Clause 36
Education and Inspections Bill
4:00 pm
Nick Gibb (Shadow Minister (Schools), Education; Bognor Regis and Littlehampton, Conservative)
On the first point, responsibility must be shared. Some things are the responsibility of the day-to-day management of schools and some are the responsibility of central Government. Having said that, our policy is not to be prescriptive on setting and streaming; it is about having a view of what works, exhortation and disseminating best practice. It is about persuasion and not necessarily prescription.