School Governing Bodies Debate

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School Governing Bodies

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Business of the House
Monday 6th January 2014

(10 years, 4 months ago)

Ministerial Corrections
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The following are extracts from the speech given by the Under-Secretary of State for Education, the hon. Member for South West Norfolk (Elizabeth Truss), during the Westminster Hall debate on school governing bodies on 5 December 2013.
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On the question of accountability, does the Minister share the view of the hon. Member for Stroud (Neil Carmichael) that parents should be able to sack their governing bodies? Assuming that she does agree, should that apply to academies and free schools as well?

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I am not sure that that is exactly how my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Neil Carmichael) put his point. It is down to Ofsted to identify weak governing-body performance. Ultimately, it is the decision of either the Secretary of State or the local authority to replace that governing body with an interim executive board, should it not be doing what it is meant to be doing.

[Official Report, 5 December 2013, Vol. 571, c. 350-1WH.]

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