Member

Amendment 194, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, seeks to retain the duty to issue academy orders for schools judged by Ofsted to be in a category of concern, while introducing a limited exemption. The noble Baroness rightly highlighted in Committee that children in failing schools need urgent action. We agree. Where we differ is not on the importance of decisive intervention but on whether retaining a duty to issue academy orders for all schools judged to be in a category of concern is always the swiftest and most effective route to improvement for pupils.