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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 11, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | Before making an application for an Academy order, the governing body shall |
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| | | consult relevant parties on whether to make such an application. |
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| | | (1B) | The Secretary of State shall issue guidance as to how governing bodies should |
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| | | conduct such a consultation with parents, pupils, teaching and non-teaching staff |
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| | | and their representatives, neighbouring schools and the local authority and such |
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| | | other parties as he may think appropriate and such guidance must also specify the |
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| | | information to be made available to consultees in relation to the proposed |
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| | | arrangements for Academy status.’. |
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| | Clause 3, page 3, line 11, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(1A) | An application under subsection (1) shall be in such form and shall contain such |
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| | | particulars as may be prescribed in regulations.’. |
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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 4, page 3, line 34, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(3A) | The Secretary of State shall publish criteria which he will apply in deciding |
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| | | whether to make Academy orders, which shall be in such form and shall contain |
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| | | such particulars as may be prescribed in regulations.’. |
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| | Clause 4, page 4, line 3, leave out subsection (6). |
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| | Clause 4, page 4, line 8, at end add— |
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| | | ‘(8) | Before making an Academy order in respect of a maintained school under this |
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| | | section, the Secretary of State shall consult with— |
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| | | (b) | any other local authority who would in his opinion be affected by the |
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| | | making of an Academy order, |
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| | | (c) | teachers and other staff at the school and their representatives, |
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| | | (d) | parents and pupils of the school and the other schools in the community, |
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| | | (e) | such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.’. |
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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 ‘may take place before or after an Academy |
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| | order, or’ and insert ‘must take place before’. |
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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 14, leave out subsection (3). |
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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 16 Agreed to on division. |
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| | | Clauses 17 and 18 Agreed to. |
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| | Clause 19, page 10, line 14, leave out from ‘force’ to end and insert ‘12 months |
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| | from the passage of this Act.’. |
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| | Clause 19, page 10, line 16, at end insert ‘no less than 12 months from the passage |
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| | Clause 20, page 10, line 25, leave out subsection (3). |
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| | New ClauseS relating to Clauses 3 to 5 or 16 to 20 |
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| | | Reversion of Academies to maintained status |
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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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| | | Negatived on division NC7 |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | Before a school makes an application for an Academy order or an Academy |
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| | | arrangement with an additional school the relevant local authority must be asked |
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| | | to assess the impact of Academy status on— |
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| | | (a) | admissions in the local authority area where the school is situated; |
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| | | (b) | funding between all publicly funded schools in the local authority area |
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| | | where the school is situated; and |
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| | | (c) | social cohesion in the local authority area where the school is situated. |
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| | | (2) | The impact assessment in subsection (1) should be made with regard to any |
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| | | existing policies the local authority or local schools forum have in relation to (a), |
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| | | (3) | Before making an Academy order or an Academy arrangement with an additional |
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| | | school the Secretary of State must have regard to the impact assessment in |
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| | | subsection (1) made by the local authority.’. |
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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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| | 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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| | | Bill reported, with an Amendment. |
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| | | Bill read the third time, on division, and passed with an Amendment. |
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