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Letter dated 14/10/2025 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Lord Watson of Invergowrie, Baroness Thornton and Lord Lucas regarding the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill committee stage debate (eleventh day) on amendment 456 (seeking to limit the use of faith-based admissions criteria to 50% in all new state funded faith schools opened after the commencement of the establishment of the new school clauses). 3p.
Letter dated 14/10/2025 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Lord Watson of Invergowrie, Baroness Thornton and Lord Lucas regarding the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill committee stage debate (eleventh day) on amendment 456 (seeking to limit the use of faith-based admissions criteria to 50% in all new state funded faith...
To ask His Majesty's Government which foundation bodies have been established under section 21 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
To ask His Majesty's Government which foundation bodies have been established under section 21 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
The Department is only aware of one foundation body established under Section 21 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. The Bourne Foundation was established as a body corporate in July 1999 under the Foundation Body Regulations 1999, which were in operation at the time. The Bourne Foundation was subsequently dissolved by Statutory Order, which came into force on 5 January 2017. There have been no applications for foundation body status made under the Education (Foundation Body) (England) Regulations 2000, which replaced the earlier 1999 regulations.
To ask His Majesty's Government which foundation bodies established under section 21 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 have now closed.
To ask His Majesty's Government which foundation bodies established under section 21 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 have now closed.
The Department is only aware of one foundation body established under Section 21 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. The Bourne Foundation was established as a body corporate in July 1999 under the Foundation Body Regulations 1999, which were in operation at the time. The Bourne Foundation was subsequently dissolved by Statutory Order, which came into force on 5 January 2017. There have been no applications for foundation body status made under the Education (Foundation Body) (England) Regulations 2000, which replaced the earlier 1999 regulations.
To ask His Majesty's Government which applications for foundation body status made under the Education (Foundation Body) (England) Regulations 2000 have not resulted in the establishment of a foundation body.
To ask His Majesty's Government which applications for foundation body status made under the Education (Foundation Body) (England) Regulations 2000 have not resulted in the establishment of a foundation body.
The Department is only aware of one foundation body established under Section 21 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. The Bourne Foundation was established as a body corporate in July 1999 under the Foundation Body Regulations 1999, which were in operation at the time. The Bourne Foundation was subsequently dissolved by Statutory Order, which came into force on 5 January 2017. There have been no applications for foundation body status made under the Education (Foundation Body) (England) Regulations 2000, which replaced the earlier 1999 regulations.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the difference between a grammar school and a foundation or voluntary school, funded by the local authority, which also selects their pupils by academic ability.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the difference between a grammar school and a foundation or voluntary school, funded by the local authority, which also selects their pupils by academic ability.
Grammar schools are the only state-funded schools permitted to select all their children by high general academic ability. There are 163 grammar schools, all of which were maintained schools in 1998 and designated as grammar schools by the Education (Grammar School Designation) Order 1998 (as amended in 1999).
143 of these schools have subsequently become academy schools and are permitted to continue to select by academic ability through provisions within the Academies Act 2010 and their funding agreements.
Of the 20 maintained grammar schools, 7 are community schools, 6 are voluntary aided schools, 6 are foundation schools and 1 is a voluntary controlled school.
In addition, a number of state-funded schools were permitted to retain partial selection by academic ability or aptitude by provisions within the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. 40 of these schools remain partially selective.
32 of them are academies and are permitted to continue to select through the aforementioned legal and funding agreement mechanisms. 8 are maintained schools, and of these 4 are foundation schools, 3 are voluntary aided schools and 1 is a community school. 31 of these partially selective schools select a proportion of their intakes by general academic ability, 2 select by ability in music, 1 by ability in technology, and 1 by ability in maths. The remaining 5 select a proportion of their intakes by aptitude[1].
[1] Either a form of aptitude that would not otherwise be permitted or more than 10% by aptitude.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) budget and (b) pupil number was for each foundation school in the county of West Sussex in each year from 2005-06 to 2014-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) budget and (b) pupil number was for each foundation school in the county of West Sussex in each year from 2005-06 to 2014-15.
In response to PQs 9189-9193, please find attached an Excel workbook that details the individual school and academy budgets and pupil numbers for all providers in the West Sussex local authority area. These have been sourced wherever possible up to 2012-2013 from published section 251 statements, which detail local authority spending at school level and from published school and academy allocations for 2013-14 and 2014-15.
Since 2005-06 there has been an increasing number of providers who are funded centrally as they join the academy programme. It should be noted that academies are funded using the same local authority formulae as an LA maintained school, and any differences locally reflect the demographic profile and population of the school or academy.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they have retained the right to consultation for foundation and voluntary schools that are subject to academy orders as a result of low education standards.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they have retained the right to consultation for foundation and voluntary schools that are subject to academy orders as a result of low education standards.
