Member

Pupils achieving and thriving also requires all agencies to work together in a way that puts children and parents first. We will require schools, trusts and local authorities to collaborate on admissions and new schools, but we will put school quality and parental choice at the heart of these considerations. These are all measures which build on the successes of our school system and the proud innovation of the previous Labour Government. We will be giving parents a guarantee of core standards, wherever their child goes to school. In so doing, they are supported by key representative bodies from the sector, including the Association of School and College Leaders, the leaders of successful academy chains, such as Paul Tarn of Delta Academies Trust, and others whom I have no doubt we will talk about we as go through Committee.