Speeches by Voaden.

“We are now going to talk about teachers’ pay and conditions. First, I would like to ask you all what effect you expect the Bill’s requirement on qualified teacher status, and on pay and conditions, to have on recruitment and retention? We will start with Daniel.”

“Thank you. My supplementary question is, what impact do you think there will be on schools’ ability to plug staffing gaps or bring in experience from other professions? You have touched a little bit on that, but does any of you have anything extra that you would like to say on whether academies should be restricted to …”

“Moving on to the national curriculum, what impacts do you expect the provisions in the Bill requiring academies to teach the national curriculum to have?”

“I have another question for you, Clare. The Bill places a responsibility on local authorities to support parents who have decided to home educate their children. What support would be helpful to receive from local authorities? My supplementary question might guide your answer a little bit: what support could be provide…”

“I think many people would be quite surprised that home educated children do not have access to exams.”

“I represent Totnes, and I assure you that you are speaking today for many, many parents I have seen. We have a huge home-education community who share your concerns. I think it is a question of trying to find the balance between not letting children get lost from the system and put at risk of danger, and not disparagin…”

“That is fine. It was on your concerns about the provisions covering independent institutions.”

“A final question for you, Clare—I know you have had lots of questions and we will move on in a minute. What are your concerns about the Bill’s provision covering independent educational institutions, which I believe Broadleaf falls under?”

“I think many people would be quite surprised that home educated children do not have access to exams.”

“Do you think it is appropriate that in a situation like Broadleaf, where you are guiding children towards GCSEs, children do not have access to GCSEs unless the parents can afford to pay? The state is not paying for them to be educated in one of its schools; it seems rather unfair that the parents then have to pay for …”

“I have another question for you, Clare. The Bill places a responsibility on local authorities to support parents who have decided to home educate their children. What support would be helpful to receive from local authorities? My supplementary question might guide your answer a little bit: what support could be provide…”

“Moving on to the national curriculum, what impacts do you expect the provisions in the Bill requiring academies to teach the national curriculum to have?”

“Thank you. My supplementary question is, what impact do you think there will be on schools’ ability to plug staffing gaps or bring in experience from other professions? You have touched a little bit on that, but does any of you have anything extra that you would like to say on whether academies should be restricted to …”

“We are now going to talk about teachers’ pay and conditions. First, I would like to ask you all what effect you expect the Bill’s requirement on qualified teacher status, and on pay and conditions, to have on recruitment and retention? We will start with Daniel.”

“I represent Totnes, and I assure you that you are speaking today for many, many parents I have seen. We have a huge home-education community who share your concerns. I think it is a question of trying to find the balance between not letting children get lost from the system and put at risk of danger, and not disparagin…”

“That is fine. It was on your concerns about the provisions covering independent institutions.”

“A final question for you, Clare—I know you have had lots of questions and we will move on in a minute. What are your concerns about the Bill’s provision covering independent educational institutions, which I believe Broadleaf falls under?”

“I think many people would be quite surprised that home educated children do not have access to exams.”

“Do you think it is appropriate that in a situation like Broadleaf, where you are guiding children towards GCSEs, children do not have access to GCSEs unless the parents can afford to pay? The state is not paying for them to be educated in one of its schools; it seems rather unfair that the parents then have to pay for …”

“I have another question for you, Clare. The Bill places a responsibility on local authorities to support parents who have decided to home educate their children. What support would be helpful to receive from local authorities? My supplementary question might guide your answer a little bit: what support could be provide…”