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Academies Bill [HL]

25: Clause 3, page 3, line 7, at end insert— "( ) Before making an application for an Academy order, the governing body shall, over a period of at least 6 weeks during term time, consult the following on whether to make the application— (a) pupils at the school, (b) the parents of pupils of the school, (c) the parents of pupils at any other school from which at least 10% of the pupils have come in the previous 3 years, (d) staff at the school, (e) trade unions representing staff at the school, and (f) the governing body of other schools within its area which might reasonably be considered to be affected by the making of an Academy order. ( ) In that consultation, the governing body will make available in writing at least the following information relating to the proposed Academy— (a) details of the proposed Academy arrangements, (b) details of the proposed governance arrangements including details of the directors of the company which will enter into the Academy, arrangements and details of the composition of the governing body, (c) details of the arrangements for the curriculum, for admissions, for special educational needs, for pupil discipline and exclusion and for complaints, (d) details of any arrangements by which any other person will provide the education the proposed academy including details of the extent to which such arrangements will allow for that other person to make a profit from doing so, (e) details of any additional money which would be available to the school (either as capital or revenue funding) if it became an Academy, (f) details of any additional obligations which fall on the school if it became an Academy, and (g) details of the criteria which the Secretary of State would apply in deciding whether to make the Academy order. The governing body will take all reasonable steps to enable suporters and opponents of the proposal to circulate materials relating to the proposed application for an Academy order to other consultees."