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‘98ZA

Unified system of inspection

The Chief Inspector must establish one inspection programme to include—

(a)	childcare provision,

(b)	early years learning,

(c)	other services provided by children’s centres.’.

Mrs Maria Miller

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Bill Wiggin

407

Clause  187,  page  106,  line  9,  after ‘the’, insert ‘health and’.

Mrs Maria Miller

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Bill Wiggin

408

Clause  187,  page  106,  line  9,  at end insert—

‘(d)	raising the achievements of disadvantaged children as defined in the

relevant Children’s Trust Board’s Children and Young People’s Plan.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

369

Clause  189,  page  109,  line  7,  leave out ‘and quality’.

Mrs Maria Miller

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Bill Wiggin

527

Clause  189,  page  109,  line  7,  after ‘quality’, insert ‘and sustainability’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

370

Clause  189,  page  109,  line  9,  at end insert—

‘(aa)

improving the quality of early childhood services that are provided in

their area, and’.

Mrs Maria Miller

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Bill Wiggin

528

Clause  189,  page  109,  line  11,  at end insert—

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‘(c)	the desirability of maintaining a range of different types of providers of

services including those from the private and voluntary sector.’.

Mrs Maria Miller

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Bill Wiggin

526

Clause  190,  page  109,  line  25,  leave out subsection (1) and insert—

‘( )	A local education authority in England must allocate funding for free of charge

early years provision for a funding period outside a maintained school out of the

authority’s individual schools budget for the period.’.

Mrs Maria Miller

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Bill Wiggin

524

Clause  190,  page  109,  line  30,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

The regulations made under subsection (2) must promote the maintenance of a

range of different types of providers of services, including those from the private

and voluntary sector.’.

Mrs Maria Miller

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Bill Wiggin

523

Clause  190,  page  110,  line  18,  at end insert—

‘(4A)

Regulations made under subsection (4) must specify that consultations about the

determination of the amount of financial assistance must include a requirement

for private, voluntary and independent early years providers outside a maintained

school to be consulted.’.

Mrs Maria Miller

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Bill Wiggin

525

Clause  190,  page  110,  line  18,  at end insert—

‘( )	The Code of Practice on the provision of free nursery education places for three-

and four-year olds shall cease to apply in a local authority area until that local

authority has introduced a single funding fromula for free of charge early years

provision.’.

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Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

148

Clause  192,  page  110,  line  38,  leave out ‘the Secretary of State’ and insert ‘the

Office for Standards in Education’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

390

Clause  192,  page  110,  line  41,  at end insert—

‘(aa)

a local education authority in England maintains a disproportionate

number of schools that fail to enter any pupils for core academic

qualifications.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

1

Clause  192,  page  111,  line  10,  after ‘are’, insert ‘judged by Ofsted to be’.

Jim Knight

Mr Siôn Simon

426

Schedule  14,  page  218,  line  18,  leave out paragraph 4.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment reverses a restriction the Bill would have imposed in relation to some Welsh

voluntary aided schools that were causing concern. The restriction would have prevented the

diocesan or other appropriate authority from appointing additional governors if the local

education authority and Welsh Ministers had both already done so.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

72

Clause  194,  page  111,  line  35,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

The Secretary of State shall issue guidance as to which of the powers and duties

of a head teacher shall be regarded as “prescribed functions” for the purposes of

subsection (2).’.

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Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

73

Clause  194,  page  111,  line  37,  at end insert—

‘(aa)

a decision relating to the disciplining of a pupil or any other matter

relating to pupil behaviour or the enforcement of the published rules of

the school;’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

74

Clause  194,  page  111,  line  37,  at end insert—

‘(aa)

a decision about whether to suspend or exclude permanently a pupil;’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

425

Clause  194,  page  112,  line  7,  at end insert—

‘(5A)

A person making a complaint under subsection (1) or, where the complainant is

a parent, a pupil who the complaint relates to, has the right not to be subjected to

any detriment by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, by the respondent on the

grounds of the complaint.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

149

Clause  194,  page  112,  line  13,  after ‘school’, insert ‘an Academy’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

2

Clause  195,  page  112,  line  46,  at end insert ‘or if the local Commissioner considers

the complaints to be vexatious or malicious’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

71

Clause  195,  page  112,  line  46,  at end insert—

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‘(5A)

A Local Commissioner may in particular decide not to investigate a complaint

under this Chapter, or to discontinue an investigation if, in his opinion, the

complaint is vexatious.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

79

Clause  210,  page  120,  line  28,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

The Chief Inspector may only make an interim statement about a school in

England that has provision for children with special educational needs if it has

been assessed by an inspector who has training and expertise in special

educational needs and has properly engaged with such pupils at that school.’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

360

Clause  210,  page  120,  line  33,  at end insert—

‘(5)	This section applies if—

(a)	the quality of the education provided in the school for children with

special educational needs has been inspected by an appropriately

qualified person who has received training in inspecting provision for

children with special educational needs;

(b)	the quality of education provided in the school for children with special

educational needs is reported to be of at least equivalent quality to the

education provided in the school for all pupils.

(6)	The Secretary of State shall make regulations specifying how a person may be

considered to be appropriately qualified for the purposes of subsection (5)(a).’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

150

Clause  210,  page  121,  line  33,  after ‘school’, insert ‘and to the local education

authority.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

377 

Schedule  15,  page  221,  line  10,  at end insert—

‘(5)	The membership of the SSSNB shall include an equal number of persons

representing—

(a)	the interests of prescribed school support staff organisations, and

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(b)	the interests of prescribed school support staff employer

organisations.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

372

Clause  214,  page  123,  line  25,  after ‘(a)’, insert ‘and to the desirability of

promoting school autonomy.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

373

Clause  215,  page  124,  line  3,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

In considering a matter within its remit, the SSSNB must have regard to the

desirability of promoting school autonomy.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

374

Clause  217,  page  124,  line  35,  at end add—

‘(3)	On making an order under subsection (2)(a), the Secretary of State must publish

a statement explaining the predicted impact of the order on school autonomy.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

376 

Clause  220,  page  126,  line  28,  at end insert—

‘(d)	the agreement fails to give due consideration to the desirability of

promoting school autonomy.’.

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Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

375

Clause  220,  page  126,  line  29,  at end add—

‘(7)	On making an order under subsection (2)(a), the Secretary of State must publish

a statement explaining the predicted impact of the order on school autonomy.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

209

Clause  229,  page  130,  line  16,  at end insert—

‘(aa)

has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a pupil at the school may have

an item that, in the judgement of a member of staff, may present harm to

other pupils, staff or teachers;’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

337

Clause  229,  page  130,  line  19,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

In determining whether there are reasonable grounds under subsection (1)(a), the

member of staff may have access to any CCTV footage that the school may

have.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Mr John Hayes

Mrs Maria Miller

Bill Wiggin

353

Clause  229,  page  130,  line  26,  leave out paragraph (c) and insert—

‘(c)	any other item which, if it were to remain with the pupil or in his

possession, may constitute a risk of imminent harm to the pupil himself

or to any other person;’.

Mr David Laws

Stephen Williams

Annette Brooke

14

Clause  229,  page  130,  line  31,  at end insert—

‘(f)	any other article which the member of staff considers may cause potential

or imminent harm to the pupil or to others.’.

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