Education secretary Gillian Keegan said she “remains committed” to the aims of the schools bill – despite ditching plans to legislate in the near-future.
The minister announced the controversial schools bill “will not progress in the third session” of parliament. This means it has been all but ditched in its current form.
However, officials still plan to prioritise pushing through legislation for some “priority” proposals in separate bills, as first revealed in October by Schools Week.
Keegan told education committee MPs today that the Department for Education “remains committed to the objectives” that underpinned the schools bill.
“We will be prioritising some aspects … of the bill as well to see what we can do.”
