The Education Reform(Northern Ireland) Order 1989

Discipline in grant-aided schools

124.—(1) The scheme of management for every grant-aided school shall provide—

(a) for it to be the duty of the principal to determine measures (which may include the making of rules and provision for enforcing them) to be taken with a view to—

(i) promoting, among pupils, self-discipline and proper regard for authority;

(ii) encouraging good behaviour on the part of pupils;

(iii) securing that the standard of behaviour of pupils is acceptable; and

(iv) otherwise regulating the conduct of pupils;

(b) for it to be the duty of the principal, in determining any such measures—

(i) to act in accordance with any written statement of general principles provided for him by the Board of Governors; and

(ii) to have regard to any guidance that the Board of Governors may offer in relation to particular matters;

(c) for it to be the duty of the principal to prepare a written statement of such measures and to secure that—

(i) a copy of that statement is given (free of charge) to the parents of all registered pupils at the school; and

(ii) copies of that statement are available for inspection (at all reasonable times and free of charge) at the school;

(d) for the standard of behaviour which is to be regarded as acceptable at the school to be determined by the principal so far as it is not determined by the Board of Governors.

(2) In its application to a voluntary school referred to in Article 11(8) of the principal Order paragraph (1) shall have effect with the substitution for references to the Board of Governors of references to the person approved in relation to that school by the Department under the said Article 11(8).

(3) In its application to a technical secondary school conducted in association with an institution of further education, paragraph (1) shall have effect as if—

(a) any reference to the scheme of management for a school included a reference to the articles of government of the institution;

(b) any reference to the principal of a school included a reference to the principal of the institution; and

(c) any reference to the Board of Governors of a school included reference to the governing body of the institution.