I have experience over the years as a local authority representative and also a school governor, and I have come across all too many children whose parents do not even know that they do not have aspirations for their child. Particularly in deprived communities, many parents, and consequently their children, accept the lot they are given. They have a stoicism, and also a lack of understanding about how the systems work and how they could make things better. Because of that, they do not have the fortitude or understanding to pursue improvement for their own child, and in such a scenario who will look after the child's interests in respect of these independent academies?
Academies Bill [Lords]
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Ian Mearns
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 22 July 2010.
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and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Academies Bill [Lords].
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