Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John Pugh (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 25 October 2005, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 16 members in total.

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GOVERNMENT PLANS FOR STATE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

That this House challenges the Government to produce evidence from Ofsted or elsewhere that under performance in schools is directly attributable to a lack of independence from local education authorities; notes that the success of state schools unattached to local education authorities is often coincident with the receipt of significant additional funds; deplores the departure from evidence-led policy shown by the drive to disconnect schools from local education authorities; and believes that only those in thrall to media clich??s and social Darwinism and devoid of a sense of irony would make the promotion of such an obvious oxymoron as state independent schools a priority.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

848 

Session

2005-06

Other sponsors

Paul Robert Holmes

Andrew George

Mike Hancock

John Hemming

Bob Russell

Subjects

Schools

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk