Public Bill Committee: 4 February 2010

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Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

Mr Edward Timpson

Mr Graham Stuart

151

Schedule  1,  page  38,  line  35,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

A decision under subsection (2) shall be made within 20 working days of the

receipt of the application from the parent by the local authority.’.

Mr David Laws

Annette Brooke

212

Schedule  1,  page  38,  line  35,  at end insert ‘within 10 days of receiving the

notification with the required information from the parent.’.

Mr Graham Stuart

258

Schedule  1,  page  39,  line  2,  leave out from ‘(6)’ to end of line 3.

Mr Graham Stuart

259

Schedule  1,  page  39,  leave out lines 6 and 7.

Mr David Laws

Annette Brooke

Mr Graham Stuart

215

Schedule  1,  page  39,  leave out lines 8 and 9.

Mr David Laws

Annette Brooke

Mr Graham Stuart

216

Schedule  1,  page  39,  leave out lines 15 to 17.

Mr Graham Stuart

261

Schedule  1,  page  39,  leave out lines 19 to 27.

Mr David Laws

Annette Brooke

Mr Graham Stuart

214

Schedule  1,  page  39,  leave out lines 30 to 34.

Mr Graham Stuart

262

Schedule  1,  page  39,  leave out lines 35 to 39.

Mr Graham Stuart

263

Schedule  1,  page  39,  line  40,  leave out ‘An application’ and insert ‘ A notification’.

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Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

Mr Graham Stuart

264

Schedule  1,  page  40,  line  4,  leave out ‘in connection with an application’ and insert

‘following a notification’.

Mr Graham Stuart

265

Schedule  1,  page  40,  leave out lines 10 and 11.

Mr David Laws

Annette Brooke

217

Schedule  1,  page  40,  leave out lines 14 to 45 and insert—

‘(4)	The only information which a parent will be required to give to notify under this

Part and to have the child’s name included on the notification register is—

(a)	the child’s name;

(b)	the child’s date of birth;

(c)	the names of the child’s parents;

(d)	the names and addresses of those with current parental responsibility;

(e)	the child’s last school, if any;

(f)	the child’s gender;

(g)	the child’s home address and place of education;

(h)	the name of the person providing home education;

(i)	contact telephone numbers and e-mail addresses, where available, for the

parents;

(j)	the details of any previous revocation of registration and of any previous

school attendance order served.

(5)	To meet the criteria required to notify and register, the parent shall not be required

to supply any information about the nature of the child’s prospective education.’.

Mr Graham Stuart

266

Schedule  1,  page  40,  line  15,  leave out ‘an application for registration of’ and insert

‘notification of’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

Mr Edward Timpson

Mr Graham Stuart

70

Schedule  1,  page  40,  leave out lines 17 to 19.

Mr Graham Stuart

267

Schedule  1,  page  40,  leave out lines 17 to 28.

Public Bill Committee: 4 February 2010

264

Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

Mr Edward Timpson

Mr Graham Stuart

107

Schedule  1,  page  40,  line  22,  leave out from ‘which’ to ‘any’ in line 23.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

Mr Edward Timpson

Mr Graham Stuart

108

Schedule  1,  page  40,  line  26,  leave out from ‘provide’ to ‘prescribed’ in line 27.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

Mr Edward Timpson

Mr Graham Stuart

153

Schedule  1,  page  40,  line  28,  at end insert—

‘(f)	the prescribed information mentioned in paragraph (b) shall not be

burdensome and need not require detailed curriculum or teaching plans.’.

Mr Graham Stuart

268

Schedule  1,  page  40,  leave out lines 29 to 45.

Mr Graham Stuart

269

Schedule  1,  page  41,  line  2,  leave out ‘an application’ and insert ‘a notification’.

Mr Graham Stuart

270

Schedule  1,  page  41,  line  9,  leave out from ‘which’ to ‘on’ in line 10 and insert

‘notification of a child’s details’.

Mr David Laws

Annette Brooke

218

Schedule  1,  page  41,  leave out lines 12 to 24 and insert—

‘(4)	The registration period ends when—

(a)	the parent and child move to live outside the local authority area;

(b)	the child is no longer of compulsory school age;

(c)	the parent notifies the local authority that the child is no longer being

home educated;

(d)	the local authority notifies the parent that a school attendance order has

been served.’.

Public Bill Committee: 4 February 2010

265

Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

Mr Graham Stuart

271

Schedule  1,  page  41,  line  17,  leave out ‘or (c)’.

Mr Graham Stuart

272

Schedule  1,  page  41,  leave out lines 18 to 24 and insert—

‘(5)	If the child ceases to be of compulsory school age, the registration period ends

with the date on which the child ceases to be of compulsory school age.’.

Mr Graham Stuart

273

Schedule  1,  page  41,  line  26,  leave out ‘A local authority in England’ and insert

‘Where a local authority in England has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the

education provided to a child whose details are entered on their home education register

may not be suitable or that it would be harmful for the child’s welfare for the child to

continue to be home educated, the authority’.

