Clause 76

Part of Education and Skills Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 1:15 pm on 28 February 2008.

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Photo of Nick Gibb Nick Gibb Shadow Minister (Education) (Schools) 1:15, 28 February 2008

An Ofsted inspection has judged it a good school, with good behaviour and academic standards.

Will the Minister respond to the point that the institution can use minor corporal punishment if it has parental permission, but that it will no longer be able to do so if it becomes an educational institution, because it will be subject to the rule that corporal punishment cannot be used in schools? At the moment, as a collective of parents, it can do that with their permission. Is that not the drive behind the clause?