Motion as passed by conference
Submitted by: 11 members.
Mover: Callum Robertson.
Summation: Munira Wilson MP (Spokesperson for Education, Children and Young People).
Conference believes that:
Conference notes that:
Conference therefore calls on the Government to:
Applicability: England only.
Conference believes that:
Conference notes that:
Conference therefore calls on the Government to:
Applicability: England only.
Mover: 7 minutes; summation of motion and mover and summation of any amendments: 4 minutes; all other speakers: 3 minutes. For eligibility and procedure for speaking in this debate, see pages 110-111 of the agenda.
The deadline for amendments to this motion is 13.00 Monday 11 September. Those selected for debate will be printed in Conference Extra and Sunday’s Conference Daily. The deadline for requests for separate votes is 09.00 on Saturday 23 September.
The FCC has agreed to make the following drafting amendments to the motion:
In Line 4, after ‘academic’ insert 'and all other forms of’.
Delete B. (lines 14–15) and insert:
B. Between 2019 and mid-2023, 39 schools had fully or partly closed because they were unsafe. As of 31st August, over 140 more schools had to close one or more buildings due to the RAAC crisis.
After L. (line 49), insert:
M. Over one in five children are persistently absent from school, twice the proportion before the pandemic.
At end of 4. (line 90) insert: ‘and also developing vocational and practical courses in secondary schools’.
Submitted by: 10 members
Mover: Baroness Bonham-Carter (Lords Spokesperson for Culture, Media and Sport).
Summation: Jamie Stone MP (Spokesperson for Culture, Media and Sport).
After iii) (line 10), insert:
IV. Art subjects help children and young people to develop crucial creative and emotional skills, as well as preparing them for jobs in the thriving creative industries.”
After L. (line 49), insert:
M. The number of students taking arts and creative subjects at GCSE has fallen by 30% since 2015, and A Level entries have fallen by 15%.
After 10. (line 126), insert:
11. Include arts subjects in the English Baccalaureate and give power to Ofsted to monitor the curriculum so that schools continue to provide a rich curriculum including subjects like art, music or drama.
Submitted by: Ealing
Mover: Alistair Milton
Summation: to be announced.
After 10. (line 126), insert:
11. Support the education of children in temporary accommodation by extending Pupil Premium Plus funding to them.