Clause 7
Education and Inspections Bill
9:00 am
Frank Cook (Stockton North, Labour)
I remind the Committee that with this we are taking the following amendments: No. 179, in clause 7, page 6, line 34, at end insert—
‘(1A) A local education authority must publish such a notice if they receive representations from 50 or more parents of qualifying children in connection with the establishment of a foundation, voluntary or foundation special school or an academy.
(1B) In subsection (1A) “qualifying child”, in relation to a local education authority, means any child in the authority's area who is of or under compulsory school age.'.
No. 193, in clause 7, page 6, line 34, at end insert—
‘(1B) In subsection (1A) a maintained school is “underperforming” if, in the previous academic year, it was in the fourth quartile nationally of the value added measure of school performance.’.
No. 25, in clause 7, page 7, line 1, after second ‘a’, insert ‘reasonable’.
No. 65, in clause 7, page 7, line 2, at end insert—
‘(ca) specify appropriate qualifications for persons other than local education authorities wishing to establish the new school,’.
No. 27, in clause 7, page 7, line 20, at end insert
‘, such time not to be less than a period of two months,’.