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Public Bill Committee: 8 March 2011                     

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Education Bill, continued

 
 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

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Clause  4,  page  9,  line  20,  at end insert ‘, including where an assessment of the child

 

under Part 4 of EA 1996 or otherwise must be undertaken’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

30

 

Clause  4,  page  9,  line  20,  at end insert—

 

‘(e)    

to require a school to retain an excluded pupil on its roll and to fund the

 

pupil’s education until the pupil is no longer of compulsory school age.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

28

 

Clause  4,  page  9,  line  24,  at end insert—

 

‘(9A)    

Once every school year, the responsible body for each school, and the local

 

authority on behalf of review panels established by them, must publish

 

information on the number of exclusions, whether they were fixed term or

 

permanent, and confirm that the decisions are consistent with their duties under

 

the Equality Act 2010.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

31

 

Clause  4,  page  9,  line  43,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

32

 

Clause  4,  page  9,  line  45,  leave out ‘or a description of Academy’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

34

 

Clause  4,  page  10,  line  7,  at end insert—

 

‘(5)    

Before the Secretary of State exercises the power to commence this section under

 

section 78, he must first lay before Parliament a statement agreed with Her

 

Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills on the

 

evidence that school staff need the additonal powers available in this section.’.

 


 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

40

 

Clause  5,  page  10,  line  11,  after ‘Wales’ insert ‘or a pupil at a school in England

 

who has responsibility for caring for family members’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 8 March 2011                     

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Education Bill, continued

 
 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

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Clause  5,  page  10,  line  11,  after ‘Wales’ insert ‘or pupils in England under the age

 

of 14’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

42

 

Clause  5,  page  10,  line  11,  at end insert—

 

‘(2)    

Where a school in England requires a pupil to be detained outside school hours

 

with no notice, the school must have given full consideration on the implications

 

for the parent or carer of the pupil.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

43

 

Clause  5,  page  10,  line  11,  at end insert—

 

‘(2)    

Where a school in England requires a pupil to be detained outside school hours,

 

the school must give reasonable notice to the parent or carer of the pupil and

 

before the detention occurs the school must have received from the parent or carer

 

confirmation that the parent or carer is aware of the detention.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

44

 

Clause  5,  page  10,  line  11,  at end insert—

 

‘(2)    

Where a school in England requires a pupil to be detained outside school hours,

 

the school has a duty to establish the child has a safe and suitable means of getting

 

home after the detention.’.

 


 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

45

 

Clause  6,  page  10,  line  13,  at beginning insert ‘Subject to subsection (2)’.

 

Stella Creasy

 

3

 

Clause  6,  page  10,  line  14,  leave out ‘is repealed’ and insert ‘is extended to include

 

consideration of provision and management of support services for children with special

 

educational needs and to represent local schools in safer school partnerships.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

46

 

Clause  6,  page  10,  line  14,  at end insert—

 

‘(2)    

Subsection (1) shall not come into force before 1 September 2013, and only after

 

Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills has

 

reported that voluntary partnerships for behaviour and attendance partnerships

 

are working in all local authorities.’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 8 March 2011                     

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Education Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

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Parliamentary Star    

Clause  6,  page  10,  line  14,  at end insert—

 

‘(2)    

The Secretary of State must commission a report within 24 months to evaluate the

 

impact of eliminating the duty to provide Behaviour and Attendance

 

Partnerships.’.

 


 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

47

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  7,  page  10,  line  19,  at beginning insert ‘Subject to subsection (6),’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

48

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  7,  page  10,  line  28,  at end insert—

 

‘(6)    

Before the Secretary of State exercises the power to commence this section under

 

section 78, he must lay before Parliament a report which sets out arrangements—

 

(a)    

to maintain the standards of teacher professionalism and competence

 

through a Code of Conduct and Practice for Registered Teachers;

 

(b)    

to reduce variability in assessing teacher performance;

 

(c)    

to maintain, or cause to be maintained, a register of all persons who have

 

been granted qualified teacher status; and

 

(d)    

to end any functions of the GTCE which will not be continued.’.

 


 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

49

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  8,  page  10,  line  30,  at beginning insert ‘Subject to subsection (3),’.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

70

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  8,  page  11,  line  17,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

has displayed sustained professional incompetence.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

52

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  8,  page  11,  line  20,  at end insert ‘, or a reprimand, conditional registration,

 

or suspension, which have the same meanings as in schedule 2 to THEA 1998.’.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

73

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  8,  page  11,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

the names of persons disqualified from membership of the Institute for

 

Learning due to their professional conduct.’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 8 March 2011                     

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Education Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

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Parliamentary Star    

Clause  8,  page  12,  line  19,  at end insert ‘or sustained professional incompetence’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

53

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  8,  page  12,  line  23,  leave out ‘consider whether it would be appropriate to’.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

72

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  8,  page  12,  line  46,  at end insert ‘or sustained professional incompetence’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

51

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  8,  page  13,  line  10,  at end insert—

 

‘141F  (1)  

The Secretary of State shall have a duty to raise the professionalism of        

 

teachers in consultation with the following groups—

 

(a)    

teachers;

 

(b)    

employers of teachers;

 

(c)    

providers of teacher training;

 

(d)    

persons concerned with the teaching of persons with special

 

educational needs;

 

(e)    

religious bodies involved in the provision of education;

 

(f)    

parents of pupils;

 

(g)    

commerce and industry; and

 

(h)    

the general public.

