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HANSARDEducation: Art and DesignI agree with my noble friend and section 26 of the consultation document addresses inspections directly. It will accelerate inspections where concerns are identified about the…17 Jan 2019HANSARDEducation: Art and DesignMy Lords, we clearly need to prioritise our bursaries budget so that we can incentivise applications in subjects where it is hardest to attract applicants. The vacancy rate,…17 Jan 2019HANSARDEducation: Art and DesignMy Lords, the Government want children to be taught a broad and balanced curriculum up to the age of 14. During this time, children should be exploring the widest possible range…17 Jan 2019HANSARDEducation: Art and DesignMy Lords, I am afraid I do not accept for one moment the claims made by the noble Lord. Indeed, in 2009 150,000 pupils took art and design, while 141,000 did so in 2018—that with…17 Jan 2019HANSARDFree Schools: Educational StandardsThere were 200 out of some 22,000 schools. My noble friend Lord Harris was not a parent. We certainly built on the early foundations that Labour created in the academies…10 Jan 2019HANSARDFree Schools: Educational StandardsI rather agree with my noble friend that the Opposition seem to have gone on a journey. When free schools were originally mooted under my noble friend’s tenure we were told that…10 Jan 2019HANSARDFree Schools: Educational StandardsThe noble Lord will be aware that any academy needs to have an academy council that must include two parental representatives.10 Jan 2019HANSARDFree Schools: Educational StandardsMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Nash for calling this debate to provide the opportunity to speak about the successes of the free schools programme and the…10 Jan 2019HANSARDFree Schools: Educational StandardsNo, I accept that, but we review all bids and they are selected on merit. One of the lessons that we have learned from the programme is that free schools are better inside MATs.…10 Jan 2019HANSARDFree Schools: Educational StandardsOff-rolling is dealt with in the report by Edward Timpson which will be released quite soon—I think in the next few weeks. I will make sure that the noble Lord gets a copy of it.…10 Jan 2019HANSARDFree Schools: Educational StandardsThe noble Earl is right in saying that in this country Ofsted seems to command more influence in the sector than happens in other countries. This is a cultural issue, and one of…10 Jan 2019HANSARDFree Schools: Educational StandardsI would be very happy to meet the noble Lord’s PhD student if that would be helpful in pushing the discussion on. All noble Lords present, particularly on this side, got into this…10 Jan 2019HANSARDFree Schools: Educational StandardsThe noble Lord, Lord Addington, mentioned off-rolling and picked out a single school, the Hewett school—which strikes a slightly raw nerve, as I was the chairman of the trust that…10 Jan 2019