Education Act 2021

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That this House passes the legislation at Third Reading

Poll ended at Wed Jul 07, 2021 5:59 pm

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44%
No
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50%
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6%
 
Total votes: 18

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Education Act 2021

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Education Act 2021

-Makes provision for the tripartite division of English schools into Grammar Schools, Technical Colleges and Vocational Schools from the academic year 2024/25
-Reinstates a series of basic examinations and teacher assessments from the academic year 2023/24 to determine eligibility to enter a Grammar School
-Gives parents the right to apply to as many schools as they choose and any that they choose, with applications to Grammar Schools being decided by the schools themselves and to other schools based on a lottery with a bias towards A) Locality and B) the position in the parents’ preference list, starting from the academic year 2024/25
-Establishes that all school funding will be on a per-pupil basis phased in over five years from 2025
-Makes a legislative commitment on the government to fund a million apprenticeship places by 2030
-Makes a legislative commitment on the government to provide free school meals for all pupils by 2030
-Requires all schools to appoint a registered nurse as a permanent member of staff by the academic year 2025/26
Rt Hon. Ms Juliet Manning MP
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Gavin Williamson, Secretary of State (NPC)
Mr Speaker,
When I was appointed to this role by the Prime Minister, I remember feeling a great honour at having the chance to shape the future of education. Over the 11 year period of this government since 2010, we have changed education for the better. We have driven up school standards, provided more educational opportunities to learners of all ages and improved parental choice. It is a legacy we can be proud of. However, we can never rest on our laurels and I am therefore proud to be in a government committed to constantly ensuring that our education system is the absolute best that it can be.
This is why I rise today to introduce the Education Act. It is a piece of legislation that seeks to radically redefine the way in which education is delivered so as to deliver on our pledge to make sure that our system is the best it can be. The bill itself encompasses changes to the school system, examinations and funding whilst also clearly defining the rights of parents and making legislative commitments for apprenticeships, free school meals and school nurses.
By making provision for the tripartite division of English schools into grammar schools, technical colleges and vocational schools, we will ensure that pupils are educated to their individual strengths and needs. The reinstatement of basic examinations and teacher assessments to determine eligibility to enter a grammar school will help support children who intend to study A-Levels and attend university whilst technical colleges and vocational schools will focus on supporting pupils with workplace skills and technical qualifications in the former and traditional academic subjects with specialist support in the latter.
Parents will have the right to apply to as many schools as they choose within their child’s selected tier, ensuring that parents and their children will have complete free choice over where to apply with no restrictions on the number of applications nor school location. As a result of these changes, all school funding will be on a per-pupil basis and additional funding will follow for students from deprived backgrounds, who are disabled or who have special educational needs.
Finally, this bill makes a legislative commitment on the government to fund a million apprenticeship places by 2030, to provide free school meals for all pupils by 2030 and for all schools to appoint a registered, permanent school nurse by 2026, all moves which will support the learning, safety and development of our pupils.
This bill marks a radical reform of our education system, encompassing changes that will improve the school system, funding and parental choice whilst ensuring that our pupils are provided for with apprenticeship places, nurses and free school meals. It is nothing less than a bold commitment to the future of our young people and I commend this to the House.
Rt Hon. Ms Juliet Manning MP
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Re: Education Act 2021

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Mr Speaker,

This policy and bill has so many flaws in it and we will not be supporting it but by the off chance it passes, I believe there is an amendment we all can agree on and provide at least some allevation for the unfulfillable mandate it is bringing on. Number of unfilled vacancies in nursing in the NHS in England has risen and now stands at over 43,000, which is set to increase to 70,000 by 2023-24. We are adding at least 22 thousand to that. This will create an unfulfilled mandate. Today we are proposing an amendment to education bill to restore nursing bursaries, applications from first-time students for nursing degrees have dropped significantly to alleviate at least one part of this government’s proposed unfulfilled mandate but this does not change the fact that this is a poorly thought bill that will damage our education system, and our healthcare system significantly.
-Bursaries for nursing students shall be restored and any student who has been effected by elimination of it shall have their debts covered by the government.
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Division! Clear the Lobbies!
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Re: Education Act 2021

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ORDER!

The Ayes to the Right: 302
The Noes to the Left: 291

The Ayes have it, the Ayes have it.

Unlock!

Breakdown:

Con - 284/15
Lab - 0/246
SNP - Abstain
Lib Dems - Abstain
DUP - 10/0
CUK - 0/7
SF - Abstain
Plaid - 0/4
Alba - Abstain
Greens - 0/2
UKIP - 0/2
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MP for North East Bedfordshire 2001 - Present

Shadow Chancellor 2016
Chancellor 2015
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 2014 - 2015
Leader of the House of Commons 2012 - 2014
Secretary of State for International Development 2010 - 2012
Conservative Party Chairman 2008 - 2010
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury 2005 - 2008
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