Major schools shake-up to be announced TOMORROW in Queen’s Speech – everything you need to know
A MAJOR schools shake-up will be formally announced tomorrow to crack down on kids missing classes.
The Queen's Speech will include a requirement for teachers to publish an attendance plan on their website to get rates up.
Separately a national register will also be created of children not in full-time education or who are homeschooled.
It will be a private list so the Department for Education will be able to keep tabs on kids not in schools.
Local authorities will be shouldered with a new "duty" to support home-schooled kids so "no child falls through the cracks".
The Schools Bill will also pave the way for more schools to become academies which ministers claim improves learning.
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Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said: "Schools’ approach to attendance is being overhauled to make sure every child gets the benefit of every possible hour in the classroom."
Boris Johnson added: "I want every parent across the country to know that their child’s education is at the very heart of this government’s agenda.
"We are determined to raise standards in our schools so every child has access to the same opportunities wherever they live, and our brilliant teachers are supported to do what they do best, which is why we’re putting our education ambition into law this week."
QUEEN'S SPEECH
Tomorrow Her Majesty is set to deliver the annual Queen's Speech, which sets out the government's legislative agenda for the new Parliament.
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The Queen, 95, is due to make a last-minute decision on whether she will attend the State Opening of Parliament, with Prince Charles set to step in if she is unable to.
Her Majesty has missed only two state openings — in 1959 and 1963 when she was pregnant with the future princes Andrew and Edward.
Although the monarch reads the speech in the House of Lords, it is actually written by Downing Street and includes a raft of bills.
Some of the contents is always trailed in advance - here's what else we can expect to be included so far:
Brexit bonanza
Ministers want to rip up hundreds of bits of EU red tape still embedded in UK law two years after Brexit.
New measures in the Brexit Freedoms Bill will let the government axe remaining Brussels regs without a full vote in Parliament.
Jacob Rees-Mogg has asked Sun readers to write to him with annoying EU laws they would like to see binned.
Bill of rights
A package of measures to wrestle powers from EU judges will be introduced.
Dominic Raab told The Sun on Sunday the legislation would make it easier to deport more foreign criminals.
He vowed to also kick back against creeping privacy laws threatening to freedom of speech.
Media overhaul
Nadine Dorries' controversial plan to privatise Channel 4 is expected to be included in legislation.
Votes for homes
Residents will be given a say over any new regeneration in their communities to strip powers away from greedy developers.
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There will also be requirement for owners of empty properties to rent them out.
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Rights for renters
Ministers will scrap "no fault evictions" that leave renters vulnerable to unscrupulous landlords.
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