PART 2STANDARDS
CHAPTER 1INTERVENTION IN CONDUCT OF MAINTAINED SCHOOLS
Intervention by the Welsh Ministers
15Power of Welsh Ministers to direct federation of schools
1
This section applies if the Welsh Ministers have the power to intervene in the conduct of a maintained school (“the school causing concern”).
2
The Welsh Ministers may direct any of the following persons to provide for one or more of the arrangements set out in subsection (3)—
a
a local authority;
b
a governing body of a maintained school;
c
a governing body of a federation.
3
The arrangements are—
a
the federation of the school causing concern and one or more maintained schools;
b
the federation of the school causing concern and an existing federation;
c
the federation of the school causing concern and an existing federation and one or more maintained schools;
d
where the school causing concern is part of a federation, the federation of that federation and one or more maintained schools;
e
where the school causing concern is part of a federation, the federation of that federation and another existing federation;
f
where the school causing concern is part of a federation, the federation of that federation and an existing federation and one or more maintained schools;
g
where the school causing concern is part of a federation, for the school to leave that federation.
4
Before giving a direction under subsection (2), the Welsh Ministers must consult—
a
the local authority,
b
the governing bodies concerned, and
c
in the case of a foundation or voluntary school—
i
the person who appoints the foundation governors, and
ii
if the school has a religious character, the appropriate religious body.
5
In this section “federation” has the meaning given by section 21(1) of the Education (Wales) Measure 2011.