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Debate between Nick Gibb and Stephen Gilbert
Monday 27th February 2012

(12 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nick Gibb Portrait Mr Gibb
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There is no need for the severing of any ties with local authorities, and that school is free to continue its good relationship with its local authority. The key advantage of becoming an academy is the professional autonomy that comes with academy status, which is valued by heads and teachers alike. They are free to innovate, and they have control over the element of their budget that is currently spent on their behalf by the local authority.

Stephen Gilbert Portrait Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay) (LD)
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18. How many additional children will become eligible for the pupil premium in (a) St Austell and Newquay constituency and (b) Cornwall in the next financial year.