Amendments proposed to the - continued	House of Commons
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Definition and use of oversubscription criteria

   

Mr David Chaytor
Gwyn Prosser
Jeff Ennis

NC42

To move the following Clause:—

'The requirements referred to in section 84(2) of SSFA 1998 shall include references to the following categories of pupils and these categories shall be taken as the criteria to be applied in the event of oversubscription in the order as set out below—

(a)	children with a statement of special educational needs;

(b)	children in public care;

(c)	children for whom the school is most appropiate on medical or social grounds;

(d)	children whose sibling or siblings will be enrolled at the school on the first day of term and who permanently reside within the area from which the school's intake is normally drawn;

(e)	children for whom the school is the nearest appropriate school to their home;

(f)	safe walking distance from the school;

(g)	ease of access to the school by public transport;

(h)	transfer from a named feeder primary school.'.

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Restriction on oversubscription criteria in code for school admissions

   

Mr David Chaytor
Gwyn Prosser
Lynne Jones

NC43

To move the following Clause:—

'The requirements referred to in section 84(2) of SSFA 1998 shall exclude the following from the criteria to be applied in the event of oversubscription—

(a)	giving higher priority to children whose parents are more able or willing to support the ethos of the school or to support the school financially or in some other way;

(b)	giving higher priority to children according to the occupational or financial status of their parents;

(c)	giving higher priority to children according to the educational or social group or background of their parents;

(d)	seeking or take account of, in giving priority to a child or in deciding whether or not to offer a place to a child, reports from his primary or nursery school about past behaviour or attitude;

(e)	allocating places at a school on the basis that a sibling or other relative is a former pupil;

(f)	the behaviour of other members of a child's family, whether good or bad, inluding a good or bad attendance record;

(g)	parent's marital status;

(h)	giving priority to children whose parents are staff or governors or who have another connection to the school;

(i)	giving priority to children who (or whose parents) have particular interests, specialist knowledge or hobbies;

(j)	giving priority to children based on the order in which applications were received;

(k)	in the case of grammar schools, giving priority to siblings of pupils.'.

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Admissions report by local education authority

   

Mr David Chaytor
Gwyn Prosser
Paul Farrelly
Lynne Jones

NC45

To move the following Clause:—

'After section 85B of SSFA 1998 insert—

    "85C   Admissions report by local education authority

    (1)   A local education authority shall once in every school year make a report to the admission forum containing the following information—

(a)	the authority's plans for acting in accordance with the code for school admissions,

(b)	the proposed admission arrangements for every school, including academies and city colleges, in the local education authority area,

(c)	the number of applications for each year group admitting pupils for each school,

(d)	the number of pupils accepted for each year group and, if oversubscription criteria are used, the number of pupils selected using each oversubscription criterion, and

(e)	the area which the school recruits pupils compared to the area in which the school is situated.

    (2)   The opinion of the local education authority shall be included in the report as to—

(a)	whether the proposed admission arrangements for each school complies with the code for school admissions,

(b)	what changes, if any, each admission authority, or as the case may be the governing body of each academy or city college, should make to their admission arrangements to comply with the code for school admissions,

(c)	the accuracy and appropriateness of information given to parents seeking admission to the school, and

(d)

whether

(i)	the totality of the admission arrangements for the area produces fair access to schools for all pupils, and

(ii)	if not, what further action the authority intends to take to ensure fair access to maintained schools and academies and city colleges.".'.

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Administration of pupil admissions

   

Mr David Chaytor
Gwyn Prosser
Paul Farrelly

NC46

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.'.

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Academy admission arrangements

   

Mr David Chaytor
Gwyn Prosser
Paul Farrelly

NC47

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).".'.

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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.".'.

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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).".'.

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Admissions criteria

   

Mr Edward Leigh
Mr Brian Binley

NC67

To move the following Clause:—

'Schools shall publish their admissions criteria and may take all reasonable measures, including interviews, to establish that applicants to the school meet those admissions criteria.'.

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Admission of children of staff

   

Mr Edward Leigh
Mr Brian Binley

NC70

To move the following Clause:—

'Any child of staff currently serving at a maintained school shall be eligible for preferential admission at the discretion of the school governors.'.

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Frank Dobson
Lynne Jones
John McDonnell
Jeremy Corbyn
Mr Neil Gerrard
Kelvin Hopkins

Alan Simpson

Mr Gordon Prentice

119

*Page     26,     line     8     [Clause     36],     leave out from 'ability' to end of line 11.

   

Frank Dobson
Lynne Jones
John McDonnell
Jeremy Corbyn
Mr Neil Gerrard
Kelvin Hopkins

Alan Simpson

Mr Gordon Prentice

120

*Page     26     [Clause     36],     leave out line 21.

   

Frank Dobson
Lynne Jones
John McDonnell
Jeremy Corbyn
Mr Neil Gerrard
Kelvin Hopkins

Alan Simpson

Mr Gordon Prentice

121

*Page     26,     line     25     [Clause     36],     leave out from 'omit' to end of line 28 and insert 'subsections (1) and (2).'.

   

Martin Linton

112

Page     26,     line     28     [Clause     36],     at end insert—

    '(5)   In section 100(1) of SSFA 1998—

(a)	after "there is" insert—

        "(a)",

(b)	for "(a)" substitute "(i)",

(c)	for "(b)" substitute "(ii)", and

(d)	at end insert ", and

(b)	as compared with the arrangements in force at the beginning of that year and of each subsequent year, no increase in selection.".'.

   

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

103

Page     26,     line     29,     leave out Clause 37.

Prepared 23 May 2006