Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 12 Oct 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]
"My Lords, I think that the House wants to move towards a decision and the arguments made have been utterly compelling. The noble Lord, Lord Baker, deserves to be parliamentarian of the year for his speech alone. I have rarely heard a government policy eviscerated so comprehensively by one of …..."Lord Adonis - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 12 Oct 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]
"Did the noble Baroness just say—I think the House was slightly surprised by that remark—that it was mistake not to have abolished GCSEs and A-levels because that might have led to the development of a 14-to-19 diploma?..."Lord Adonis - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 12 Oct 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]
"GCSEs and A-levels?..."Lord Adonis - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 29th October 2020
Asked by:
Lord Adonis (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many state schools in England were closed to physical attendance by pupils because of COVID-19 at any point during the week of 12 October.
Answered by Baroness Berridge
The table attached gives the number of state-funded schools[1] who responded to the daily education settings status survey, and the total number that indicated that they were closed for COVID-19 related reasons during each day of the week of 12 October.
[1] State-funded schools include primary, middle, secondary, all-through, special and alternative provision settings.
Written Question
Thursday 29th October 2020
Asked by:
Lord Adonis (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to recommence Ofsted inspections of schools.
Answered by Baroness Berridge
Routine inspections will remain suspended for the autumn term. During the autumn term, however, inspectors will visit a sample of schools to discuss how they are managing the return to education of all their pupils. The intention is for Ofsted to resume routine school inspections from January 2021, with this date being kept under review.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 13 Dec 2018
Young People
"My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the passionate speeches of the noble Baroness, Lady Bottomley, and my noble friend Lady Armstrong.
I have always regarded policy on education and youth as, in principle, straightforward—the principle having been set out by the great philosopher RH Tawney:
“What the wise …..."Lord Adonis - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 28 Jun 2018
Boarding School Partnerships
"My Lords, I commend the Minister and his predecessor, the noble Lord, Lord Nash, who I see in his place, for their excellent work in promoting state boarding schools. They offer outstanding opportunities, particularly to children from vulnerable backgrounds or from military families or other mobile occupations to have a …..."Lord Adonis - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 27 Apr 2018
Home Education (Duty of Local Authorities) Bill [HL]
"My Lords, does the noble Lord think that a better solution might be if schools did not exclude pupils in the first place?..."Lord Adonis - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 27 Apr 2018
Home Education (Duty of Local Authorities) Bill [HL]
"Does the noble Lord think that, rather than parents being obliged to home educate their children because of the danger of exclusion, a better solution would be to be much more restrictive about exclusions in the first place and not to allow them except in extremis? In that way, we …..."Lord Adonis - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 27 Apr 2018
Home Education (Duty of Local Authorities) Bill [HL]
"My Lords, I agree mostly with what the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, said about home education and I commend my noble friend Lord Soley on his Bill.
I would like to direct the attention of the House and the Minister to the issue of school exclusions, which is getting more …..."Lord Adonis - View Speech
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