A standing committee of MPs has been set up to analyse the Education andInspections Bill and the first few amendments have now been tabled.
Senior figures at the Local Government Association and children'scharities have successfully persuaded the Conservatives to table twoamendments that could place a greater responsibility on schools andcouncils to deliver the Every Child Matters agenda.
The relevant amendments have been signed by four Conservatives - shadoweducation secretary David Willetts, shadow schools minister Nick Gibb'shadow vocational education minister John Hayes, and the party'sassistant chief whip David Evenett.
One amendment states that a local authority can send a formal warningnotice to a school if it believes "that the school fails to deliverimproved wellbeing for all pupils". Another is an ambitious attempt toamend the Children Act 2004 to require schools to deliver the fiveoutcomes.
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