Education and Inspections Bill

moved Amendments Nos. 119 and 120: Page 135, leave out lines 15 and 16 and insert- ““(1) Section 3 of the Diocesan Boards of Education Measure 1991 (transactions for which advice or consent of the Board is required) is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (1)-”” Page 135, line 37, at end insert- ““(3) After subsection (1) insert- ““(1A) The governing body of a church school in England shall not, unless it has obtained the consent in writing of the Board for the diocese in which the school is situated, publish proposals under section 19 of the 2006 Act- (a) where the school is a voluntary school, for a change of category to foundation school, or (b) where the school is a foundation school, for a change in the instrument of government which results in the majority of governors being foundation governors. (1B) Subsection (1)(a)(i) does not apply in any case where by virtue of subsection (1A) the consent of the Board is required.”” (4) In subsection (6), for ““subsection (2)”” substitute ““subsection (1A) or (2)””.”” On Question, amendments agreed to. Schedule 3, as amended, agreed to. Clauses 30 and 31 agreed to. [Amendments Nos. 121 to 123 not moved.] Clause 32 [Requirements as to foundations]: