School Standards and Framework Bill — Third Reading — 24 Mar 1998

The majority Aye voters moved the School Standards and Framework Bill onto its Third Reading. This means the Bill now moves to the House of Lords for their consideration.

The Bill's main aims were to^[1]:

• 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] Wikipedia entry, retrieved on 2010-01-30

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