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HANSARDEducation: Recovery Package and Catch-up ProgrammeI join the noble Lord in praising the activity of that multi-academy trust. We have seen hundreds of schools join multi-academy trusts and improve their performance. The…21 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation: Recovery Package and Catch-up ProgrammeMy Lords, the diversity champions network is aimed specifically at making sure that black and minority-ethnic young people are aware of apprenticeship opportunities. The…21 Jun 2021HANSARDChildren: Care HomesMy Lords, the consultation closes on 19 July. Once we have national standards, it is envisaged that Ofsted will inspect this provision as well. As the noble Lord outlined, Ofsted…21 Jun 2021HANSARDChildren: Care HomesMy Lords, as I have outlined, there are many excellent providers in this sector, and it is not fair to tar everybody with the same brush when there are a minority of situations in…21 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation: Recovery Package and Catch-up ProgrammeMy Lords, the Government will produce a White Paper later this year to outline the national plan for levelling up. There are regular meetings between the Secretary of State for…21 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation: Recovery Package and Catch-up ProgrammeMy Lords, there are two organisations that the Government contract with to deliver new governors, Academy Ambassadors and the National Governance Association. We have set them…21 Jun 2021HANSARDChildren: Care HomesMy Lords, the Department for Education has liaised closely with the Ministry of Justice on this policy. A number of 16 and 17 year-olds are remanded with very strict bail…21 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation: Recovery Package and Catch-up ProgrammeMy Lords, the catch-up funding and the pupil premium funding are aimed at all disadvantaged children regardless of their racial or regional presence in the UK. On the overall…21 Jun 2021HANSARDChildren: Care HomesMy Lords, there is no contradiction in policy here. The local authority’s duty is to place young people of 16 and 17 in the most appropriate accommodation, obviously taking into…21 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation: Recovery Package and Catch-up ProgrammeMy Lords, this Government are taking steps to level up educational outcomes for all pupils, regardless of race, class or background. The support that we are providing includes…21 Jun 2021HANSARDChildren: Care HomesMy Lords, the noble Lord is correct. Through the Royal National Children’s SpringBoard Foundation charity, the Government are currently running regional pilots in the south-west,…21 Jun 2021HANSARDChildren: Care HomesMy Lords, it is clear that the local authority has the primary statutory duty to safeguard children. More than 80% of our children’s homes are good or outstanding in Ofsted terms,…21 Jun 2021HANSARDChildren: Care HomesMy Lords, we have recently announced vital reforms for the use of unregulated provision to ensure that children in care and care leavers have access to high-quality accommodation…21 Jun 2021HANSARDOfsted Review of Sexual Abuse in Schools and CollegesMy Lords, the Everyone’s Invited platform and the subsequent review by Ofsted reveal that there has been a normalisation—mainly by girls—and acceptance of certain behaviours that…17 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19: ChildrenMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for spending her time here in the Chamber today, on her birthday, to debate this issue. As she acknowledged, her Motion is wide ranging, but I…17 Jun 2021HANSARDOfsted Review of Sexual Abuse in Schools and CollegesMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baronesses for their contributions and for outlining the common theme of the questions I have been asked about the RHSE curriculum. In fact,…17 Jun 2021HANSARDOfsted Review of Sexual Abuse in Schools and CollegesThe noble Baroness is correct that young people need to know that, when they come forward, they will be listened to and taken seriously. As soon as staff in our schools are aware…17 Jun 2021HANSARDOfsted Review of Sexual Abuse in Schools and CollegesMy Lords, I assure the noble Lord that work is going on across government. The strategy he outlined is obviously being led by the Home Office, and I had the pleasure of meeting…17 Jun 2021HANSARDOfsted Review of Sexual Abuse in Schools and CollegesMy Lords, on the cultural points my noble friend references, schools are reflecting wider society so he is right that we need to recognise that there is a role for everyone. The…17 Jun 2021HANSARDOfsted Review of Sexual Abuse in Schools and CollegesMy Lords, in relation to the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance I have outlined, it was changed fundamentally in, I think, 2014 to become a framework document so that…17 Jun 2021