Tom Blenkinsop

Former Labour MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

@TomBlenkinsop

Academy Schools

Schools with "Academy Status" are given financial independence and freedom from local authority control. Votes have also been held on what requirements ought be made of Academy Schools in relation to admissions, exclusions and personal, social and health education.

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Tom Blenkinsop consistently voted against academy schools

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Major votes

Minor votes

  • On 25 May 2016: Tom Blenkinsop voted to oppose good or outstanding schools being forced to become an academy and to oppose further increases in university tuition fees. Show vote
  • On 13 Apr 2016: Tom Blenkinsop voted against turning all primary and secondary schools in England into academies, shifting control over them from local councils to central government. Show vote
  • On 26 Jul 2010: Tom Blenkinsop voted against treating applications from schools seeking academy status received before the bill comes into force as if they were applications under the provisions of the bill. Show vote
  • On 21 Jul 2010: Tom Blenkinsop voted to allow schools for children with special needs to become academies. Show vote

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