Academies Bill
Paul Dodgshun
Paul Dodgshun
Academies Bill - explanatory notes
9. There will be no expansion of selection but grammar schools and
other schools which select or partially select pupils will be able to
continue to do so on the terms on which they presently select.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldbills/001/11001.1-7.html
Effect of Academy order
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(3) If the school is a selective school, section 1(6)(c)
(requirement to provide education for pupils of different abilities)
does not apply in relation to any Academy arrangements to be entered
into in relation to the school or a school that replaces it.
(4) For this purpose a school is a “selective school” if its
admission arrangements make provision for selection of pupils by
ability, and—
(a) its admission arrangements are permitted to do so by section 100
of SSFA 1998 (permitted selection: pre-existing arrangements), or
(b) the school is designated under section 104 of SSFA 1998
(designation of grammar schools).
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/ukpga_19980031_en_9#pt3-ch2-pb2-l1g104
104(4) Where a maintained school is a grammar school—
Academies are NOT maintained schools and the provisions and
protections of 104(4) will not apply to them as things currently stand
in this draft of the Academies Bill. This bunch are no better than
the last lot!
Regards,
Paul Dodgshun