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| | (25E) | In section 240(3)(a) insert at the end “or is employed under a contract of |
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| | employment providing for the person to work wholly or mainly at an Academy |
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| | (25F) | In section 240(4) insert at the end “or who would be such a person if employed |
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| | to work at a maintained school”. |
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| | (25G) | In section 241 insert— |
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| | ““academy” means an Academy within the meaning of the Academies |
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| | “Academy arrangements” means Academy arrangements within the |
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| | meaning of the Academies Act 2010”. |
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| Clause 3, page 3, line 11, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | In the case of a member or members of a governing body objecting to an |
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| | application under subsection (1), there shall be a ballot of the parents of children |
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| | enrolled at the school, subject to regulations laid down by the Secretary of State.’. |
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| Clause 3, page 3, line 15, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | The governing body of a primary school is not eligible to apply under subsection |
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| | (3B) | Two years after Royal Assent, the following is substituted for subsection (3A)— |
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| | “( ) | The governing body of a primary school which has fewer than five |
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| | hundred registered pupils is not eligible to apply under subsection (1). |
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| | ( ) | The Secretary of State may by order amend this section to allow the |
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| | governing body of a federation to apply, or the governing bodies of a |
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| | number of schools to apply jointly, for an Academy order provided the |
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| | total of primary-aged registered pupils in the federation, or group of |
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| | schools, is five hundred or more.”.’. |
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| Clause 4, page 3, line 34, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | An Academy order must include provisions which make available for community |
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| | use some or all of the school’s facilities. |
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| | (3B) | Such provisions shall not be fewer and on less advantageous terms than those |
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| | which have been available prior to the application being made for an Academy |
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| | (3C) | Such provisions may be made by means of a contract or contracts with a local |
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| | authority or other non-profit making or commercial body. |
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| | (3D) | “Local authority” in this section means a county, district, unitary or parish |
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| Clause 5, page 4, line 11, leave out ‘such’ and insert— |
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| | ‘(a) | the local education authority, |
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| | (b) | the teachers at the school, |
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| | (e) | such persons as in their opinion represent the wider community, and |
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| Clause 5, page 4, line 11, at end insert ‘including the local authority for that area.’. |
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| Clause 5, page 4, line 14, leave out ‘an Academy order, or’. |
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| Clause 5, page 4, line 15, at end add— |
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| | ‘(4) | Consultation on Academy status should not be led by any member of a governing |
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| | body who may benefit financially as a result of conversion to Academy status or |
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| | whose salary, terms or conditions may be affected by such conversion.’. |
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| Clause 20, page 10, line 25, leave out subsection (3). |
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| New Clause relating to Clauses 3 to 5 or 16 to 20 |
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| | Reversion of Academies to maintained status |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | This section applies to any former maintained school which has been converted |
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| | into an Academy under section 4. |
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| | (2) | The governing body must make arrangements for the holding of a ballot of |
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| | parents under this section if at least 10 per cent of the parents of pupils at the |
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| | Academy request it to do so. |
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| | (3) | The purpose of a ballot under this section is to determine whether the parents of |
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| | pupils at the Academy want the Academy to be converted into a maintained |
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| | (4) | If the result of the ballot is in favour of conversion, the Secretary of State must— |
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| | (a) | revoke the Academy order, and |
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| | (b) | take such other steps as he considers necessary to convert the Academy |
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| | into a maintained school.’. |
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| | Duty to promote community cohesion |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The proprietor of an Academy in the discharging of the functions of the school |
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| | shall be required to promote community cohesion.’. |
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| | Special educational needs services |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘Before the end of the period of three months beginning with the day on which |
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| | this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament an |
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| | assessment of the impact of this Act on educational psychology, support for |
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| | children with sensory and physical impairments and other low incidence special |
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| | educational needs, and other special educational needs services.’. |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The governing body of an Academy must include governors who are, and who |
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| | are elected by, parents of pupils at the school. |
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| | (2) | The number of parent governors shall be— |
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| | (a) | four, if the number of pupils at the school is 1000 or fewer; |
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| | (b) | six, if the number of pupils at the school is greater than 1000 but not more |
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| | (c) | eight, if the number of pupils at the school is 1500 or more. |
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| | (3) | The term of office of a parent governor shall be 3 years. |
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| | (4) | The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument make |
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| | such supplementary provision about parent governors as the Secretary of State |
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| | Order of the House [19 JULY 2010] |
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| | That the following provisions shall apply to the Academies Bill [Lords]: |
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| | 1. | The Bill shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House. |
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| | 2. | Proceedings in Committee, any proceedings on consideration and |
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| | proceedings on Third Reading shall be completed in three days. |
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| | 3. | Proceedings in Committee shall be taken on each of those days as shown in |
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| | the first column of the following table and in the order so shown. |
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| | 4. | The Proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a |
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| | conclusion at the times specified in the second column of the Table. |
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| | Time for conclusion of proceedings |
| | | | | | | | Clauses 1,6, 9 and 10, new Clauses |
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| | | | | Clauses 2, 7, 8 and 11 to 13, |
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| | | | Schedule 1, Clause 14, Schedule 2, |
| | | | | Clause 15, new Clauses relating to |
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| | | | | Schedules relating to Clauses 2, 7 |
| | | | | or 8 or any of Clauses 11 to 15 or |
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| | | | | Clauses 3 to 5, Clauses 16 to 20, |
| One hour before the moment of |
| | | | new Clauses relating to any of |
| | | | | Clauses 3 to 5 or 16 to 20, new |
| | | | | Schedules relating to any of |
| | | | | Clauses 3 to 5 or 16 to 20, |
| | | | | remaining proceedings on the Bill. |
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| | 5. | Any proceedings on consideration and proceedings on Third Reading shall |
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| | (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment |
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| | of interruption on the third day. |
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| | 6. | Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to |
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| | proceedings in Committee, any proceedings on consideration or proceedings |
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| | 7. | Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on |
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| | consideration of any message from the Lords) may be programmed. |
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