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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 10 September 2025
Debate
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillContribution
It has been demonstrated that there are those in the Chamber who remain attached to the idea of academisation, so I want to briefly set out some evidence—and there is a lot more out there—of its failure and why schools already do, and surely more would if the option was available, want to get back under the control of the communities they are part of.
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