Education and Inspections Bill
THIRD
MARSHALLED
LIST OF AMENDMENTS
TO BE MOVED
ON REPORT
The amendments have been marshalled in accordance with the Order of 12th October 2006, as follows—
Clauses 71 to 74
Schedule 8
Clause 75
Schedule 9
Clauses 76 to 82
Schedule 10
Clauses 83 to 108
Schedule 11
Clauses 109 to 111
Schedule 12
Clauses 112 to 145
Schedule 13 | Clauses 146 to 152
Schedule 14
Clause 153
Schedule 15
Clauses 154 to 156
Schedule 16
Clauses 157 to 165
Schedule 17
Clauses 166 to 174
Schedule 18
Clauses 175 to 181 |
[Amendments marked * are new or have been altered]
Amendment
No.
| | THE BARONESS WALMSLEY
THE BARONESS SHARP OF GUILDFORD
THE BARONESS GOULD OF POTTERNEWTON
THE BARONESS MASSEY OF DARWEN |
| 91A | Insert the following new Clause— |
| | "Foundation subject for first, second and third key stages |
| | In section 84 of EA 2002 (curriculum requirements for first, second and third key stages), after subsection (3)(g) insert— |
| "(h) | personal, social and health education."" |
| | THE BARONESS WALMSLEY
THE BARONESS SHARP OF GUILDFORD
THE BARONESS GOULD OF POTTERNEWTON |
| 91B | Page 52, line 10, at end insert ", and |
| (d) | personal, social and health education" |
| 92 | Page 52, line 12, at end insert— |
| "(za) | personal and social life skills," |
| 93 | Page 52, line 15, at end insert ", and |
| (d) | a modern foreign language specified in an order by the Secretary of State" |
| 94 | Page 52, line 15, at end insert— |
| "( ) | A pupil for whom English is not his first language may, with the consent of the governing body, elect to study English as an additional language in lieu of a modern foreign language." |
| 95 | Page 52, line 22, at end insert— |
| "( ) | A pupil in the fourth key stage is entitled, if he so elects, to follow a course of study in science that leads to separate qualifications in— |
| 96 | Page 52, line 22, at end insert— |
| "( ) | From the beginning of the school year commencing in 2008, a pupil in the fourth key stage who attained at least level six in assessments in science for the purposes of the National Curriculum at the end of the third key stage shall be entitled to follow a course of study in science which leads to separate qualifications in the three sciences." |
| 97 | Page 52, line 22, at end insert— |
| "( ) | From the beginning of the school year commencing in 2008, all schools designated as specialist science schools under the specialist schools programme shall offer courses of study which lead to separate qualifications in the three sciences to any pupil in the fourth key stage who achieved at least level six in assessments in science for the purposes of the National Curriculum at the end of the third key stage." |
| 98 | Page 52, line 27, at end insert— |
| "(6A) | The governing body of a maintained school may opt to provide a course of study in the core subjects for the fourth key stage as mentioned in subsection (3)(a) and (c) above including the separate study of biology, physics and chemistry, that lead to the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) as an alternative to one approved under section 98 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 for the purposes of section 96 of that Act. |
| (6B) | Where the governing body opts to provide a course of study under subsection (6A), section 96 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 shall not apply in relation to the provision of that course of study. |
| (6C) | In relation to any performance targets or tables, the International General Certificate of Secondary Education shall be considered acceptable at Grades A*, A, B or C in lieu of a General Certificate of Secondary Education on a subject for subject basis. |
| (6D) | In this section "the International General Certificate of Secondary Education" means the qualification of that name awarded by— |
| (a) | University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, |
| | THE LORD ALTON OF LIVERPOOL |
| 99 | Page 52, line 27, at end insert— |
| "( ) | A pupil in the fourth key stage is entitled to follow courses of study which prepare him for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life. |
| ( ) | Where there is a danger of further disengagement with education, no pupil in the fourth key stage shall be obliged to study a course to which his past testing results indicate he is not suited. |
| ( ) | A sufficient range of courses and qualifications shall be available at the fourth key stage to meet this entitlement." |
| | THE BARONESS WALMSLEY
THE BARONESS SHARP OF GUILDFORD |
| 100 | Page 52, line 41, at end insert— |
| "(1A) | A pupil who chooses to follow a course of study falling within subsection (1)(b) is also entitled to choose a course of study in subjects within one or more of the entitlement areas specified in subsection (2) as may be reasonably permitted by provision and timetable constraints." |
| 101 | Page 54, line 32, at end insert ", and |
| ( ) | arrangements made with any independent school" |
| 102 | Insert the following new Clause— |
| | "General Certificates of Education |
| | After section 24(2A) of the Education Act 1997 (c. 44) (functions of the authority in relation to external vocational and academic qualifications) insert— |
| "(2B) | Criteria for the accreditation of General Certificates of Education shall ensure that the award of a GCE A level does not require the completion of assessments for the GCE AS level."" |
| 103 | Insert the following new Clause— |
| | "Power to provide International Baccalaureate Diploma |
| (1) | The governing body of a maintained school may opt to provide a course of study that leads to the International Baccalaureate Diploma. |
| (2) | Where the governing body opts to provide a course of study under this section, section 96 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21) shall not apply to that course of study. |
