Clause 10
Education and Inspections Bill
11:15 am
Jacqui Smith (Minister of State (Schools and 14-19 Learners), Department for Education and Skills; Redditch, Labour)
I beg to move amendment No. 103, in clause 10, page 9, line 2, leave out ‘2002' and insert ‘1996'.
The amendment is purely a technical one to correct an error in the drafting of clause 10, for which I apologise to the Committee. Subsection (4) states that approval of non-maintained special schools is given under the Education Act 2002. That is not the case. Non-maintained special schools are approved under section 342 of the Education Act 1996, and the amendment corrects the date. Subsection (4) makes provision for circumstances in which a new foundation special school is to be regarded as replacing a non-maintained special school comparable to that in subsection (3) for independent schools. I hope that the Committee will agree that the amendment is helpful in clarifying and tidying up the drafting, and willsupport it.