Lead member
Lord O'Donnell
Crossbench, Life peer
Lords
Decision
No decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Amendment text
After Clause 62
insert the following new Clause—
“Establishment of a national children’s wellbeing measurement programme
(1)
The Secretary of State must establish a national children’s wellbeing measurement programme.
(2)
A programme established under this section must—
(a)
conduct an annual online national survey of the wellbeing of children in relevant schools in England;
(b)
provide central analysis of data and support for schools in the administration of the survey;
(c)
make provision for school, parental and student consent to participation in the survey, ensuring that participation is voluntary and that results are handled confidentially;
(d)
regularly publish the results of the survey and provide relevant data to participating schools, local authorities and other public bodies for the purposes of improving children’s wellbeing.
(3)
For the purposes of this section, “wellbeing” includes the drivers of wellbeing, including nutrition, physical activity, participation in arts, culture and entertainment and any other factors the Secretary of State deems relevant.
(4)
For the purposes of this section, “relevant schools” includes academy schools, alternative provision, maintained schools, non-maintained special schools, independent schools, and pupil referral units.”