ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES
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PART I |
| MEASURES TO RAISE STANDARDS OF SCHOOL EDUCATION |
| CHAPTER I |
| LIMITS ON INFANT CLASS SIZES |
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| 1. | Power to set limits on infant class sizes. |
| 2. | Plans by LEAs for reducing infant class sizes. |
| 3. | Payment of grant in connection with reductions in infant class sizes. |
| 4. | Interpretation of Chapter I.
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CHAPTER II |
| GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES |
| Duty to promote high standards of education |
| 5. | Duty of LEAs to promote high standards in primary and secondary education.
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Education development plans |
| 6. | Preparation of education development plans. |
| 7. | Approval, modification and review of statement of proposals.
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Intervention by Secretary of State |
| 8. | Reserve power of Secretary of State to secure proper performance of LEA's functions.
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Parent representatives on education committees |
| 9. | Education committees to include parent representatives.
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CHAPTER III |
| EDUCATION ACTION ZONES |
| 10. | Establishment of education action zones. |
| 11. | Establishment of Education Action Forum for zone. |
| 12. | Functions of Education Action Forum. |
| 13. | Disapplication of pay and conditions order in relation to teachers at participating schools.
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CHAPTER IV |
| INTERVENTION IN SCHOOLS CAUSING CONCERN |
| Intervention by LEAs |
| 14. | Powers of intervention exercisable by LEAs. |
| 15. | Cases where LEA may exercise powers of intervention. |
| 16. | Power of LEA to appoint additional governors. |
| 17. | Power of LEA to suspend right to delegated budget.
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Intervention by Secretary of State |
| 18. | Power of Secretary of State to appoint additional governors. |
| 19. | Power of Secretary of State to direct closure of school.
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PART II |
| NEW FRAMEWORK FOR MAINTAINED SCHOOLS |
| CHAPTER I |
| INTRODUCTORY |
| The new categories of schools |
| 20. | New categories of maintained schools. |
| 21. | Kinds of foundation and voluntary schools and types of foundations. |
| 22. | Maintenance and other funding of schools.
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New arrangements for organisation of schools |
| 23. | School organisation committees. |
| 24. | Adjudicators. |
| 25. | School organisation plans. |
| 26. | Power to require committees or adjudicators for Wales.
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CHAPTER II |
| ESTABLISHMENT, ALTERATION OR DISCONTINUANCE OF SCHOOLS |
| Mainstream schools maintained by LEAs |
| 27. | Proposals for establishment or alteration of community, foundation or voluntary school. |
| 28. | Proposals for discontinuance of community, foundation, voluntary or maintained nursery school. |
| 29. | Notice by governing body to discontinue foundation or voluntary school.
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Special schools maintained by LEAs |
| 30. | Proposals for establishment, alteration or discontinuance of community or foundation special school. |
| 31. | Direction requiring discontinuance of community or foundation special school.
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Supplementary provisions |
| 32. | Provisions supplementary to sections 27 to 31.
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Rationalisation of school places |
| 33. | Rationalisation of school places.
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Change of category of school |
| 34. | School changing from one category to another.
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CHAPTER III |
| GOVERNMENT OF MAINTAINED SCHOOLS |
| Governing bodies |
| 35. | Governing bodies.
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Instruments of government |
| 36. | Instruments of government.
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Functions of governing body |
| 37. | General responsibility of governing body for conduct of school. |
| 38. | Additional functions of governing body.
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Control of school premises |
| 39. | Control of use of school premises by governing body.
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Fixing of school holidays and times of sessions |
| 40. | Responsibility for fixing dates of terms and holidays and times of sessions.
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Reports and parents' meetings |
| 41. | Governors' reports and other information. |
| 42. | Annual parents' meetings.
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CHAPTER IV |
| FINANCING OF MAINTAINED SCHOOLS |
| Budgetary framework |
| 43. | Maintained schools to have budget shares. |
| 44. | Determination of LEA's general schools budget and aggregated schools budget. |
| 45. | Determination of school's budget share.
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Local education authority schemes |
| 46. | LEAs' financial schemes.
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Financial delegation |
| 47. | Maintained schools to have delegated budgets. |
| 48. | Effect of financial delegation.
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Suspension of financial delegation |
| 49. | Suspension of financial delegation for mismanagement etc.
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Information |
| 50. | Financial statements. |
| 51. | Certification of statements by Audit Commission.
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CHAPTER V |
| STAFFING AND CONDUCT OF SCHOOLS |
| Staffing of schools |
| 52. | Staffing of community, voluntary controlled and community special schools. |
| 53. | Staffing of foundation, voluntary aided and foundation special schools. |
| 54. | Staffing for non-school activities. |
| 55. | Payments in respect of dismissal, etc.
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Appointment and dismissal of teachers of religious education |
| 56. | Appointment and dismissal of certain teachers at schools with a religious character.
