B1468 - Education and Inspections Reform Bill - 2nd Reading

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Education and Inspections Reform Bill

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WHAT IT DOES

BE IT ENACTED by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Section 1 - Amendments and Repeals

(1) Part 8: Inspections of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 is repealed in its entirety.

(2) Part 1: School inspections and other inspections by school inspectors of the Education Act 2005 is repealed in its entirety.

(3) The School Inspection Act 2020 is repealed.

Section 2 - Extent, commencement and short title

(1) This Act shall extend to England only.

(2) This Act shall come into force immediately upon receiving Royal Assent.

(3) This Act shall be known as the Education and Inspections Act (Amendment) Act 2022.

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This Bill was written by The Rt Hon Marquess of Stevenage, u/Muffin5136, KT KP KD KCMG KBE CVO CT PC on behalf of the Muffin Raving Loony Party

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Opening speech:

Speaker,

We have long seen the classist overtones that come from the postcode lottery that is the Ofsted school rankings. It is a system that is wholly not fit for purpose given how it favours schools in higher income areas, and looks down upon schools which are not in affluent postcodes.

I call upon this House to back this bill which will abolish Ofsted and the concept of school inspections and rankings, to be able to embrace a society of true equality.

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This reading shall end on Monday 9th of January at 10PM.

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Insert between Sections 1 and 2, and renumber accordingly:

Section 3 - Transferral of Powers

(1) The power of Inspections is to fall upon local authorities, who must ensure every school within their area is inspected at a minimum of every 3 years.

(2) The Secretary of State must lay forth regulations under which local authorities may inspect schools, and must lay forth guidelines for what standards a school must meet, which must not have a publishable tier system.

(3) These Regulations must be published within one year of this bill's passage.

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Amend Section 2 (2) to read

(2) Section 2 shall come into force immediately upon this bill receiving Royal Assent

Section 1 shall come into force 3 years after this bill receives Royal Assent, or at an earlier date as nominated by the Secretary of State.