 

      (2)  

The Secretary of State shall lay an annual report to Parliament on measures he

 

has taken to raise the professionalism of teachers.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

50

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  8,  page  14,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

‘(3)    

Before the Secretary of State exercises the power to commence this section under

 

section 78, he must lay before Parliament a report which sets out arrangements

 

which demonstrate he has put in place sufficient resource and expertise to carry

 

out the teacher misconduct functions.’.

 


 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

56

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  9,  page  15,  line  16,  after ‘school’, insert ‘including an Academy’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 8 March 2011                     

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Education Bill, continued

 
 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

54

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  9,  page  16,  line  24,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

On the first, and subsequent, use of the power to set standards against which a

 

person is to be judged as having completed an induction period, the Secretary of

 

State must lay the draft standards, or a draft revision of the standards, before

 

Parliament and the standards will not come into effect until an affirmative

 

resolution on whether the standards are implemented has been achieved in each

 

House of Parliament.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

55

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  9,  page  16,  leave out lines 35 to 40 and insert—

 

‘“the appropriate body” shall be the local authority for the area in which the

 

school is situated;’.

 


 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

57

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  10,  page  19,  line  9,  leave out section 141B of EA 2002 and insert ‘schedule

 

2 of the THEA 1998’.

 


 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

58

 

Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  2,  page  63,  line  31,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

The Secretary of State shall consult associations of teachers, higher education

 

institutions providing courses which may form part of the award of qualified

 

teacher status, and associations of local authorities before making regulations

 

under this section which make provision by reference to—

 

(a)    

the content of a course or programme, or

 

(b)    

the standard of education or training provided through a course or

 

programme.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

59

 

Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  2,  page  63,  leave out lines 32 to 38.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 8 March 2011                     

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Education Bill, continued

 
 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

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Parliamentary Star    

Schedule  3,  page  65,  line  42,  after ‘State’, insert ‘or a charity’.

 


 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

61

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  13,  page  20,  line  27,  at end insert—

 

‘(2)    

The Secretary of State may by order amend this section to include all staff, or a

 

description of staff, working in schools and institutions of further education.’.

 


 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

62

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  14,  page  22,  line  3,  at beginning insert ‘Subject to subsection (2),’.

 

Pat Glass

 

66

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  14,  page  22,  line  4,  at end add—

 

‘(1)    

In carrying out his function to contribute to raising the standards of teaching and

 

of other activities carried out by the school workforce, the Secretary of State shall

 

have regard, in particular, to ensuring that—

 

(a)    

teachers are well fitted and trained to meet the learning needs of disabled

 

children and children with SEN;

 

(b)    

teaching schools provide sufficient evidence of their ability to meet the

 

learning needs of disabled children and children with SEN.’.

 

Kevin Brennan

 

Mr Iain Wright

 

63

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  14,  page  22,  line  4,  at end insert—

 

‘(2)    

Before the Secretary of State exercises the power to commence this section under

 

section 78, he must lay before Parliament a report which sets out arrangements to

 

maintain the standards of entry to initial teacher education, and the promotion of

 

teaching as a career.’.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 8 March 2011                     

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Education Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

74

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  16,  page  24,  line  28,  at end insert—

 

‘(3)    

The Secretary of State shall ensure that all teacher training data collected by the

 

TDA is safeguarded and maintained.’.

 


 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

75

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  27,  page  27,  line  24,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

an academy.’.

 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

76

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  27,  page  27,  line  36,  after ‘given’, insert ‘, and both academic and

 

vocational routes.’.

 


 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

77

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  38,  line  41,  leave out Clause 44.

 


 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

65

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  65,  page  52,  leave out lines 6 to 16.

 


 

Mr Graham Stuart

 

78

 

Parliamentary Star    

Clause  66,  page  53,  line  7,  at end insert—

 

‘(5)    

The guidance or directions given by the Secretary of State to the person

 

designated under this section to issue apprenticeship certificates must include

 

measures to ensure the timely delivery of certificates, a competitive

 

apprenticeship market and a process to appeal decisions of the chosen body.’.

 



 
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