Schedule 10

Part of Education Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 9:30 pm on 29 March 2011.

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Photo of Dan Rogerson Dan Rogerson Liberal Democrat, North Cornwall 9:30, 29 March 2011

I have a great deal of confidence in the Minister and his colleagues being able to preside over  that. That is not an area of concern to me. I want to make sure that there is an element of choice in areas where there has already been a great transfer of schools to academy status, and that there is the possibility to explore another option if there is demand for that.

I note that the Government have sought to ensure that schools will have no huge financial benefits from achieving academy status, unlike the previous Government, who gave a clear advantage to academy status by providing schools with more money for participating in the process. This Government are saying that schools would need to look at it for other reasons—the community wants a debate, for example—and there would not be any financial incentive. I welcome the fact that the Government are delivering greater transparency to the funding formula.