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would restrict monitoring powers to those cases where local authorities have

reasonable grounds for concern, as is the position in New Zealand and Ontario.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

Mr Edward Timpson

Mr Graham Stuart

71

Schedule  1,  page  41,  leave out lines 28 and 29.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

Mr Edward Timpson

Mr Graham Stuart

110

Schedule  1,  page  41,  leave out lines 28 to 32.

Mr David Laws

Annette Brooke

219

Schedule  1,  page  41,  line  28,  leave out from ‘whether’ to end of line 29 and insert

‘a child whose name has been entered on the notification register is receiving suitable

home education.’.

Mr David Laws

Annette Brooke

Mr Graham Stuart

220

Schedule  1,  page  41,  leave out lines 30 and 31.

Public Bill Committee: 4 February 2010

266

Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

Mr Edward Timpson

Mr Graham Stuart

109

Schedule  1,  page  41,  line  30,  leave out ‘it’ and insert ‘the education provided to a

child’.

Mr David Laws

Annette Brooke

Mr Graham Stuart

221

Schedule  1,  page  41,  leave out line 32.

Mr David Laws

Annette Brooke

222

Schedule  1,  page  41,  leave out lines 33 and 34.

Mr David Laws

Annette Brooke

Tim Loughton

229

Schedule  1,  page  41,  line  34,  at end insert—

‘(e)	what support the child may need in relation to any special educational

needs or disabilities.’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

Mr Edward Timpson

Mr Graham Stuart

111

Schedule  1,  page  41,  leave out lines 35 to 38.

Mr Graham Stuart

274

Schedule  1,  page  41,  leave out from beginning of line 39 to end of line 9 on page 42.

Mr David Laws

Annette Brooke

223

Schedule  1,  page  41,  line  39,  leave out ‘shall’ and insert ‘may’.

Mr David Laws

Annette Brooke

224

Schedule  1,  page  41,  line  40,  leave out from ‘their’ to end of line 5 on page 42 and

insert—

‘(a)	contacting the parent or educator of the child at least once during each

full year of registration;

(b)	meeting the parent of the child where this is considered appropriate;

(c)	meeting the child where this is considered necessary.’.

Public Bill Committee: 4 February 2010

267

Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

Mr David Laws

Annette Brooke

Tim Loughton

230

Schedule  1,  page  42,  line  5,  at end insert—

‘(e)	making any provision in relation to any special educational needs the

child may have.’.

Mr David Laws

Annette Brooke

225

Schedule  1,  page  42,  line  20,  at end insert—

‘(7)	The Secretary of State shall establish an independent inquiry into the appropriate

definition of a suitable home education, which shall consult with all interested

parties and report no later than 31 December 2011. Until such time, no local

authority may withdraw registration for home education on the basis of—

(a)	failure to teach the National Curriculum;

(b)	failure to provide a broad and balanced curriculum;

(c)	failure to have a timetable;

(d)	failure to have premises equipped to any particular standard;

(e)	failure to have set hours during which education will take place;

(f)	failure to enter the child to achieve any specific qualifications;

(g)	failure to make detailed education plans in advance;

(h)	failure to observe school hours, days or terms;

(i)	failure to give formal lessons;

(j)	failure to mark work done by the child;

(k)	failure to formally assess progress or set development objectives;

(l)	failure to reproduce school type peer group socialisation;

(m)	failure to match school-based, age specific standards of education.’.

Mr Graham Stuart

275

Schedule  1,  page  42,  line  20,  at end insert—

‘(7)	Nothing in this section shall limit the powers of a local authority in England under

section 47 of the Children Act 1989.’.

Mr Graham Stuart

276

Schedule  1,  page  42,  leave out line 21 and insert ‘Removal of a child’s details from the

home education register’.

Mr Graham Stuart

277

Schedule  1,  page  42,  line  22,  leave out from ‘may’ to ‘the’ and insert ‘remove a

child’s details from’.

Mr David Laws

Annette Brooke

226

Schedule  1,  page  42,  leave out lines 24 and 25.

Public Bill Committee: 4 February 2010

268

Children, Schools and Families Bill, continued

Mr Graham Stuart

278

Schedule  1,  page  42,  leave out lines 24 to 29.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

Mr Edward Timpson

Mr Graham Stuart

73

Schedule  1,  page  42,  line  28,  leave out from ‘respect’ to end of line 29.

Mr Graham Stuart

296

Schedule  1,  page  42,  leave out lines 31 to 38.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

Mr Edward Timpson

Mr Graham Stuart

115

Schedule  1,  page  42,  line  33,  after ‘failure’, insert ‘reasonably’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

Mr Edward Timpson

Mr Graham Stuart

116

Schedule  1,  page  42,  line  34,  leave out from ‘19E’ to ‘the’ in line 35.

Mr David Laws

Annette Brooke

227

Schedule  1,  page  42,  line  34,  leave out from ‘19E’ to end of line 37.

Mr Graham Stuart

279

Schedule  1,  page  42,  line  35,  after ‘section 19E(4)’, insert ‘(and such objection is

unreasonable)’.

Mr Nick Gibb

Tim Loughton

Bill Wiggin

Mr Edward Timpson

Mr Graham Stuart

72

Schedule  1,  page  42,  leave out line 38.

Mr Graham Stuart

297

Schedule  1,  page  42,  leave out lines 40 to 43.

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Revised 4 February 2010