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Written Question
Ofsted: Public Appointments
Thursday 28th April 2022

Asked by: Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government through what process the post of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills is filled; what the term of appointment is; whether the appointment is renewable; and if so, how many times the appointment can be renewed.

Answered by Baroness Barran - Shadow Minister (Education)

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 13 Oct 2016
Grammar Schools

"My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Andrews, with whom I worked when I was junior education spokesman in the Commons and she was our prime researcher in the House of Commons Library. Thinking about that reminded me just how obsessive certain people on the Conservative Benches were about …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 12 Sep 2016
Schools

"My Lords, the Minister has on several occasions mentioned disadvantaged children and disadvantaged families. Does he accept that the most disadvantaged children are from those families where the parents are not motivated and have no educational drive for their children? Even when entering school at the age of five, those …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 07 Sep 2016
Grammar Schools

"My Lords, will the Minister tell the House what representations his department has received for the return of secondary modern schools?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 13 Mar 2014
Education: Social Mobility

"My Lords, I will also start by congratulating the Minister on initiating this debate. When I heard his first few words, I thought that I would agree with much of what he was to say, because he talked about the importance of education in breaking the cycle of deprivation and …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 05 Dec 2013
Education: Contribution to Economic Growth

"My Lords, I hope that I will be forgiven for not following my noble friend on the counterfactual conditional, although I enjoyed much of his other analysis.

Yesterday, my noble friend Lady McIntosh asked at Question Time about the fact that education is more than just about its economic impact. …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 17 Oct 2013
Al-Madinah Free School

"Will the Minister confirm that the pre-registration report actually flagged up many significant concerns, which we are now seeing in practice following what happened recently? Does he intend, as one of the lessons learnt, to ensure that such concerns are properly monitored when they are flagged up? Clearly, this was …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 07 Feb 2013
Education: Curriculum, Exam and Accountability Reform

"Will the Minister accept that while, as the noble Lord, Lord Baker, said, there may be rejoicing about this U-turn, it is particularly humiliating for the Secretary of State because of the bravado with which he announced his original plans? Maybe the Secretary of State can learn something from that. …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 18 Oct 2012
Education: Development of Excellence

"My Lords, I think I must restrain myself and not follow directly some of the comments that have just been made. I start by congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Perry, and agreeing with what she said about the quality of teachers and how crucial it is that we continue to …..."
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