'Trust schools'
- every school to be able to become a foundation school, acquire a foundation and allow that foundation to appoint a majority of governors
- local authorities to continue to be able to propose community schools in competitions for new schools
- parents can complain about a school to Ofsted
- councils empowered to require a weak school to collaborate with another school or to work with a partner on school improvement.
Admissions
- existing ban on selection by ability reaffirmed
- ban on interviewing prospective pupils and their parents
- schools must "act in accordance" with the admissions code, rather than simply "have regard to" it
- local admissions forums can refer objections to the Schools Adjudicator and produce an annual report on fair access in their areas
- parents get council help in choosing a school
- free transport extended to help the poorest families
Meals, learning and discipline
- nutritional standards applied to school meals
- councils can offer free meals to all if they wish
- teenagers entitled to new vocational diplomas
- schools and colleges to collaborate in offering diplomas
- duty on councils to ensure all children achieve their potential
- all staff in schools get power to discipline misbehaving pupils even out of school
- detention can be imposed on weekends
- parenting contracts and orders are extended
- parents made responsible for excluded children
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