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Religious opinions etc. of staff |
| 57. | Staff at community, secular foundation or voluntary, or special school. |
| 58. | Staff at foundation or voluntary school with religious character.
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Discipline: general |
| 59. | Responsibility of governing body and head teacher for discipline. |
| 60. | LEA's reserve power to prevent a breakdown of discipline.
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Exclusion of pupils |
| 61. | Power of head teacher to exclude pupils. |
| 62. | Exclusion of pupils: duty to inform parents, etc. |
| 63. | Functions of governing body in relation to excluded pupils. |
| 64. | Appeals against exclusion of pupils.
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CHAPTER VI |
| RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND WORSHIP |
| Religious education |
| 65. | Duty to secure due provision of religious education.
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Religious worship |
| 66. | Requirements relating to collective worship.
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Exceptions and special arrangements etc. |
| 67. | Exceptions and special arrangements; provision for special schools.
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CHAPTER VII |
| MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL |
| Provision for new schools |
| 68. | Provision for new schools.
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Transfer of staff and land |
| 69. | Transfer of staff on appointed day. |
| 70. | Transfer of land on appointed day.
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Disposals of land |
| 71. | Foundation, voluntary and foundation special schools: disposal of land and discontinuance.
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Further education |
| 72. | Provision of further education.
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Modification of employment law |
| 73. | Application of employment law during financial delegation.
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Supplementary provisions |
| 74. | Modification of trust deeds. |
| 75. | Modification of provisions making governors of foundation or voluntary school ex officio trustees.
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PART III |
| SCHOOL ADMISSIONS |
| CHAPTER I |
| ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS |
| Code of Practice |
| 76. | Code of Practice. |
| 77. | Making and approval of code of practice.
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Parental preferences |
| 78. | Parental preferences. |
| 79. | No requirement to admit children permanently excluded from two or more schools.
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Admission arrangements |
| 80. | Admission authorities and admission arrangements. |
| 81. | Procedure for determining admission arrangements. |
| 82. | Reference of objections to adjudicator or Secretary of State. |
| 83. | Special arrangements to preserve religious character of foundation or voluntary aided school. |
| 84. | Publication of information about admissions.
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Admission numbers |
| 85. | Fixing admission numbers.
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Admission appeals |
| 86. | Appeal arrangements. |
| 87. | Appeals relating to children to whom section 79 applies.
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Power to direct admission of child to school |
| 88. | Direction to admit child to specified school. |
| 89. | Procedure for giving direction under section 88.
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Nursery and special schools, etc. |
| 90. | Admission for nursery education or to nursery or special school.
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CHAPTER II |
| SELECTION OF PUPILS |
| Partial selection |
| 91. | General restriction on selection by ability or aptitude. |
| 92. | Permitted selection: pre-existing arrangements. |
| 93. | Permitted selection: pupil banding. |
| 94. | Permitted selection: aptitude for particular subjects. |
| 95. | Permitted selection: variation or abandonment etc. of arrangements.
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Grammar schools |
| 96. | Designation of grammar schools. |
| 97. | Procedure for deciding whether grammar schools should retain selective admission arrangements. |
| 98. | Implementation of decision that school should cease to have selective admission arrangements. |
| 99. | Proposals by governing body of grammar school to end selective admission arrangements.
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PART IV |
| OTHER PROVISIONS ABOUT SCHOOL EDUCATION |
| Home-school agreements |
| 100. | Home-school agreements. |
| 101. | Supplementary provisions about home-school agreements.
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Extension of educational opportunities for Key Stage 4 pupils |
| 102. | Extended work experience for Key Stage 4 pupils. |
| 103. | Provision of secondary education for Key Stage 4 pupils by FE institutions.
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School meals |
| 104. | Nutritional standards for school lunches. |
| 105. | Extension of LEA functions concerning school lunches, etc. |
| 106. | Transfer of LEA functions concerning school lunches etc. to governing bodies.
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PART V |
| NURSERY EDUCATION |
| Nursery education |
| 107. | Definition of nursery education.
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General duty of local education authority |
| 108. | Duty of local education authority as respects availability of nursery education.
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Early years development partnerships |
| 109. | Early years development partnerships.
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Early years development plans |
| 110. | Early years development plans. |
| 111. | Approval, modification and review of statement of proposals.
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Inspection of nursery education |
| 112. | Inspection of nursery education.
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Further provisions relating to nursery education |
| 113. | Children with special educational needs. |
| 114. | No right to give corporal punishment to nursery pupils.
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PART VI |
| PARTNERSHIP ARRANGEMENTS IN WALES |
| 115. | Partnership arrangements to secure provision of certain further education in Wales. |
| 116. | Provisions relating to education provided under partnership arrangements.
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PART VII |
| MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL |
| Code of practice for local education authorities and maintained schools |
| 117. | Code of practice for securing effective relationships between LEAs and maintained schools.
