The Education Reform(Northern Ireland) Order 1989

Duties with respect to requirements of this Part

11.—(1) In relation to any grant-aided school and any school year, it shall be the duty of the Board of Governors to exercise its functions with a view to securing and the duty of the principal to secure—

(a) that religious education is given in accordance with the provision for such education included in the school’s curriculum by virtue of Article 5(1)(a);

(b) that the listed contributory subjects within each area of study are taught as required by the school’s curriculum as subsisting at the beginning of that year;

(c) that the compulsory contributory subjects within each area of study are assessed as required by Article 6(3);

(d) that Article 9 is not contravened; and

(e) where the school is a secondary school, that Article 5(5) is not contravened.

(2) In relation to any grant-aided school and any time before the coming into operation as respects any pupils at the school of an order under Article 7(1)(a) specifying attainment targets and programmes of study in relation to a particular compulsory contributory subject and those pupils, it shall be the duty of the Board of Governors to exercise its functions with a view to securing and the duty of theprincipal to secure that that subject is taught to those pupils for a reasonable time.

(3) It shall be the duty of—

(a) the Department and the boards in relation to all grant-aided schools;

(b) the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools in relation to Catholic maintained schools,

to exercise their functions with a view to ensuring that the Boards of Governors and principals of grant-aided schools are in a position to fulfil their duties under this Part.