Policy #1074: "Schools — Greater Autonomy"

This is the votes by vote definition of Public Whip policy #1074: "Schools - Greater Autonomy". You may want to read an introduction to policies, or read more about Public Whip.

Someone who believes that schools should be given greater autonomy to decide their own affairs would have voted like this...

HouseDateSubjectPolicy vote
Commons11 Mar 1998School Standards and Framework Bill — Exemption from strict class size limits — rejected minority
Commons11 Mar 1998School Standards and Framework Bill — Grant Maintained Schools (Parental Ballot) — rejected minority
Commons24 Mar 1998School Standards and Framework Bill — End Partial Selection of Pupils — rejected Majority
Commons24 Mar 1998School Standards and Framework Bill — Abolition of corporal punishment in schools minority
Commons24 Mar 1998School Standards and Framework Bill — Third Reading minority (strong)
Commons27 Jun 2000Learning and Skills Bill — Abolish arrangements to allow a ballot of parents on whether grammar schools should keep selective admission policies — rejected abstain
Commons5 Feb 2002Education Bill — Power of school to innovate without permission of the Secretary of State — rejected minority (strong)
Commons6 Feb 2002Education Bill — No requirements of attendance at a place of religious worship — rejected Majority
Commons6 Feb 2002Education Bill — No requirements of attendance at a place of religious worship (No. 2) — rejected Majority
Commons6 Feb 2002Education Bill — Abolish selection by aptitude in state schools — rejected Majority
Lords14 May 2002Education Bill — Remove regulations concerning Annual Parents' Meetings Majority
Lords14 May 2002Education Bill — Schools Forums only set up if a majority of governing bodies voted for one — rejected minority
Lords23 May 2002Education Bill — Allow appeals against decisions made by a school adjudicator — rejected abstain
Lords17 Jun 2002Education Bill — Exemption of Innovative Projects from legislation — rejected minority
Lords26 Jun 2002Education Bill — Allow schools to set their own Drugs and Alcohol Policies — rejected minority
Lords3 Jul 2002Education Bill — Leave out Clause 11 (Form or invest in companies) minority
Lords3 Jul 2002Education Bill — Control of Regulation abstain
Commons15 Jul 2002Education Bill — Lords Amendment on Academies' Admissions Arrangements minority
Lords23 Jul 2002Education Bill — Control of Regulation abstain
Lords24 Feb 2005Education Bill — Abolish Independent Appeals Panels — rejected minority
Scotland24 Feb 2005[S2M-2462.3 (Amendment)] Decision Time minority
Lords2 Mar 2005Education Bill — Requirements to be Registered with General Teaching Council — rejected Majority
Commons15 Mar 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Second Reading Majority (strong)
Commons15 Mar 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Timetable abstain
Commons23 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Ballot of parents to change from community school to foundation school — rejected abstain
Commons23 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Duty to encourage schools to become foundation schools — rejected minority (strong)
Commons23 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Acceptance of school rules a condition of admission — rejected minority
Commons24 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Restrictions on Special School Closures — rejected abstain
Commons24 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Requirements as to composition of governing bodies — rejected abstain
Commons24 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Regulate schools' admissions policies — rejected Majority
Commons24 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — End selection by ability — rejected Majority
Commons24 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Requirement "to have regard to" the Secretary of State's Code for School Admissions — rejected minority
Commons24 May 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Third Reading Majority (strong)
Lords10 Jul 2006Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 — rejected minority
Lords17 Oct 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Local Authorities to encourage 'Foundation' status — rejected minority (strong)
Lords19 Oct 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Keep current proportion of parent governors on governing bodies — rejected abstain
Lords19 Oct 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Number of votes needed on a governing body to change a school's status — rejected abstain
Lords24 Oct 2006Education and Inspections Bill — IGCSE for state schools — rejected minority
Lords30 Oct 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Stop faith schools requiring that candidates for headteacher posts belong to the relevant faith — rejected Majority
Lords30 Oct 2006Education and Inspections Bill — Faith schools must accept pupils from outside the faith — rejected Majority
Commons19 Jul 2010Academies Bill — Decline Second Reading Majority (strong)
Commons19 Jul 2010Academies Bill — Second Reading Majority (strong)
Commons19 Jul 2010Academies Bill — Programme abstain
Commons21 Jul 2010Academies Bill — Permitting Special Schools to Become Academies Majority
Commons21 Jul 2010Academies Bill — New Academies Only Where There is Proven Need -rejected Majority (strong)
Commons21 Jul 2010Academies Bill — Personal, Social and Health Education in Academy School Curricula -rejected Majority (strong)
Commons21 Jul 2010Academies Bill — Require Academies to Comply with the School Admissions Code — rejected Majority (strong)
Commons21 Jul 2010Academies Bill — Academy Schools to Comply with Exclusion and Behaviour Legislation — rejected Majority (strong)
Commons21 Jul 2010Academies Bill — Selective Schools Becoming Academies Exempt from Requirement to Provide Education for Pupils of Different Abilities Majority
Commons26 Jul 2010Academies Bill — Clause 16 — Pre-commencement applications etc Majority
Commons26 Jul 2010Academies Bill — Third Reading Majority (strong)
Commons8 Feb 2011Education Bill (second reading) Majority (strong)
Commons11 May 2011Education Bill — New Clause 9 — Requirement to achieve specified standard: suppliers of careers guidance Majority (strong)
Commons11 May 2011Education Bill — Third Reading Majority (strong)
Commons30 Oct 2013Opposition Day — Require State School Teachers to Have or be Working Towards Qualified Teacher Status Majority (strong)
Commons29 Jan 2014Opposition Day — Qualified Teacher Status Majority (strong)
Commons21 Feb 2022Skills and Post-16 Education Bill — Clause 14 — Information About Technical Education and Training: Access to English Schools Majority

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