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HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)Will the hon. Lady give way?04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)The Minister says “ to the…academy sector”, but she is not doing it to 14-to-19 academies, to 16-to-19 academies, or to UTCs and studio schools, which are both types of academy.…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)The Minister talks about maintaining or continuing with various things but, to be clear, the clause will introduce a new exemption. This is not just about later phases of…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)I beg to move amendment 71, in clause 33, page 86, line 12, leave out lines 12 and 13.04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)The hon. Lady, in her speech, is talking a lot of sense. I would just point out to her that in the last Parliament, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, per-pupil…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)Section 102 of the 2008 Act requires the proprietor of an academy to make an application to the Secretary of State for the approval of a material change, as defined in section 101…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)The hon. Lady has completely missed the point. This clause means that academy schools will no longer be able to employ people without QTS to do exactly the kind of inspiring…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)I beg to move amendment 73, in clause 40, page 99, line 23, at end insert— “(1A) In section 133 (requirement to be qualified), after subsection (1) insert— ‘(1A) The requirement…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)rose —04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)To be clear, it will be illegal to employ them if they do not have QTS. People can turn up, but they cannot be employed. I do not know whether the hon. Lady is deliberately trying…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)The hon. Lady says that all of our pupils deserve a QTS teacher, so why are the Government exempting those in further education, 14 to 19 and 16 to 19, academies, university…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)To finish the point, sometimes there are reasons. Sometimes people want to give back; but by making it harder for them to go to state schools, it is state schools that will miss…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)I wish to press the amendment to a vote. The Minister has confirmed that the provision applies to academy schools. It is not proportionate—to use the Minister’s term—to require…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)New clause 54 would allow academies to continue to exercise freedom in the matter of their curriculum where Ofsted is satisfied that the curriculum is broad and balanced. New…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)I thank my right hon. Friend, and I completely agree with him about the respect due to teachers. The hon. Member for Portsmouth North mentioned a “race to the bottom”, yet that is…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)The second part of my question was about the settings the Minister has chosen to exclude—let us be clear that this is a new exclusion from a new rule. They are settings where the…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)It seems to me that the Government recognise the importance of pragmatism and that that is why they have chosen to exempt FE, 14-to-19 academies, 16-to-19 academies, university…04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Ninth sitting)Straw man.04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)I read out the very real concerns of serious educational leaders with strong track records. The Minister says that they are hysterical.04 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)Well, she said the concerns are hysterical. They are not my concerns; they are concerns that have been put to this Committee by incredibly respected school leaders. The Minister…04 Feb 2025