GOVERNMENT PLANS FOR STATE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

Early day motion 848, tabled 25 October 2005 by John Pugh (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 16 members.

That this House challenges the Government to produce evidence from Ofsted or elsewhere that under performance in schools is directly attributable to a lack of independence from local education authorities; notes that the success of state schools unattached to local education authorities is often coincident with the receipt of significant additional funds; deplores the departure from evidence-led policy shown by the drive to disconnect schools from local education authorities; and believes that only those in thrall to media clichés and social Darwinism and devoid of a sense of irony would make the promotion of such an obvious oxymoron as state independent schools a priority.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 11, Labour 5.