For subsections (4) and (5) substitute—

"(4) If, within the 40-day period, each House resolves to approve the draft, the Secretary of State shall issue the code (or revised code) in the form of the draft, and it shall come into force on such date as the Secretary of State may by order appoint.

(5) If no such resolution is made within the 40-day period, the Secretary of State shall take no further steps in relation to the proposed code.".'.

Circulation of materials in relation to course of study

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

NC52

To move the following Clause:—

'After section 85A of EA 2002 (inserted by this Act) insert—

"85B Requirements relating to materials for courses of study in specified entitlement areas

Where a course of study within an entitlement area specified by the Secretary of State under section 85A(1)(b) is to be introduced, the Secretary of State must ensure that all necessary materials are circulated to schools and other relevant learning providers at least one full academic year before their introduction and that due consideration is given to the time it takes to translate such material into Braille.".'.

Duty to encourage schools to become self-governing and to acquire a trust

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

NC53

To move the following Clause:—

'(1) A person to whom this section applies shall ensure that their functions relating to maintained schools are (so far as they are capable of being exercised) exercised with a view to encouraging all maintained schools to become self-governing, and to acquire a foundation.

(2) In this section "self-governing" in relation to a maintained school means a foundation, voluntary aided or foundation special school, or an Academy.

(3) This section applies to—

(a) a local education authority in England;

(b) the Secretary of State.'.

Prohibition on interviews: exceptions in the case of religious schools

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

NC54

To move the following Clause:—

'After section 88A of SSFA 1998 (inserted by this Act) insert—

"88B Prohibition on interviews: schools with religious character

(1) Section 88A does not apply in relation to any interview for the purpose of assessing religious or denominational commitment where this is provided for in the school's admission arrangements and oversubscription criteria and where the school is designated as having a religious character under subsection 69(3).".'.

Entitlement to study science in the fourth key stage

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

NC55

To move the following Clause:—

'After section 85A of EA 2002 (inserted by section 66 of this Act) insert—

"85B Entitlement to study science in the fourth key stage

A pupil in the fourth key stage is entitled, if he so elects, to follow a course of study in science which leads to the qualifications of—

(a) Science GCSE and Additional Science GCSE;

(b) Physics GCSE, Chemistry GCSE and Biology GCSE, or any combination of these.".'.

Abolition of surplus places rule

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

NC56

To move the following Clause:—

'A local education authority in England may not reject a proposal for the establishment or alteration of a maintained school solely on the grounds that it would create surplus places at other schools in the area.'.