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| | (6) | The person responsible for admissions administration within a local |
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| | education authority must be employed or commissioned by the local |
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| | (7) | In this Chapter “admissions administration” means the person |
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| | responsible for the administration of arrangements for the admission of |
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| | pupils to any school within a local education authority’s area.”.’. |
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| | Retention of selection by ability or aptitude after parent ballot |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | ‘The Secretary of State shall by regulations make such provision as he considers |
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| | necessary or expedient which may include the repeal, amendment or revocation |
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| | of any legislation enacted prior to the coming into effect of this Act, for the |
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| | purposes of giving full effect to the principle set out in subsection (2). |
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| | (2) | The principle referred to in subsection (1) is that no admission arrangements for |
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| | any school providing secondary education may, following the commencement of |
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| | a school year on or after 1st August 2010, continue to make provision for the |
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| | selection of pupils by ability or aptitude other than under section 101 of SSFA |
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| | 1998 (permitted selection: pupil banding) unless the continuation of such |
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| | selection has been approved in a ballot of parents of pupils attending primary |
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| | schools from which such pupils may by choice of their parents transfer.’. |
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| | Independent body to review admission arrangements for secondary education |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State shall, not later than six months after the passing of this Act, |
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| | appoint an independent body to review the arrangements in England relating to |
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| | the admission of pupils for secondary education in Part 3, Chapter 2 of SSFA |
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| | 1998 and section 36 of this Act. |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State shall invite representatives of— |
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| | (a) | teacher associations, |
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| | (e) | such other persons as he considers appropriate, |
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| | | to make submissions to the body established under subsection (1); and the report |
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| | of that body shall be laid before each House of Parliament not later than 1st April |
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| | (3) | The Secretary of State, at the request of the independent body , may commision |
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| | research into the admission of pupils for secondary education and related |
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| | Secretary of State to implement independent review body report |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Following the receipt by him of a report of the body established under section |
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| | [Independent body to review admission arrangements for secondary education], |
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| | the Secretary of State shall enter into consultations with such bodies as he |
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| | considers appropriate on proposals to give effect to the recommendations of that |
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| | body by a date no later than 1st September 2008. |
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| | (2) | Following such consultations as are mentioned in subsection (1) the Secretary of |
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| | State may by regulations make such provision as he considers necessary or |
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| | expedient, which provision may include the repeal, amendment or revocation of |
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| | any legislation enacted prior to the coming into effect of this Act so as to give |
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| | effect to proposals whether or not recommended by the body established under |
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| | section [Independent body to review admission arrangements for secondary |
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| | education] for the reform of the arrangements for admission to secondary schools |
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| | Definition and use of oversubscription criteria |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The requirements referred to in section 84(2) of SSFA 1998 shall include |
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| | references to the following categories of pupils and these categories shall be taken |
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| | as the criteria to be applied in the event of oversubscription in the order as set out |
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| | (a) | children with a statement of special educational needs; |
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| | (b) | children in public care; |
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| | (c) | children for whom the school is most appropiate on medical or social |
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| | (d) | children whose sibling or siblings will be enrolled at the school on the |
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| | first day of term and who permanently reside within the area from which |
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| | the school’s intake is normally drawn; |
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| | (e) | children for whom the school is the nearest appropriate school to their |
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| | (f) | safe walking distance from the school; |
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| | (g) | ease of access to the school by public transport; |
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| | (h) | transfer from a named feeder primary school.’. |
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| | Restriction on oversubscription criteria in code for school admissions |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The requirements referred to in section 84(2) of SSFA 1998 shall exclude the |
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| | following from the criteria to be applied in the event of oversubscription— |
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| | (a) | giving higher priority to children whose parents are more able or willing |
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| | to support the ethos of the school or to support the school financially or |
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| | (b) | giving higher priority to children according to the occupational or |
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| | financial status of their parents; |
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| | (c) | giving higher priority to children according to the educational or social |
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| | group or background of their parents; |
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| | (d) | seeking or take account of, in giving priority to a child or in deciding |
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| | whether or not to offer a place to a child, reports from his primary or |
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| | nursery school about past behaviour or attitude; |
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| | (e) | allocating places at a school on the basis that a sibling or other relative is |
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| | (f) | the behaviour of other members of a child’s family, whether good or bad, |
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| | inluding a good or bad attendance record; |
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| | (g) | parent’s marital status; |
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| | (h) | giving priority to children whose parents are staff or governors or who |
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| | have another connection to the school; |
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| | (i) | giving priority to children who (or whose parents) have particular |
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| | interests, specialist knowledge or hobbies; |
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| | (j) | giving priority to children based on the order in which applications were |
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| | (k) | in the case of grammar schools, giving priority to siblings of pupils.’. |