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Restrictions on financial assistance to non-maintained schools |
| 118. | Restrictions on financial assistance to non-maintained schools.
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The funding authorities |
| 119. | Dissolution of Funding Agency for Schools. |
| 120. | Removal of power to establish Schools Funding Council for Wales.
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School and nursery inspections |
| 121. | Publication of inspection reports. |
| 122. | Miscellaneous amendments relating to school and nursery inspections.
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Education Assets Board |
| 123. | Change of name of Education Assets Board.
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Supplementary |
| 124. | Orders and regulations. |
| 125. | Financial provisions. |
| 126. | Minor and consequential amendments and repeals. |
| 127. | General interpretation. |
| 128. | Index. |
| 129. | Transitional provisions etc. |
| 130. | Short title, commencement and extent. |
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SCHEDULES
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| Schedule 1 | - | Provisions relating to an Education Action Forum. |
| Schedule 2 | - | Allocation of existing schools to new categories. |
| Schedule 3 | - | Funding of foundation, voluntary and foundation special schools. |
| Part I | - | Foundation, voluntary controlled and foundation special schools. |
| Part II | - | Voluntary aided schools. |
| Part III | - | Foundation, voluntary and foundation special schools: common provisions. |
| Schedule 4 | - | School organisation committees. |
| Schedule 5 | - | Adjudicators. |
| Schedule 6 | - | Statutory proposals: procedure and implementation. |
| Part I | - | Procedure for dealing with statutory proposals: England. |
| Part II | - | Procedure for dealing with statutory proposals: Wales. |
| Part III | - | Manner of implementation of statutory proposals. |
| Part IV | - | Provision of premises and other assistance. |
| Part V | - | Transitional exemption orders for purposes of Sex Discrimination Act 1975. |
| Schedule 7 | - | Rationalisation of school places. |
| Part I | - | Introductory. |
| Part II | - | Directions to bring forward proposals. |
| Part III | - | Proposals by Secretary of State. |
| Part IV | - | Procedure for dealing with proposals under paragraph 5: England. |
| Part V | - | Procedure for dealing with proposals under paragraph 5: Wales. |
| Part VI | - | Transitional exemption orders for purposes of Sex Discrimination Act 1975. |
| Schedule 8 | - | Changes of category of school. |
| Schedule 9 | - | Constitution of governing bodies. |
| Part I | - | Categories of governor. |
| Part II | - | Constitution of governing bodies. |
| Schedule 10 | - | Incorporation of governing bodies. |
| Schedule 11 | - | Membership and proceedings etc. of governing bodies. |
| Part I | - | Membership and proceedings. |
| Part II | - | Other provisions about governors. |
| Part III | - | Clerk to the governing body. |
| Schedule 12 | - | Instruments of government. |
| Schedule 13 | - | Control of school premises by governing bodies. |
| Schedule 14 | - | Local education authority schemes: Approval, imposition and revision. |
| Schedule 15 | - | Suspension of financial delegation. |
| Schedule 16 | - | Staffing of community, voluntary controlled and community special schools. |
| Schedule 17 | - | Staffing of foundation, voluntary aided and foundation special schools. |
| Schedule 18 | - | Appeals against exclusion of pupils. |
| Schedule 19 | - | Required provision for religious education. |
| Schedule 20 | - | Collective worship. |
| Schedule 21 | - | Transfers of land on appointed day. |
| Part I | - | General provisions. |
| Part II | - | Rules relating to transfers. |
| Part III | - | Property excluded from transfers. |
| Schedule 22 | - | Foundation, voluntary and foundation special schools: Disposal of land and discontinuance. |
| Part I | - | Foundation, voluntary and foundation special schools: Disposal of land. |
| Part II | - | Foundation, voluntary and foundation special schools: Discontinuance. |
| Part III | - | Interpretation. |
| Schedule 23 | - | Determination, variation and review of standard numbers. |
| Part I | - | Determination of standard numbers. |
| Part II | - | Variation of standard numbers: England. |
| Part III | - | Variation of standard numbers: Wales. |
| Part IV | - | Review of standard numbers. |
| Schedule 24 | - | Admission appeals. |
| Part I | - | Constitution of appeal panels. |
| Part II | - | Procedure. |
| Schedule 25 | - | Children to whom section 79 applies: appeals by governing bodies. |
| Schedule 26 | - | Inspection of nursery education. |
| Schedule 27 | - | Further provision about partnership arrangements in Wales. |
| Schedule 28 | - | Amendments relating to school and nursery inspections. |
| Part I | - | School Inspections. |
| Part II | - | Nursery inspections. |
| Schedule 29 | - | Minor and consequential amendments. |
| Schedule 30 | - | Repeals. |
| Schedule 31 | - | Transitional provisions and savings. |
| Part I | - | Funding. |
| Part II | - | Other provisions. |
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