The Education and Adoption Bill does not retain the requirement for consultation about whether a school should become an academy for foundation and voluntary schools that have a foundation and are subject to Academy orders as a result of having been judged Inadequate by Ofsted. We are, however, requiring that for such foundation and voluntary schools the Secretary of State must consult on who she proposes should run the academy. This consultation must be with the trustees of the school, the foundation and, where the school has a religious character, the appropriate religious body.
For schools that have failed and been judged Inadequate by Ofsted, there should be no debate about whether transformation via academy conversion is needed and urgent action is required. But we also accept the importance of protecting the ethos of schools, and recognise that this is particularly important where the school has a religious character. We anticipate that all those concerned with foundation and voluntary schools, in particular Dioceses, will work closely with Regional Schools Commissioners to agree the best academy solutions for any of their schools that are failing.
Absolutely.
Absolutely.
Will my right hon. Friend congratulate the head teacher of Wilnecote high school, Stuart Tonks, who is not only entering into a foundation school arrangement with five local primaries but pursuing academy status for his own school? May I meet Ministers as quickly as possible to work out how those two laudable objectives can be conflated?
Will my right hon. Friend congratulate the head teacher of Wilnecote high school, Stuart Tonks, who is not only entering into a foundation school arrangement with five local primaries but pursuing academy status for his own school? May I meet Ministers as quickly as possible to work out how those two laudable objectives can be conflated?
Will my right hon. Friend congratulate the head teacher of Wilnecote high school, Stuart Tonks, who is not only entering into a foundation school arrangement with five local primaries but pursuing academy status for his own school? May I meet Ministers as quickly as possible to work out how those two laudable objectives can be conflated?
Absolutely.
Draft Charities Act 2006 (Principal Regulators of Exempt Charities) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/1726). Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Debated with draft Charities Act 2006 (Changes in Exempt Charities) Order 2011 (SI 2011/1725). Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.
Draft Charities Act 2006 (Principal Regulators of Exempt Charities) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/1726). Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Debated with draft Charities Act 2006 (Changes in Exempt Charities) Order 2011 (SI 2011/1725). Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.
That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Charities Act 2006 (Principal Regulators of Exempt Charities) Regulations 2011. Relevant document: 23rd Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Charities Act 2006 (Principal Regulators of Exempt Charities) Regulations 2011. Relevant document: 23rd Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments.
My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for that introduction. I broadly welcome the regulations. I have one specific, rather gritty point to put to her. I have given notice of it to her officials, so I hope that it may be possible for an answer...
My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for that introduction. I broadly welcome the regulations. I have one specific, rather gritty point to put to her. I have given notice of it to her officials, so I hope that it may be possible for an answer...
My Lords, I shall take together this order and the Charities Act 2006 (Changes in Exempt Charities) Order 2011. The two instruments relate to the regulation as charities of three classes of state-funded educational charity: academies, sixth-form colleges, and foundation and voluntary schools. The changes in the exempt charities order...
My Lords, I shall take together this order and the Charities Act 2006 (Changes in Exempt Charities) Order 2011. The two instruments relate to the regulation as charities of three classes of state-funded educational charity: academies, sixth-form colleges, and foundation and voluntary schools. The changes in the exempt charities order...
There was a cock-up in prior legislation that led to the need for the second of these statutory instruments to confirm that sixth-form college corporations should have exempt status re-conferred on them. There is no question or doubt that their exempt status was removed from them unintentionally. I commend whoever...
There was a cock-up in prior legislation that led to the need for the second of these statutory instruments to confirm that sixth-form college corporations should have exempt status re-conferred on them. There is no question or doubt that their exempt status was removed from them unintentionally. I commend whoever...
I think so.
I think so.
My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the Minister for introducing these orders. Of course, it is right to ensure that there is proportionate but effective oversight of charities under charity law while keeping the regulatory burden to the minimum necessary, but that regulation must be effective and ensure proper...
My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the Minister for introducing these orders. Of course, it is right to ensure that there is proportionate but effective oversight of charities under charity law while keeping the regulatory burden to the minimum necessary, but that regulation must be effective and ensure proper...
My Lords, my noble friend Lord Phillips, from his lengthy experience in the charity field, has carried most of the points with him. I shall attempt to sweep up behind a little, if I may, and raise a couple of issues. Before doing so, I need to declare interests as...
My Lords, my noble friend Lord Phillips, from his lengthy experience in the charity field, has carried most of the points with him. I shall attempt to sweep up behind a little, if I may, and raise a couple of issues. Before doing so, I need to declare interests as...
I am grateful for what the noble Baroness said but why can the regulations not just say that the YPLA ““shall”” provide reasonable assistance, information and advice. Why not ““shall”” instead of ““may””?
I am grateful for what the noble Baroness said but why can the regulations not just say that the YPLA ““shall”” provide reasonable assistance, information and advice. Why not ““shall”” instead of ““may””?