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The department does not hold data on principals’ salaries. As independent schools, academies are not required to provide the department with this information.
Baroness Walmsley asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many times the member of an academy trust appointed by the Secretary of State has been consulted on the appointment of a head teacher, as required by those academies which have adopted Clause 85A of the model articles of association; and how many times this appointee has advised against the appointment of a candidate. [HL915]
Lord Adonis: This clause has not been included in individual academies’ articles of association. This is because Ministers decided that it would be more effective to include a clause in the body of the funding agreement stipulating that the Secretary of State must be notified of any meeting at which the appointment of an academy principal will be considered, that a representative of the Secretary of State will be entitled to attend that meeting and that their views will be taken into account. This clause was introduced when we updated the model funding agreement earlier this year; where individual funding agreements do not include it we are currently seeking to re-negotiate this with academy trusts.
Baroness Walmsley asked Her Majesty's Government:
What powers are available to the governors of an academy that are not available to the governors of a voluntary aided school; and [HL916]
What requirements are placed on the governing body of an academy through the model funding agreement that are not placed on the governing body of a local education authority maintained school.[HL917]
Lord Adonis: The composition and operation of governing bodies of local education authority maintained schools are set out under Chapter 1 of Part 3 of the Education Act 2002. In many respects the model funding agreement includes provisions equivalent to these and governing bodies of academies would be expected to carry out the same accountability, challenge, support and monitoring functions as governing bodies of maintained schools.
However, the requirements and duties of academy governors do differ from maintained school governors because academies are conducted by charitable companies limited by guarantee (the academy trust) and the governors are the directors of those companies. Their powers and duties are therefore governed by the memorandum of association and articles of association of the academy trust and are subject to the general law relating to limited companies and the law relating to charities.
Within these constraints academy governing bodies do have a number of additional freedoms beyond those available to maintained schools, including voluntary aided schools. For instance, they are not obliged to adhere to the school teachers pay and conditions document or the national curriculum.
Secure Children's Homes: Physical Restraint
Lord Carlile of Berriew asked Her Majesty's Government:
On how many occasions physical restraint was used at Atkinson Unit Local Authority Secure Children's Home on, respectively, male and female clients during each of the 12 months prior to 1 November. [HL603]
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Skills (Lord Adonis): Incidents of restraint in secure children's homes (SCHs) have been reported centrally to the Youth Justice Board (YJB) since February 2006. At present, information is not collected about the use of restraint by gender but the YJB will also be collecting this additional data from February 2007. In this context, restraint refers to occasions when “force is used to overpower a young person”. The numbers of incidents of restraints reported to the YJB in Atkinson Unit SCH are listed in the table.
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Lord Carlile of Berriew asked Her Majesty's Government:
On how many occasions physical restraint was used at Aldine House Local Authority Secure Children's Home on, respectively, male and female clients during each of the 12 months prior to 1 November; and [HL598]
On how many occasions physical restraint was used at Aycliffe Local Authority Secure Children's Home on, respectively, male and female clients during each of the 12 months prior to 1 November; and [HL599]
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On how many occasions physical restraint was used at Barton Moss Local Authority Secure Children's Home on, respectively, male and female clients during each of the 12 months prior to 1 November; and [HL600]
On how many occasions physical restraint was used at Clayfields Local Authority Secure Children's Home on, respectively, male and female clients during each of the 12 months prior to 1 November; and [HL601]
On how many occasions physical restraint was used at Dyson Hall Local Authority Secure Children's Home on, respectively, male and female clients during each of the 12 months prior to 1 November; and [HL602]
On how many occasions physical restraint occurred at Dyson Hall Local Authority Secure Children's Home in relation to, respectively, male
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On how many occasions physical restraint occurred at Clayfields Local Authority Secure Children's Home in relation to, respectively, male and female black and ethnic minority clients during each of the 12 months prior to 1 November. [HL845]
Lord Adonis: Incidents of restraint in secure children's homes (SCHs) have been reported centrally to the Youth Justice Board (YJB) since February 2006. At present, information is not collected about the use of restraint by gender or by ethnicity; however, the YJB will also be collecting this additional data from February 2007. In this context, restraint refers to occasions when “force is used to overpower a young person”. The number of incidents of restraints reported to the YJB in Aldine House, Aycliffe, Barton Moss, Clayfields and Dyson Hall SCHs are listed in the table.
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Lord Carlile of Berriew asked Her Majesty's Government:
On how many occasions physical restraint was used at Swanwick Lodge local authority secure children's home on, respectively, male and female clients during each of the 12 months prior to 1 November; and [HL684]
On how many occasions physical restraint was used at Vinney Green Local Authority Secure Children's Home on, respectively, male and female clients during each of the 12 months prior to 1 November; and [HL685]
On how many occasions physical restraint occurred at Vinney Green Local Authority Secure Children’s Home in relation to, respectively, male and female black and ethnic minority clients during each of the 12 months prior to 1 November; and [HL795]
On how many occasions physical restraint occurred at Swanwick Lodge Local Authority Secure Children's Home in relation to, respectively, male and female black and ethnic minority clients during each of the 12 months prior to 1 November. [HL796]
Lord Adonis: Incidents of restraint in secure children's homes (SCHs) have been reported centrally to the Youth Justice Board (YJB) since February 2006. At present, information is not collected about the use of restraint by gender and ethnicity; however, the YJB will also be collecting this additional data from February 2007. In this context, restraint refers to occasions when “force is used to overpower a young person”. The numbers of incidents of restraints reported to the YJB in Swanwick Lodge and Vinney Green SCHs are listed in the table.
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Lord Carlile of Berriew asked Her Majesty's Government:
On how many occasions physical restraint occurred at Barton Moss Local Authority Secure Children's Home in relation to, respectively, male and female black and ethnic minority clients during each of the 12 months prior to 1 November; and [HL887]
On how many occasions physical restraint occurred at Aycliffe Local Authority Secure Children's Home in relation to, respectively, male and female black and ethnic minority clients during each of the 12 months prior to 1 November; and [HL888]
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