Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 23 May 2022
Schools Bill [HL]
"My Lords, I remind your Lordships of my registered interests, including as chairman of the Chartered Institution for Further Education, chairman of the Centre for Education & Finance Management and several other charitable bodies concerned with education. I have been conscious for a long while that there have been lacunae …..."Lord Lingfield - View Speech
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 06 Apr 2022
Education: Multi Academy Trusts
"That the Grand Committee takes note of the growth of Multi Academy Trusts (MATs) in the school system, and the ways in which strong MATs can demonstrate their impact on the education of young people...."Lord Lingfield - View Speech
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 06 Apr 2022
Education: Multi Academy Trusts
"My Lords, I am so grateful to all noble Lords who have put down their names to speak on this important aspect of our state education service. I remind your Lordships of my education interests as listed in the register.
If your Lordships would indulge me, I shall take a …..."Lord Lingfield - View Speech
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 06 Apr 2022
Education: Multi Academy Trusts
"My Lords, I thank everyone for taking part in this extraordinarily useful debate. The noble Baroness, Lady Blower, is absolutely right that, of course, before local management of schools came in, there were some very good experiments in the Inner London Education Authority and in Solihull—I agree with her entirely.
…..."Lord Lingfield - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 02 Mar 2022
Music Education in State Schools
"My Lords, is my noble friend aware, following my noble friend Lord Black’s point, that whereas 85% of independent schools have school orchestras, only 12% of state schools do? While the music hubs she has mentioned indeed do a good job in providing individual instrumental tuition, the best way of …..."Lord Lingfield - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 24 Feb 2022
Higher Education: T-Levels
"My Lords, does my noble friend agree that one of the most important aspects of T-levels is that students have to spend nine weeks of work experience with a local firm? This is quite difficult to find even in the great metropolitan areas, but in areas of deprivation and in …..."Lord Lingfield - View Speech
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Written Question
Friday 31st December 2021
Asked by:
Lord Lingfield (Conservative - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether it is possible for a school in a multi-academy trust to opt by resolution of its governing body to become a stand-alone academy; and, if so, how many such schools have done so in the last three years.
Answered by Baroness Barran
- Shadow Minister (Education)
It is not possible for a school in a multi academy trust to opt by resolution of its local governing board to become a stand-alone academy
It is possible, however, for an academy to leave a multi academy trust with the mutual agreement of the governing board of the trust and the Secretary of State for Education. Before agreeing to such a move, the Secretary of State for Education would need assurance that it would be in the best interest of all pupils within the trust. However, there have been no recorded instances of this happening during the last 3 years.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 16 Dec 2021
School Curriculum: First Aid Training and Home Nursing
"My Lords, would my noble friend agree that one of the best ways of teaching first aid in schools is through the Combined Cadet Force? The Government’s school cadet expansion programme has a target of 60,000 young people participating by next year. Can my noble friend tell us how far …..."Lord Lingfield - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 25 Oct 2021
Education: Music and the Arts
"Does my noble friend agree that it is vital for young musicians to be able to play in orchestras and ensembles? Does she regret, as I do, that only 12% of state schools now have orchestras, as opposed to 85% of independent schools? I remind the House of my registered …..."Lord Lingfield - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 24th September 2020
Asked by:
Lord Lingfield (Conservative - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to create more new maths schools in England.
Answered by Baroness Berridge
The department has announced the approval of 5 new maths schools into the pre-opening stage: Cambridge Mathematics School, Durham Mathematics School, Imperial College London Mathematics School, Lancaster University School of Mathematics and Surrey Mathematics School. These are in addition to King’s Maths School and Exeter Maths School, which are already open, and the University of Liverpool Mathematics School, which opened in September 2020.
The department is working with the proposers to obtain sites and prepare these schools for opening, subject to funding agreements. We are also in discussion with other potential maths school proposers, in order to have a 16-19 maths school in every region. Successful proposals will be announced in due course.