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HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)Will the hon. Gentleman give way and I will clarify?04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)I think that the hon. Gentleman is conflating the identification of stuck schools that under his Government remained consistently underperforming—about 600 schools, with 312,000…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)To be clear, we have identified the 600 schools that require RISE intervention, and that will be mandated—04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)Amendment 80 would retain the existing duty to issue an academy order where a school is judged to be in a category of concern by Ofsted. However, it provides an exemption to the…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)Absolutely. The hon. Lady has put it very well. I was going to come to the detail of how the RISE teams will work, as I appreciate some questions have been raised. Fundamentally…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)No, I did not.04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)Genuine delay of response, on the basis that I will come to that in my comments, but I appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s interest. Amendment 82—tabled jointly in the names of the…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)We greatly value the role of trusts in the school system. Indeed, we recognise the improvements they have brought, particularly for disadvantaged children. We recognise the…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for that clarification, and I agree; there has been far too much of that in this Committee.04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)I have been pretty clear that we are basically bringing to the state school academy sector the same requirements that currently apply to the local authority maintained school…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)If I could just finish, that will be mandated intervention for schools that have been consistently underperforming. They are schools that are not part of the previous Government’s…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)No. The idea that a one-trick-pony approach to improving schools will get the required outcome is simply not borne out by the facts. I will give a piece of data that might help to…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)I will get on to answering the hon. Gentleman’s question, if he would like me to. He can ask it again or ask another one.04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)They will be updated to apply to the academies sector. Turning to amendment 74, I appreciate the intention of the hon. Member for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston to ensure that the…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)I will need to write to the hon. Gentleman to answer that specific question, as I think it is more complex than he identifies. There are obviously schools that we know are…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)I will speak about amendment 47, new clause 7, Government amendment 93, new clause 57, new schedule 1 and clause 26. On amendment 47, I am grateful to the hon. Member for…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)I am happy to speak to clause 46.04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)I am extremely grateful for your flexibility on this matter, Sir Christopher. I have a very short contribution to make on clause 46. It is a minor technical change that sensibly…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)Yes, I was going to come to that point, because it is welcome that the hon. Gentleman focused on school support staff. He is absolutely right that they are integral to any…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)Fortnight. Indeed, as in the interesting example given by my hon. Friend the Member for Portsmouth North, it is right that schools are able to find new and innovative ways of…04 Feb 2025