School Standards and Framework Bill — End Partial Selection of Pupils — rejected — 24 Mar 1998
The majority No voters rejected an amendment[1] to the School Standards and Framework Bill. The amendment would have, in the words of Don Foster MP, ended "partial selection [of pupils] where it exists and ensure that there is no opportunity for further extension of partial selection in our schools."[2] However, it was defeated.
The School Standards and Framework Bill's main aims were to[3]:
- Limit infant class sizes to a maximum of 30
- Abolish grant-maintained schools
- Allow local communities to vote to abolish grammar schools
- Establish an Admissions Code for schools and set up the Office of Schools Adjudicator to enforce this code
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- [1] Don Foster MP, House of Commons, 24 March 1998
- [2] Don Foster MP, House of Commons, 24 March 1998
- [3] Wikipedia entry, retrieved on 2010-01-30
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