Category: Schools Bill

British Education Secretary U-Turns on School ‘Power Grab’ After Lords Backlash

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has ordered a U-turn on the government’s Schools Bill after a rebellion in the House of Lords ordered a rethink, following accusations of a Whitehall power grab. Under the plans, all schools must become academies, but a scathing rebellion from the Lords, including from former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s architect of…


Amendment Aims to Give Parents the Right to View Education Materials

A new amendment aims to give parents the chance to view all curriculum materials that their children will be introduced to, especially on relationships and sex education matters. Proposed by Labour Baroness Morris and Conservative Lord Sandhurst on June 10, if accepted, the amendment would clarify in law that parents have the right to view…