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| Educational functions of local authorities | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Duties on local authorities to promote high standards and the fulfilment of potential, diversity and choice. | • | |||||||||||||||||||
| Duty on local authorities to respond to representations from parents who are not satisfied with the local provision of schools. | G | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duty on local authorities to make arrangements to enable them to identify children in their area who are not receiving a suitable education. | G | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duty on local authorities to appoint School Improvement Partners for maintained schools. | R | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duty to secure access for young people to positive activities. | G | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| School Organisation | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A new strategic role for local authorities. Requirement for local authorities and governing bodies for consultation, publication and decision making proposals to open, close or make changes to a school. | RG | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Process and arrangements for governing bodies to consult, publish and decide proposals to acquire or remove a Trust or a majority of Trust governors, and safeguards around Trusts. | RG | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Increased protections for publicly-funded land. | RG | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duties on Governing Bodies | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Duty on governing bodies for certain foundation to establish Parent councils. | R | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duty on governing bodies to promote well-being and community cohesion; and to have regard to the Children and Young People's Plan | • | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Fair Access | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fair access to educational opportunity and a tighter admissions framework. | R | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Requirement to act in accordance with a strengthened School Admissions Code | RG | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wider powers for local authorities to secure the admission of children in care to the most suitable school | R | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Extension of duty on local authorities to provide free transport to disadvantaged pupils. | G | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Powers to establish pilot travel schemes in pathfinder local authorities. | R | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duty on local authorities to prepare and publish a sustainable school travel strategy. | • | > | ||||||||||||||||||
| Schools Causing Concern | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Enhancement and clarification of local authorities' duties, powers and responsibilities in relation to schools that are letting down their pupils. | G | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Curriculum | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Entitlement to new specialised Diplomas for 14-19 year olds every where | • | |||||||||||||||||||
| Entitlement for every pupil to study science to at least GCSE level | R | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| School Food | ||||||||||||||||||||
| New nutritional standards for all food and drink supplied on school premises. | R | • | • | |||||||||||||||||
| A new power to enable schools and local authorities to provide free school meals including breakfast. | • | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Behaviour | ||||||||||||||||||||
| School discipline: behaviour policies; new statutory power to discipline; use of force; detentions; confiscations | RG | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Extension of parenting contracts and orders to address misbehaviour. | RG | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Exclusions: penalty notices or prosecution for parents where excluded pupils are found in a public place during school hours in first five days. | RG | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Exclusions: requirement for schools and local authorities to provide alternative education from the sixth day of an exclusion. | RG | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Exclusions: reintegration interviews for excluded pupils. | RG | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Inspections | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Establishment of new board for Ofsted and creation of the Office for Standards in Education, Children´s Services and Skills. | R | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Transfer to new Ofsted of responsibility for inspection of adult learning and skills, inspection of CAFCASS and inspection and regulation of children´s social services. | • | |||||||||||||||||||
| Inspection of Local Authorities: publication of action plans following inspection of children's services. | R | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Education and Training: publication of actions plans following inspection of post 16 provision and 14-19 area inspections. | R | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Functions of Children's Rights Director | R | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Powers and procedures for investigation of parental complaints by Ofsted | R | • | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Miscellaneous/ Other | ||||||||||||||||||||
| New power for schools to charge for instrumental and vocal tuition | RG | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Devolution of some Secretary of State decision-making powers in relation to a number of minor school funding issues. | R | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Abolition of the Code of Practice on local authority and school relations. | • | |||||||||||||||||||
| Extenstion of Power to Innovate to FE colleges and Trusts | • | |||||||||||||||||||
| New arrangements for the collection of data on children who are not being educated at school | R | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Power for schools and FE colleges to collaborate | R | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Power to use force in FE. | • | |||||||||||||||||||
| Requirement to consult young pupils. | • | |||||||||||||||||||
| Prohbition on unsuitable people running independent schools | R | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Offences relating to Independent Schools. | • | |||||||||||||||||||
| Requirement to designate member of staff as Special Education Needs co-ordinator and power to set associated requirements by regulation. | R | • | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duty to comply with request from sixth form pupils to withdraw from collective worship. | • | |||||||||||||||||||
| Removal of requirements on universities in relation to acquisition of freehold or extension of lease | • |
