PART 2CURRICULUM IN MAINTAINED SCHOOLS, MAINTAINED NURSERY SCHOOLS AND FUNDED NON-MAINTAINED NURSERY EDUCATION

CHAPTER 3CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION

Maintained schools and maintained nursery schools

32Power to disapply duty to implement pupil choice: supplementary

1

A head teacher who makes a determination under section 31 must give the information described in subsection (2) to—

a

the pupil to whom the determination relates, and

b

the pupil's parent.

2

The information is—

a

the fact that the determination has been made,

b

the effect of the determination,

c

the head teacher's reasons for making the determination,

d

information about the teaching and learning that will be secured for the pupil in place of the teaching and learning in respect of which the determination has been made, and

e

information about the right to request a review, or make an appeal, under section 33.

3

The information must be given in writing.

4

The duty in subsection (1)(a) does not apply if the head teacher considers that the pupil in question does not have the capacity to understand—

a

the information that would be given, or

b

what it means to exercise the rights conferred by section 33.

5

Regulations may make further provision in connection with determinations under section 31.