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HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]That the amendments for the Report stage be marshalled and considered in the following order: Clauses 1 to 3, Schedule 1, Clauses 4 to 7, Schedule 2, Clauses 8 to 45, Schedule 3,…29 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools: Citizenship EducationI thank my noble friend for his question. The curriculum content in relation to citizenship covers democracy, politics, Parliament and voting, as well as human rights, justice,…29 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools: Citizenship EducationI understand that the context of the society in which we currently live, and of some of the issues around the world, make citizenship and that really strong grounding in our…29 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools: Citizenship EducationI thank my noble friend for her question. She is right that the schools White Paper focused very much on our literacy and numeracy ambitions: that by 2030 90% of primary school…29 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools: Citizenship EducationThe noble and learned Baroness makes a really important point. I think she will also recognise that schools will have different ways of teaching their pupils and getting them to…29 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools: Citizenship EducationMy Lords, I am not sure that I completely followed the noble Baroness’s question. RSHE is already a requirement in secondary school. If I may, I will come back to the noble…29 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools: Citizenship EducationMy Lords, citizenship education is considered as part of Ofsted school inspections. In addition, Ofsted plans to undertake a review of personal development in schools in England.…29 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]It might be most helpful to the Committee if I come back to my noble friend. She is right to insist to have this point discussed on public record but it would be more useful to…27 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I apologise if I was not clear. What I was saying was that to introduce an additional assessment early on would put greater resource strain on the system. What I was saying in…27 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Watson, for highlighting the importance of spoken language and communication in his Amendments 171J and 171K. I pay tribute to him for his…27 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Chapman, for Amendment 156. Well-maintained and safe buildings and facilities are essential to support high-quality education, and they remain a…27 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Chapman, for Amendment 171H and the noble Baroness, Lady Morris, for Amendment 171U, both on local education partnerships. I very much…27 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I am sure that the noble Baroness would not allow me to get away with prejudging the findings of the regulatory review. In all seriousness, the point of the review is to engage…27 Jun 2022HANSARDDisabled Children: Support ServicesI absolutely agree that the system is overly confrontational. I cannot comment on the benefits to lawyers, being surrounded by so many of them. Parents tell us that it is overly…23 Jun 2022HANSARDDisabled Children: Support ServicesMy noble friend rightly points to the gap in outcomes for children with special educational needs and disabilities. He will be aware of the proposals we set out in the schools…23 Jun 2022HANSARDDisabled Children: Support ServicesAs my noble friend knows, my right honourable friend is a great fan of data and transparency. We have commissioned an independent process and an early outcome evaluation of the…23 Jun 2022HANSARDDisabled Children: Support ServicesMy Lords, we recognise the challenges that families of disabled children face in getting the right support. In the past three months we have published the special educational…23 Jun 2022HANSARDDisabled Children: Support ServicesThe noble Baroness is right, and she will be aware that just over 50% of councils inspected by Ofsted got written statements of action, which means they have significant…23 Jun 2022HANSARDDisabled Children: Support ServicesI will have to write to the noble Lord setting that out, together with my colleagues in the Department of Health and Social Care.23 Jun 2022HANSARDDisabled Children: Support ServicesI am not able to reassure the noble Baroness at the Dispatch Box because her question covers such a multitude of different potential situations, but the spirit of our reforms is…23 Jun 2022