Policy paper

Schools Bill: policy statements

Information explaining measures in the Schools Bill, which was introduced to Parliament in May 2022.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 12 May 2022
• Last updated: 13 June 2022
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  1. 13 June 2022

     Question on page 9 of Academy trust standards: Schools Bill document, 'Will you seek to mandate local governing bodies?' updated for clarification.

  2. 24 May 2022

     Updated 11 attachments: 'Academy trust standards', 'Academy trust intervention', 'Faith protections', 'Grammar schools', 'National Funding Formula reforms', 'Children not in school', 'School Attendance', 'Independent educational institutions: registration requirements', 'Independent educational institutions: enforcement', 'Independent educational institutions: material change' and 'Teacher misconduct'. Updates reflect additional information in new sections concerning delegated powers, and minor edits to pre-published content.

  3. 12 May 2022

     First published.

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

Academy trust standards: Schools Bill

PDF, 398 KB, 27 pages

Academy trust intervention powers: Schools Bill

PDF, 183 KB, 16 pages

Faith protections: Schools Bill

PDF, 207 KB, 15 pages

Grammar schools: Schools Bill

PDF, 195 KB, 11 pages

Local authority academisation power: Schools Bill

PDF, 169 KB, 6 pages

Transfer of land by local authorities: Schools Bill

PDF, 160 KB, 8 pages

National Funding Formula reforms: Schools Bill

PDF, 286 KB, 30 pages

Children not in school: Schools Bill

PDF, 329 KB, 36 pages

School attendance: Schools Bill

PDF, 201 KB, 15 pages

Independent educational institutions registration requirements: Schools Bill

PDF, 179 KB, 13 pages

Independent educational institutions enforcement: Schools Bill

PDF, 165 KB, 10 pages

Independent educational institutions de-registration appeals: Schools Bill

PDF, 175 KB, 7 pages

Independent educational institutions material change: Schools Bill

PDF, 201 KB, 14 pages

Independent educational institutions investigatory powers: Schools Bill

PDF, 214 KB, 10 pages

Teacher misconduct: Schools Bill

PDF, 168 KB, 11 pages

Details

These policy statements provide a description of each measure in the Schools Bill. They set out:

• what the government aims to achieve through each measure
• why we need the legislation
• effects of the legislation
• how the legislation will work in practice

The Schools Bill impact assessment is available.