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Debate between Michael Gove and Chris White(13 years, 9 months ago)
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Michael Gove
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for the case he makes. I know that the school he mentions had to be closed under the previous Government because it was not responding to what local parents wanted and was not providing a high enough quality of education. The coalition Government are ensuring that there are measures in place—floor standards—to ensure that if any school falls below a particular level at GCSE performance, we will not be afraid to intervene to ensure that all parents have a guarantee that standards are maintained. We will also publish more data in weeks to come on how schools perform so that there can be that accountability, direct to parents, for what their children are taught.
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington) (Con)
14. What steps his Department is taking to support the teaching of design in schools.