(1)Subject to section 383, this section applies in relation to a grant-maintained school which was a controlled school immediately before it became grant-maintained.
(2)The provision for religious education for pupils at the school which is required by section 352(1)(a) to be included in the school’s basic curriculum is provision for religious education—
(a)in accordance with any arrangements made under subsection (3), or
(b)subject to any such arrangements, in accordance with the appropriate agreed syllabus.
(3)Where the parents of any pupils at the school have requested (whether before or after the school became grant-maintained) that the pupils may receive religious education—
(a)in accordance with any provisions of the trust deed relating to the school, or
(b)where provision for that purpose is not made by such a deed, in accordance with the practice observed in the school before it became a grant-maintained school,
the foundation governors shall (unless they are satisfied that because of any special circumstances it would be unreasonable to do so) make arrangements for securing that such religious education is given to those pupils in the school during not more than two periods in each week.