Children, Schools and Families Bill

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Children, Schools and Families Bill

Children, Schools and Families Bill

EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department for Children, Schools and
Families, are published separately as Bill 8—EN.
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Secretary Ed Balls has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the
Human Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the Children, Schools and Families Bill are compatible
with the Convention rights.

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Contents
Part 1
Children and schools
Pupil and parent involvement
1
Pupil and parent guarantees
2
Procedure for issuing and revising pupil and parent guarantees
3
Complaints relating to pupil and parent guarantees
4
Home-school agreements for each pupil
5
Home-school agreements: parenting contracts and parenting orders
6
Parental satisfaction surveys
Children with special educational needs etc
7
School inspections: pupils with disabilities or special educational needs
8
Right of appeal against determination by local authority not to amend
statement
Exceptional provision for ill or excluded children etc
9
Exceptional provision of education in short stay schools or elsewhere
The curriculum
10
Areas of learning
11
PSHE in maintained schools
12
PSHE in Academies etc
13
Sex and relationships education: manner of provision
14
Exemption from sex and relationships education
Powers of governing bodies
15
Power to provide community facilities etc
16
Power to form company to establish Academy, etc
17
Powers to assist etc proprietor of Academy and be a member of a foundation
18
Power to propose new schools

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School improvement etc
19
School improvement partners
20
Provision of information about schools, etc
21
Schools eligible for intervention: powers of local authority
22
Schools causing concern: powers of Secretary of State, etc
School teachers’ qualifications
23
Licence to practise
24
Requirement to be licensed
25
Requirements to be qualified, registered and licensed: Academies etc
Home education
26
Home education: England
27
Power of National Assembly for Wales to make provision by Measure
Local Safeguarding Children Boards
28
Supply of information requested by LSCBs in England
29
Supply of information requested by LSCBs in Wales
30
Review by Chief Inspector of performance of LSCBs in England
Youth justice
31
Supervision of youth offending teams etc
Part 2
Family proceedings
32
Restriction on publication of information relating to family proceedings
33
Authorised publication of court orders and judgments
34
Authorised news publications
35
Permitting publication for purposes of section 34 : general
36
Permitting publication for purposes of section 34 : adoption etc
37
Prohibiting or restricting publication for purposes of section 34
38
Defences to contempt of court
39
Appeals against decisions under section 33 or 34
40
Power to alter treatment of sensitive personal information
41
Interpretation of Part 2, etc
Part 3
Miscellaneous and final provisions
Miscellaneous
42
Charitable status of Academy proprietors etc
43
Fees for pre-registration inspections of independent educational institutions
Final provisions
44
Interpretation of Act

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Amendments and repeals
46
Financial provisions
47
Transitional provision
48
Extent
49
Commencement
50
Short title etc
Schedule 1   —
Home education: England
Schedule 2   —
Amendments of Part 2 relating to sensitive personal
information
Schedule 3   —
Sensitive personal information
Schedule 4   —
Minor and consequential amendments
Part 1   —
Children and schools
Part 2   —
Family proceedings
Schedule 5   —
Repeals
Part 1   —
Children and schools
Part 2   —
Family proceedings

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Revised 19 November 2009