Education (No. 2) Act 1986

PART IIntroductory

1Instruments of government and articles of government

2Procedure in relation to making etc. of instruments and articles

PART IISchool Government

Governing bodies

3Governing bodies for county, controlled and maintained special schools

4Governing bodies for aided and special agreement schools

5Appointment of parent governors by governing body

6Connection with local business community

7Appointment of representative governors in place of co-opted governors

8Governors' proceedings and tenure of office

Grouping of schools

9Grouping of schools under single governing body

10Requirements as to consent to grouping

11Review of constitution of governing bodies of county, controlled and maintained special schools

Temporary governing bodies

12Temporary governing bodies for new schools

Miscellaneous and supplemental

13Effect of change of circumstances on instrument of government

14Adjustment in number of governors

15Miscellaneous

PART IIIOrganisation and Functions

16General responsibility for conduct of certain schools

School curriculum

17Duty of local education authority to state policy

18County, controlled and maintained special schools

19Aided and special agreement schools

20Information for parents

School terms etc.

21Terms, sessions and holidays

22Discipline: general duties

23Exclusion of pupils: duty to inform parents etc.

24Reinstatement of excluded pupils: county controlled and maintained special schools

25Reinstatement of excluded pupils: aided and special agreement schools

27Additional provision for appeals

28Local education authority's reserve power

Reports and meetings

30Governors' annual report to parents

31Annual parents' meeting

32Reports by governing body and head teacher

Appointment and dismissal of staff

34Determination of staff complement for schools

35Appointment and dismissal of staff: introductory

36The selection panel

37Appointment of head teacher

38Appointment of certain other staff

39Appointment of deputy head teacher

40Appointment and dismissal of clerk to governing body

41Dismissal, etc. of staff

School premises

42School premises

PART IVMiscellaneous

43Freedom of speech in universities, polytechnics and colleges

44Political indoctrination

45Duty to secure balanced treatment of political issues

46Sex education

47Abolition of corporal punishment

48Abolition of corporal punishment: Scotland

49Appraisal of performance of teachers

50Grants for teacher training, etc.

52Recoupment: cross-border provisions

53School transport

54Change of status of controlled school to aided school

55Compensation payable by governing body on change from controlled to aided status

56Reports to Secretary of State

57Information and training for governors

58Travelling and subsistence allowances for governors of schools and establishments of further education

59Repeal of section 4 of 1944 Act

60Discontinuance of Secretary of State's duty to make annual reports

61Minimum age for governors of establishments of further education

62Access to papers etc. of governing bodies

PART VSupplemental

63Orders and regulations

65Interpretation

67Short title etc.

SCHEDULE 1Grouped Schools

1(1) In this Schedule— "group" means two or more schools...

Procedure in relation to making etc. of instrument of government

2(1) Before making an order under section 1 of this...

Election of parent and teacher governors

3The instrument of government for any group—

Governors' annual report to parents

4(1) In discharging their duty to prepare governors' reports ;...

Annual parents' meeting

5(1) In discharging their duty to hold an annual parents'...

SCHEDULE 2New Schools

1In this Schedule— "arrangement" means (except in paragraph 2(2)(b) or...

Constitution of temporary governing body

2(1) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, every temporary...

PART IISchool Government

Transition from temporary governing body to governing body

3(1) The requirement for there to be an instrument of...

4(1) Before making any order under section 1 of this...

Duration of arrangement for temporary governing body

5(1) Every arrangement shall (if it has not been brought...

Composition of temporary governing body

6(1) No local education authority shall make an arrangement in...

Appointment of temporary parent and teacher governors

7(1) The temporary parent governors for a new school shall,...

Temporary teacher governors

8(1) Subject to paragraph 7(2) above, the temporary teacher governors...

Duty to appoint suitably experienced members

9(1) Any person appointing a person as a temporary governor...

Proceedings etc.

10(1) The proceedings of a temporary governing body shall not...

11(1) The qualification of any person for appointment as a...

PART IIIOrganisation and Functions

12(1) The requirement for there to be articles of government...

Reports and information to be provided by temporary governing body

13(1) Every temporary governing body shall furnish to the local...

Head teacher's reports

14(1) The head teacher of any new school for which...

Preparation of curriculum

15(1) The head teacher of any new school for which...

School terms etc.

16Pending the coming into force of the articles of government...

17Pending the coming into force of the articles of government...

18Where a temporary governing body have been constituted for any...

Admission of pupils

19(1) The initial arrangements for the admission of pupils to...

Appointment of staff etc. at new aided schools

20(1) For the purposes of the appointment and dismissal of...

Determination of staff complement

21(1) Where a temporary governing body have been constituted for...

The selection panel

22(1) Whenever a selection panel is required by virtue of...

Appointment of head teacher and acting head teacher

23(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below, the same...

Appointment of certain other staff

24(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, the same provision shall...

Appointment of deputy head teacher

25Where a temporary governing body have been constituted for a...

Appointment of clerk to temporary governing body

26(1) Where a temporary governing body have been constituted for...

PART IVMiscellaneous

Travelling and subsistence allowances etc.

27Section 58 of this Act shall apply in relation to...

Expenses of temporary governing bodies, etc.

28Where a temporary governing body are constituted for a new...

Powers of Secretary of State

29For the purposes of the following provisions of the 1944...

Provision of information for temporary governing bodies

30(1) Every local education authority shall secure that the temporary...

SCHEDULE 3Exclusion on Discipline Grounds : Appeals

1The articles of government for every county, controlled and maintained...

2The articles of government for every aided and special agreement...

3(1) Where, in accordance with any provision of the articles...

4Part I of Schedule 2 of the 1980 Act (constitution...

5The Secretary of State may by order amend this Schedule....

6An appeal shall be by notice in writing setting out...

7On an appeal by a pupil or parent, the appeal...

8On an appeal by a governing body, the appeal committee-...

9The body responsible for making any arrangements under section 26...

10In considering any appeal, the appeal committee shall take into...

11In the event of a disagreement between the members of...

12The decision of an appeal committee and the grounds on...

13All appeals shall be heard in private except when otherwise...

14Two or more appeals may be combined and dealt with...

15Subject to the preceding provisions of this Schedule, all matters...

16In this Schedule references to appeals are to appeals under...

SCHEDULE 4Consequential Amendments

The Education Act 1944 (c.31)

1In section 15(2) of the Education Act 1944 (change of...

2In section 22 of that Act, for subsection (4) (appointment...

The Education Act 1962 (c.12)

3In section 4(5) of the Education Act 1962 (meaning of...

The Education (No.. 2) Act 1968 (c.37)

4In section 3(3) of the Education (No. 2) Act 1968...

The Local Government Act 1974 (c.7)

5In paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government...

The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c.65)

6In section 51 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (acts...

The Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c.65)

7In paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 10 to the Local Government...

SCHEDULE 5Transitional Provisions

Instruments of government for certain existing schools

1(1) Section 1 of this Act shall not require the...

2Where a local education authority propose to group two or...

Recommendations by outgoing governing bodies

3(1) The governing body for any county, controlled or maintained...

SCHEDULE 6Repeals and Revocations

PART IEnactments Repealed

PART IIInstruments Revoked

Education (No. 2) Act 1986

1986 Chapter 61

An Act to amend the law relating to education.

[7th November 1986]

Be it enactedby the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—