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Public Bill Committee: 26th February 2008                

400

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

115

 

Clause  70,  page  43,  line  33,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

For the purpose of paragraph (4) a level 1 literacy qualification must ensure that

 

students can effortlessly decode any word using the principles of synthetic

 

phonics.’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

117

 

Clause  70,  page  44,  line  4,  after ‘Education’ insert ‘, or the International General

 

Certificate of Secondary Education,’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

118

 

Clause  70,  page  44,  line  10,  at end insert ‘or the Cambridge Assessment Pre-U

 

qualification.’.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

119

 

Clause  71,  page  44,  leave out line 37.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

120

 

Clause  71,  page  44,  leave out line 40.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

121

 

Clause  71,  page  44,  leave out line 41.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 26th February 2008                

401

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

122

 

Clause  71,  page  45,  leave out line 1.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr David Lammy

 

198

 

Page  44,  line  29,  leave out Clause 71.

 


 

Jim Knight

 

Mr David Lammy

 

199

 

Page  45,  line  4,  leave out Clause 72.

 


 

Jim Knight

 

Mr David Lammy

 

200

 

Page  45,  line  22,  leave out Clause 73.

 


 

Jim Knight

 

Mr David Lammy

 

201

 

Clause  74,  page  45,  line  41,  leave out from ‘information’ to end of line 42 and

 

insert—

 

‘(a)    

used in reliance on section (Benefit and training information)(1)(a), or

 

(b)    

disclosed in reliance on section (Benefit and training information)(1)(b)

 

or (Revenue and Customs information).’.

 

Jim Knight

 

Mr David Lammy

 

202

 

Clause  74,  page  46,  line  2,  leave out ‘for the purposes of that section’ and insert ‘in

 

connection with the exercise of an assessment function of the Secretary of State or a

 

devolved authority’.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 26th February 2008                

402

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

Jim Knight

 

Mr David Lammy

 

203

 

Clause  75,  page  46,  line  23,  leave out ‘71’ and insert ‘(Benefit and training

 

information)’.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

142

 

Clause  77,  page  47,  line  39,  leave out from beginning of line 39 to ‘Chapter’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

143

 

Clause  77,  page  47,  line  40,  at end add ‘shall cease to apply to independent

 

educational institutions in England.’.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

123

 

Clause  78,  page  48,  leave out lines 18 and 19.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

124

 

Clause  79,  page  48,  line  36,  leave out ‘Chief Inspector’ and insert ‘Secretary of

 

State’.

 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

125

 

Clause  79,  page  48,  line  40,  leave out ‘Chief Inspector’ and insert ‘Secretary of

 

State’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 26th February 2008                

403

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

126

 

Clause  79,  page  48,  line  41,  leave out ‘Chief Inspector’ and insert ‘Secretary of

 

State’.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

153

 

Clause  80,  page  49,  line  7,  leave out ‘51 weeks’ and insert ‘six months’.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

53

 

Clause  85,  page  51,  line  12,  at end insert ‘one or more’.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

127

 

Clause  87,  page  51,  line  24,  at end insert ‘if he regards the change to be of such

 

significance as to warrant an inspection,

 

‘(1A)    

In determining whether the change is of such significance, the Chief Inspector

 

shall have regard to precedents.’.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

128

 

Clause  88,  page  52,  line  2,  at end insert—


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 26th February 2008                

404

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

‘(2A)    

Any such other evidence referred to in subsection (2)(B) must be made available

 

to the independent educational institution.’.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

129

 

Clause  92,  page  53,  line  26,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

For the purpose of subsection (2) the Independent Schools Inspectorate shall

 

inspect independent educational institutions that are—

 

(a)    

members of Independent Schools Council associations, and

 

(b)    

all other registered independent educational institutions other than

 

schools belonging to the Focus Learning Trust.’.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

130

 

Clause  94,  page  54,  line  29,  at end insert ‘, or any other standard considered to be

 

relevant by the independent inspectorate.’.