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| | Admissions report by local education authority |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘After section 85B of SSFA 1998 insert— |
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| | “85C | Admissions report by local education authority |
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| | (1) | A local education authority shall once in every school year make a report |
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| | to the admission forum containing the following information— |
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| | (a) | the authority’s plans for acting in accordance with the code for |
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| | (b) | the proposed admission arrangements for every school, |
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| | including academies and city colleges, in the local education |
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| | (c) | the number of applications for each year group admitting pupils |
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| | (d) | the number of pupils accepted for each year group and, if |
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| | oversubscription criteria are used, the number of pupils selected |
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| | using each oversubscription criterion, and |
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| | (e) | the area which the school recruits pupils compared to the area in |
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| | which the school is situated. |
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| | (2) | The opinion of the local education authority shall be included in the |
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| | (a) | whether the proposed admission arrangements for each school |
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| | complies with the code for school admissions, |
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| | (b) | what changes, if any, each admission authority, or as the case |
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| | may be the governing body of each academy or city college, |
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| | should make to their admission arrangements to comply with the |
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| | code for school admissions, |
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| | (c) | the accuracy and appropriateness of information given to parents |
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| | seeking admission to the school, and |
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| | (i) | the totality of the admission arrangements for the area |
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| | produces fair access to schools for all pupils, and |
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| | (ii) | if not, what further action the authority intends to take to |
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| | ensure fair access to maintained schools and academies |
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| | Administration of pupil admissions |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Chapter 1 of Part 3 of SSFA (admission arrangements) is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | In section 88 (admission authorities and admission arrangements), in subsection |
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| | (2) after “means the” leave out “arrangements” and insert “criteria”. |
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| | (3) | In section 89B (co-ordination of admissions arrangements)— |
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| | (a) | in each of subsections (1) and (2) leave out “co-ordinating” and insert |
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| | (b) | leave out subsection (5), and |
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| | (c) | in subsection (6) at end insert “in particular that the local education |
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| | authority admits pupils to each school in accordance with the admission |
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| | criteria established by the admission authority for that school under |
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| | section 89 (procedure for determining admission arrangements)”. |
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| | (4) | Leave out section 89C.’. |
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| | Academy admission arrangements |
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| | ‘In subsection (4) of section 482 (Academies) of the Education Act 1996, insert |
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| | “(aa) | conditions and requirements imposed for securing that— |
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| | (i) | the proprietor of the school consults on the admission |
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| | arrangements as if the school were a maintained school |
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| | under section 89 of SSFA 1998 (procedure for |
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| | determining admission arrangements), |
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| | (ii) | pupil admissions to the school are managed by the local |
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| | education authority under section 98B of SSFA 1998 |
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| | (co-ordination of admission arrangements), and |
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| | (iii) | objections relating to the admission arrangements are |
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| | determined by the adjudicator under section 90 of SSFA |
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| | 1998 (reference of objections to adjudicator or Secretary |
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| | Parliamentary control of code for schools admissions |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | Section 85 of SSFA 1998 (making and approval of code of practice) is amended |
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| | (2) | For subsections (4) and (5) substitute— |
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| | “(4) | If, within the 40-day period, each House resolves to approve the draft, the |
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| | Secretary of State shall issue the code (or revised code) in the form of the |
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| | draft, and it shall come into force on such date as the Secretary of State |
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| | (5) | If no such resolution is made within the 40-day period, the Secretary of |
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| | 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 |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘After section 88A of SSFA 1998 (inserted by this Act) insert— |
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| | “88B | Prohibition on interviews: schools with religious character |
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| | (1) | Section 88A does not apply in relation to any interview for the purpose |
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| | of assessing religious or denominational commitment where this is |
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| | provided for in the school’s admission arrangements and |
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| | oversubscription criteria and where the school is designated as having a |
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| | religious character under subsection 69(3).”.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘Schools shall publish their admissions criteria and may take all reasonable |
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| | measures, including interviews, to establish that applicants to the school meet |
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| | those admissions criteria.’. |
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| | Admission of children of staff |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘Any child of staff currently serving at a maintained school shall be eligible for |
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| | preferential admission at the discretion of the school governors.’. |
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| | Admission of excluded pupils |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | A local education authority may direct any school in the authority’s area to admit |
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| | a pupil who has been excluded from any other such school. |
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| | (2) | Before making a direction under subsection (1) the local education authority |
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| | (a) | consult the head teacher of the school to which the direction is to be |
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| | (b) | have regard to local policies on exclusion; and |
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| | (c) | have regard to the well-being of the pupils who are likely to be affected |
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| | by the direction, whether directly or indirectly. |
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| | (3) | In this section “school” means— |
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| | (a) | a community, foundation or voluntary school, or |
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| | (b) | an Academy, city technology college or city college for the technology |
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