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HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)The hon. Lady asked me a question.04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)rose—04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)I think it might be helpful to clarify—although I am surprised it needs to be clarified for a former Secretary of State for Education—that the current exemptions for qualified…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)I will turn first to amendment 77, which was tabled by the hon. Members for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston and for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich. We are committed to…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)I rise to seek clarity on how the Committee is conducting itself. The right hon. Gentleman and his colleague, the hon. Member for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston, have said a number…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)Excuse me. I am speaking. We would be more than happy to answer all of the questions that are being asked, but it may be helpful if the right hon. Gentleman and his colleague were…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)Does the right hon. Member have a breakdown of how many of that percentage are teachers in training?04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)Thank you, Sir Edward. I rise to speak to amendments in the names of the hon. Member for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston and the hon. Member for Twickenham, and to clause 40 stand…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)It has been referred to as a bureaucratic hurdle a number of times during this debate, which I think those in the teaching profession will find remarkable, as well as parents, as…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)Those are the regulations that are already in place for the maintained sector.04 Feb 2025HANSARD School Accountability and InterventionFollowing the end of headline judgments in September, Ofsted undertook the big listen, and listened very carefully to feedback on the way it conducts inspections while also…03 Feb 2025HANSARD School Accountability and InterventionThe determination of the report cards is within Ofsted’s remit. It has launched its consultation. The right hon. Gentleman is invited to contribute to the consultation, and I…03 Feb 2025HANSARD School Accountability and InterventionI will happily meet my hon. Friend. I know she is committed to securing better outcomes for the schools and children in her area. We are making these reforms so that we can go…03 Feb 2025HANSARD School Accountability and InterventionMy hon. Friend advocates very powerfully for the families in his area who have been struggling with a SEND system that is clearly in need of reform. The changes that Ofsted and…03 Feb 2025HANSARD School Accountability and InterventionPerhaps the right hon. Lady would recognise the legacy that her Government left behind: schools crumbling, standards falling, a lose-lose-lose special educational needs and…03 Feb 2025HANSARD School Accountability and InterventionI thank my hon. Friend for that question, and I commend him for his experience in the classroom, which is clearly valuable. We always want to encourage more teachers. Indeed, the…03 Feb 2025HANSARD School Accountability and InterventionAs part of its proposed reforms, Ofsted will be looking at the leadership of schools, including their governance, because good leadership is clearly the route map to children’s…03 Feb 2025HANSARD School Accountability and InterventionMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight inclusion, and that is one of the great opportunities presented. The report card system will look at a range of practice across a…03 Feb 2025HANSARD School Accountability and InterventionMy hon. Friend has correctly identified that we see the future of school improvement as very much driven by a whole school self-improving system, where schools will support one…03 Feb 2025HANSARD School Accountability and InterventionI share my hon. Friend’s concerns. I do not know the details of the specific school, but a school judged by Ofsted to require special measures will still receive structural…03 Feb 2025