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HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q When they do deviate, what do the reasons tend to be? Sir Martyn Oliver : The most typical reason is a focus on the core standards of English and mathematics. We often see that,…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q I wanted to turn to Northern, actually, and to Jane. One of the things that you are famous for at Northern is your work on attendance. I wonder if you might say a word about the…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q Good afternoon. Leora, how central a role would you say that academy trusts have played in school improvement in this country? Is there any reason to believe that the same…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q Forgive me—we are very short on time. I was talking about a council’s ability to stop a popular school expanding, for example. You both mentioned earlier that you have some…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)It would be the whole school, as it is now under the school breakfast programme. Mark Russell: Yes. With limited resources, I would probably have targeted it more at those most in…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (First sitting)Q A question that often comes up with electively home-educating parents is about the support that is or is not available to them in their efforts. The Bill does make provision for…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (First sitting)Q Turning to elective home education, as Munira Wilson said, there is a great deal of detail in the Bill about information that will be required of parents—for example, the…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (First sitting)Q I did some rough calculations, and I think 3.1% of full-time equivalent teachers do not have QTS. In 2010, which happens to be the year the data series started, it was 3.2%. On…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q We have just talked a little about the admissions arrangements for VA and VC schools. You have also alluded to the fact that rolls are falling in many places—they are falling…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q To keep us both in order—21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q This is probably for Lynn or Katharine. In terms of trying to address mental health issues as they arise early on, before they become a crisis, following the change in…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (First sitting)Forgive me, but that is a different question. We know what the legislation proposes for primary school breakfast, but my question was about whether you have heard anything—whether…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (First sitting)Q I want to ask about elective home education, but first, very quickly, we are going to legislate in this Bill for the provision of breakfast at primary schools. Has either of…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (First sitting)Q We talked earlier about the measurement of wellbeing. There are surveys of children’s wellbeing by various organisations now: the Office of the Children’s Commissioner—your old…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (First sitting)Q I think a lot of people see the measures in the Bill on flexibilities for schools, on academies and on the national curriculum as quite a dramatic change, or a dramatic undoing…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q How do you keep it affordable and make sure it is not a barrier? Rebecca Leek: School uniform is generally very affordable. You are asking a primary school, so we do not have…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (First sitting)It is a serious question.21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Very briefly, Rebecca, what role does uniform play in identity for your school and the sense of belonging? Rebecca Leek: I think that uniform does play a role. It is sometimes a…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q Dame Rachel, can you talk a little about the register of children not in school? What is the irreducible core of what we need to know and what information should be gathered in…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)I promise you, Mr Betts, that it will be relevant to the Bill. As Nigel I think rather charitably said, his schools would be “asked” to sign up to something without knowing what…21 Jan 2025