Clause 21
Education and Inspections Bill
1:30 pm
Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, Conservative)
I am slightly baffled by the Minister’s explanation because of course they would not want decisions taken by their own schools to be referred to the adjudicator. The Minister referred to decisions being turned down by the local authority. That is covered, as far as I can see, by subsection (5), which says that after the initial determination by the authority, the governing body or the trustees of the school can refer the decision to the adjudicator. Does that not cover that point or have I misunderstood the subsection?