Education Bill

70A: Clause 36, page 34, leave out line 20 and insert— ““(1) Where a new school is to be established there should be local determination as to the appropriate category of new school, based on a local assessment of need and local consultation, including with parents and the local authority. (2) The category of the new school shall not be presumed prior to the assessment of need and consultation with parents in subsection (1). (3) The Secretary of State shall not provide a funding incentive which supports one category of school over another.””