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

131

 

Clause  98,  page  55,  line  41,  at end insert ‘except for reports of inspections carried

 

out in response to a specific complaint.’.

 


 

Jim Knight

 

207

 

Clause  115,  page  64,  line  29,  leave out ‘in connection with the Secretary of State’s

 

functions’.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 26th February 2008                

405

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

154

 

Clause  125,  page  69,  line  4,  leave out subsection (2).

 


 

Mr Nick Gibb

 

Mr John Hayes

 

Angela Watkinson

 

Michael Gove

 

155

 

Clause  127,  page  69,  line  33,  after ‘Inspector’, insert ‘or the Secretary of State’.

 


 

Jim Knight

 

186

 

Page  73,  line  7,  leave out Clause 132.

 


 

Mr Gordon Marsden

 

161

 

Page  73,  line  16,  leave out Clause 133.

 


 

Jim Knight

 

208

 

Clause  143,  page  81,  line  25,  after ‘section’ insert ‘(Sixth form admissions etc),

 

(Sixth form admissions etc: appeals) or’.

 


 

Jim Knight

 

215

 

Schedule  1,  page  85,  line  5,  at end insert—

 

Children Act 1989 (c. 41)

 

            

The Children Act 1989 (c. 41) is amended as follows.

 

    (1)  

Section 87 (welfare of children in boarding schools and colleges) is amended

 

as follows.

 

      (2)  

In subsection (4)—


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 26th February 2008                

406

 

Education and Skills Bill, continued

 
 

(a)    

in the opening words for “or” substitute “in England other than an

 

independent educational institution or by a”;

 

(b)    

in paragraph (a) omit “an independent school or”.

 

      (3)  

In subsection (10) after the definition of “further education corporation”

 

insert—

 

““independent educational institution” has the same meaning as in

 

Chapter 1 of Part 4 of the Education and Skills Act 2008;”.

 

    (1)  

Section 87B(2) (duties of inspectors under section 87A) is amended as follows.

 

      (2)  

In paragraph (a) for “an independent school” substitute “an independent

 

educational institution in England, an independent school in Wales”.

 

      (3)  

After that paragraph insert—

 

“(aa)    

in the case of a school that is an independent educational

 

institution in England, to the Chief Inspector for England;”.’.

 

Jim Knight

 

216

 

Schedule  1,  page  85,  line  8,  leave out paragraph 2 and insert—

 

‘   (1)  

Section 28D (accessibility strategies and plans) is amended as follows.

 

      (2)  

In subsection (7) for paragraph (c) substitute—

 

“(c)    

schools approved under section 342 of the Education Act

 

1996 (non-maintained special schools).”

 

      (3)  

In subsection (13) after “Education Act 2005” insert “or Chapter 1 of Part 4 of

 

the Education and Skills Act 2008 (regulation and inspection of independent

 

educational provision in England)”.

 

    (1)  

In section 28E (accessibility strategies and plans: procedure) is amended as

 

follows.

 

      (2)  

In subsection (5)—

 

(a)    

omit paragraph (b) and the word “or” preceding it;

 

(b)    

omit “or plan”.

 

      (3)  

After subsection (5) insert—

 

“(5A)    

If Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services

 

and Skills asks for a copy of the accessibility plan prepared by the

 

proprietor of an independent school (other than an Academy) in

 

England, the plan must be given to him.”’.

 

Jim Knight

 

237

 

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Schedule  1,  page  85,  line  25,  at end insert—

 

‘          

After section 537A insert—

 

“537AA 

  Application of sections 537 and 537A to certain part-time

 

educational institutions in England

 

(1)    

Sections 537 and 537A (powers of the Secretary of State to require

 

information from governing bodies etc) apply in relation to a relevant

 

part-time educational institution as they apply in relation to an

 

independent school.

 

(2)    

In the application of sections 537 and 537A by virtue of this section—

 

(a)    

references to a pupil at an independent school are to be read as

 

references to a student at a relevant part-time educational

 

institution;


 
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