| (3) | In this section "the International Baccalaureate Diploma" means the qualification of that name awarded by the International Baccalaureate Organisation." |
| | THE BARONESS MASSEY OF DARWEN
THE BARONESS TURNER OF CAMDEN
THE BARONESS FLATHER
THE LORD HEDDERBURN OF CHARLTON |
| 104 | Insert the following new Clause— |
| | "Requirements relating to collective worship |
| (1) | SSFA 1998 is amended as follows. |
| (2) | For section 70(1) substitute— |
| "(1) | Each pupil in attendance at a community, foundation or voluntary school shall on each school day take part in an assembly, which shall further his spiritual, moral, social and cultural education." |
| (3) | For subsection (3) of that section substitute— |
| "(3) | The arrangements for the assembly required by subsection (1) may, in respect of each school day, provide for a single assembly for all pupils or separate assemblies for pupils in different age groups or in different school groups. |
| (4) | For the purposes of subsection (3) a "school group" is any group in which pupils are taught or take part in other school activities. |
| (5) | Subject to section 71, in the case of a voluntary aided school of a religious character, the foundation governors or governing body may make arrangements for religious worship as a part of assemblies. |
| (6) | The religious worship referred to in subsection (5) shall be in accordance with the trust deed relating to the school or, where provision for that purpose is not made by such a deed, in accordance with the tenets and practices of the religion or religious denomination specified in relation to the school under section 69(4). |
| (7) | Subject to subsection (8), the religious worship referred to in subsection (5) shall take place on the school premises. |
| (8) | If the governing body of a voluntary aided school of a religious character are of the opinion that it is desirable that an act of religious worship should, on a special occasion, take place elsewhere than on the school premises, they may, after consultation with the head teacher, make such arrangements for that purpose as they think appropriate." |
| (4) | For section 71(1) substitute— |
| "(1) | If the parent of a pupil at a community, foundation or voluntary school or a city technology college or an Academy requests that he may be wholly or partly excused— |
| (a) | from receiving religious education given (in the case of a maintained school) in the school in accordance with the school's basic curriculum or (in the case of city technology college or an Academy) in accordance with arrangements made by the governing body or head teacher of the college or Academy, |
| (b) | from attendance at any religious worship in (as the case may be) the school, college or Academy, or |
| (c) | both from receiving such education and from such attendance, |
| | the pupil shall be so excused until the request is withdrawn." |
| (5) | In subsection (2)(b) of that section, for "paragraph 2(6) of Schedule 20" substitute "section 70(8)". |
| (6) | For paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (7) of that section substitute— |
| "(a) | receives religious education or is withdrawn from receiving such education or from attendance at such religious worship as is provided in accordance with the wishes of his parent, and |
| (7) | Schedule 20 is hereby repealed." |
| | THE BARONESS WALMSLEY
THE BARONESS SHARP OF GUILDFORD |
| 105 | Page 55, line 15, leave out "19" and insert "25" |
| 106 | Page 55, line 33, leave out "19" and insert "25" |
| 107 | Page 55, line 43, leave out "19" and insert "25" |
| 108 | Page 59, line 17, leave out "and 11" and insert ", 11 and 11A" |
| 109 | Page 207, line 18, at end insert— |
| | "11A A child falls within this paragraph if— |
| (a) | he has attained the age of 11, |
| (b) | he is a registered pupil at a qualifying school which is more than two miles, but not more than fifteen miles, from his home, |
| (c) | his parent has expressed a wish, based on the parent's religion or belief, for him to be provided with education at that school, |
| (d) | having regard to the religion or belief on which the parent's wish is based, there is no suitable qualifying school which is nearer to the child's home, and |
| (e) | the appropriate condition is met in relation to him." |
| 110 | Page 208, line 16, at end insert— |
| "( ) | "Religion" and "belief" are to be read in accordance with section 509AD(3)." |
| 111 | Page 210, line 40, after "11" insert ", 11A" |
| 112 | Page 210, line 45, leave out "and 11" and insert ", 11 and 11A" |
| | THE BARONESS WALMSLEY
THE BARONESS SHARP OF GUILDFORD
THE BARONESS DARCY DE KNAYTH |
| 113 | Page 62, line 14, at end insert "or, in the case of qualifying disabled adult learners, at an institution in the further education system" |
| 114 | Page 62, line 21, at end insert— |
| "( ) | "Qualifying disabled adult learners" means adult learners up to the age of 25 pursuing a course of education or training at a further education institution who, by reason of their disability, are unable to use public transport or to access private transport in order to attend courses of study at that institution." |
| 115 | Page 62, line 27, after "sectors" insert "or, in the case of a qualifying disabled adult learner, an institution in the further education system," |
| 115A | Page 68, line 18, at end insert— |
| "(c) | must set out in the written statement of general principles how the head teacher should avoid discrimination against disabled pupils." |
| 116 | Page 68, line 27, leave out "a sample of the" |
| 116A | Page 69, line 12, at end insert— |
| "(f) | avoiding discrimination against disabled pupils" |
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