Policy paper

Schools Bill: policy statements

Information explaining measures in the Schools Bill, which was introduced to Parliament in May 2022.

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

Faith protections: Schools Bill

Grammar schools: Schools Bill

Children not in school: Schools Bill

School attendance: Schools Bill

Teacher misconduct: Schools Bill

Details

These policy statements provide a description of each measure in the Schools Bill. They set out:

  • what the government aims to achieve through each measure
  • why we need the legislation
  • effects of the legislation
  • how the legislation will work in practice

The Schools Bill impact assessment is available.

Updates to this page

Published 12 May 2022
Last updated 13 June 2022 + show all updates
  1. Question on page 9 of Academy trust standards: Schools Bill document, 'Will you seek to mandate local governing bodies?' updated for clarification.

  2. Updated 11 attachments: 'Academy trust standards', 'Academy trust intervention', 'Faith protections', 'Grammar schools', 'National Funding Formula reforms', 'Children not in school', 'School Attendance', 'Independent educational institutions: registration requirements', 'Independent educational institutions: enforcement', 'Independent educational institutions: material change' and 'Teacher misconduct'. Updates reflect additional information in new sections concerning delegated powers, and minor edits to pre-published content.

  3. First published.

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