Autonomy for Schools

Policy description

There have been votes in Parliament on giving greater autonomy for schools, including on if more schools should be able to obtain the financial and managerial freedom from local authority control associated with "academy" status, and the degree of freedom schools ought have in relation to admissions policies.

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Analysis for Stephen Hesford

Stephen Hesford voted a mixture of for and against (50% aligned) greater autonomy for schools.

Comparable Labour MPs generally voted against (39% aligned).

Scoring Divisions

Scoring divisions are used to calculate the headline alignment between a person and a policy.

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Guide to columns

  • person vote: the vote cast by the person

  • party alignment: how aligned this vote was with other members of the person’s party. Higher numbers indicate less difference from the average vote of the party.

  • policy direction: if an aye vote is aligned or against the overall policy.

  • policy alignment: if this MP’s vote was aligned with the policy.

motion date person vote party alignment policy direction policy aligned
School Standards and Framework Bill — Third Reading 1998-03-24 absent na against na
Education Bill — Power of school to innovate without permission of the Secretary of State — rejected 2002-02-05 no 100% agree not aligned
Education and Inspections Bill — Second Reading 2006-03-15 aye 84% agree aligned
Education and Inspections Bill — Duty to encourage schools to become foundation schools — rejected 2006-05-23 no 100% agree not aligned
Education and Inspections Bill — Third Reading 2006-05-24 aye 85% agree aligned

Informative Divisions

Informative votes are thematically related to a policy, but do not count towards the overall score.

motion date person vote party alignment policy direction policy aligned
School Standards and Framework Bill — Exemption from strict class size limits — rejected 1998-03-11 no 100% agree not aligned
School Standards and Framework Bill — Grant Maintained Schools (Parental Ballot) — rejected 1998-03-11 no 100% agree not aligned
School Standards and Framework Bill — End Partial Selection of Pupils — rejected 1998-03-24 absent na against na
School Standards and Framework Bill — Abolition of corporal punishment in schools 1998-03-24 absent na against na
Education Bill — No requirements of attendance at a place of religious worship — rejected 2002-02-06 no 85% against aligned
Education Bill — No requirements of attendance at a place of religious worship (No. 2) — rejected 2002-02-06 no 87% against aligned
Education Bill — Abolish selection by aptitude in state schools — rejected 2002-02-06 no 94% against aligned
Education Bill — Lords Amendment on Academies' Admissions Arrangements 2002-07-15 absent na against na
Education and Inspections Bill — Acceptance of school rules a condition of admission — rejected 2006-05-23 no 100% agree not aligned
Education and Inspections Bill — Regulate schools' admissions policies — rejected 2006-05-24 no 89% against aligned
Education and Inspections Bill — End selection by ability — rejected 2006-05-24 no 80% against aligned
Education and Inspections Bill — Requirement "to have regard to" the Secretary of State's Code for School Admissions — rejected 2006-05-24 no 100% agree not aligned