116DPupils' choices of local curriculum courses

1

A registered pupil of a maintained secondary school has the right to elect to follow, during the fourth key stage, a course or courses of study included within the local curriculum for the pupil’s school. But this is subject to regulations made under subsection (2).

2

Regulations may make provision as to the making of elections under this section, including in particular provision—

a

specifying the maximum number of courses of study of a particular type that a pupil has the right to elect to follow;

b

identifying points to be allotted to courses of study and preventing a pupil from having the right to elect to follow a combination of courses of study if their aggregate points exceed a specified amount;

c

as to the period during which elections are to be made.