School Standards and Framework Bill — Abolition of corporal punishment in schools — 24 Mar 1998

The majority Aye voters introduced a new clause^[1] into the School Standards and Framework Bill. The clause abolishes corporal punishment in all schools and became law on 24th July 1998 when the Bill received Royal Assent.

The School Standards and Framework Bill's main aims were to^[2]:

• 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] Kali Mountford MP, House of Commons, 24 March 1998
• [2] Wikipedia entry, retrieved on 2010-01-30

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