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(25E)

In section 240(3)(a) insert at the end “or is employed under a contract of

employment providing for the person to work wholly or mainly at an Academy

in England”.

(25F)

In section 240(4) insert at the end “or who would be such a person if employed

to work at a maintained school”.

(25G)

In section 241 insert—

““academy” means an Academy within the meaning of the Academies

Act 2010,

“Academy arrangements” means Academy arrangements within the

meaning of the Academies Act 2010”.

Dr John Pugh

Owen Smith

Bill Esterson

8

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  11,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

In the case of a member or members of a governing body objecting to an

application under subsection (1), there shall be a ballot of the parents of children

enrolled at the school, subject to regulations laid down by the Secretary of State.’.

Dan Rogerson

48

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  15,  at end insert—

‘(3A)

The governing body of a primary school is not eligible to apply under subsection

(1).

(3B)	Two years after Royal Assent, the following is substituted for subsection (3A)—

“( )	The governing body of a primary school which has fewer than five

hundred registered pupils is not eligible to apply under subsection (1).

( )	The Secretary of State may by order amend this section to allow the

governing body of a federation to apply, or the governing bodies of a

number of schools to apply jointly, for an Academy order provided the

total of primary-aged registered pupils in the federation, or group of

schools, is five hundred or more.”.’.

Jon Trickett

54

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  34,  at end insert—

‘(3A)

An Academy order must include provisions which make available for community

use some or all of the school’s facilities.

(3B)	Such provisions shall not be fewer and on less advantageous terms than those

which have been available prior to the application being made for an Academy

order.

(3C)	Such provisions may be made by means of a contract or contracts with a local

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

council.’.

Caroline Lucas

4

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  11,  leave out ‘such’ and insert—

‘(a)	the local education authority,

(b)	the teachers at the school,

(c)	the pupils,

(d)	the pupils’ parents,

(e)	such persons as in their opinion represent the wider community, and

(f)	such other’.

Ian Mearns

18

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  11,  at end insert ‘including the local authority for that area.’.

Dr John Pugh

Owen Smith

Bill Esterson

9

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  14,  leave out ‘an Academy order, or’.

Dr John Pugh

Owen Smith

Bill Esterson

10

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  15,  at end add—

‘(4)	Consultation on Academy status should not be led by any member of a governing

body who may benefit financially as a result of conversion to Academy status or

whose salary, terms or conditions may be affected by such conversion.’.

Secretary Michael Gove

7

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

Reversion of Academies to maintained status

Caroline Lucas

John McDonnell

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	This section applies to any former maintained school which has been converted

into an Academy under section 4.

(2)	The governing body must make arrangements for the holding of a ballot of

parents under this section if at least 10 per cent of the parents of pupils at the

Academy request it to do so.

(3)	The purpose of a ballot under this section is to determine whether the parents of

pupils at the Academy want the Academy to be converted into a maintained

school.

(4)	If the result of the ballot is in favour of conversion, the Secretary of State must—

(a)	revoke the Academy order, and

(b)	take such other steps as he considers necessary to convert the Academy

into a maintained school.’.

Remaining Proceedings

Duty to promote community cohesion

Dan Rogerson

nc2

To move the following Clause:—

‘The proprietor of an Academy in the discharging of the functions of the school

shall be required to promote community cohesion.’.

Special educational needs services

Annette Brooke

NC4

To move the following Clause:—

‘Before the end of the period of three months beginning with the day on which

this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament an

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

educational needs, and other special educational needs services.’.

Elected parent governors

Bob Russell

NC6

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	The governing body of an Academy must include governors who are, and who

are elected by, parents of pupils at the school.

(2)	The number of parent governors shall be—

(a)	four, if the number of pupils at the school is 1000 or fewer;

(b)	six, if the number of pupils at the school is greater than 1000 but not more

than 1500;

(c)	eight, if the number of pupils at the school is 1500 or more.

(3)	The term of office of a parent governor shall be 3 years.

(4)	The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument make

such supplementary provision about parent governors as the Secretary of State

considers appropriate.’.

Order of the House [19 JULY 2010]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Academies Bill [Lords]:

Committal

1.	The Bill shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House.

Proceedings

2.	Proceedings in Committee, any proceedings on consideration and

proceedings on Third Reading shall be completed in three days.

3.	Proceedings in Committee shall be taken on each of those days as shown in

the first column of the following table and in the order so shown.

4.	The Proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion at the times specified in the second column of the Table.

          TABLE

	Proceedings	Time for conclusion of proceedings
	First day
	Clauses 1,6, 9 and 10, new Clauses	Three hours after the moment of
	relating to Clauses 1, 6, 9, or 10,	interruption.
	new Schedules relating to Clauses
	1, 6, 9, or 10.

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	Second day
	Clauses 2, 7, 8 and 11 to 13,	One hour after the moment of
	Schedule 1, Clause 14, Schedule 2,	interruption.
	Clause 15, new Clauses relating to
	Clauses 2, 7 or 8 or any of Clauses
	11 to 15 or Schedule 1 or 2, new
	Schedules relating to Clauses 2, 7
	or 8 or any of Clauses 11 to 15 or
	Schedule 1 or 2.

	Third day
	Clauses 3 to 5, Clauses 16 to 20,	One hour before the moment of
	new Clauses relating to any of	interruption.
	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.

5.	Any proceedings on consideration and proceedings on Third Reading shall

(so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment

of interruption on the third day.

Programming Committee

6.	Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

proceedings in Committee, any proceedings on consideration or proceedings

on Third Reading.

Other proceedings

7.	Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

consideration of any message from the Lords) may be programmed.

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Revised 22 July 2010