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Proceeding contribution from Lord Sutherland of Houndwood (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Monday, 12 September 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Education Bill.


Education Bill

My Lords, I sympathise very much with the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Low, but I also sympathise with the tensions expressed by the noble Baroness, Lady Morris. There are difficulties here. This is pretty much a sledgehammer amendment and I am not sure that I would want to go that far. However, I invite the Minister to say that he will take away the spirit of the amendment, as well as the comments, and look at how we can best improve the quality of SEN teaching. It is a very tall order to ask any school to be outstanding in all areas that might have to be dealt with under the general heading of SEN, and we might find a more subtle way of inviting them to apply for an outstanding rating in areas where they show expertise.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
730 c112GC 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Complaints Children Disadvantaged Boarding schools Classroom assistants Community relations Fees and charges Education Further education Inspections Protection Pupil exclusions Pupils Standards Teachers Special educational needs Training Travellers Sixth form colleges Academies Pupil referral units Gifted children Maintained schools
Legislation
Education Bill 2010-12
Link
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