PART IINTRODUCTORY

Title and commencement1

1

This Order may be cited as the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989.

2

Except as provided by paragraph (3), this Order shall come into operation on the expiration of two months from the date on which it is made.

3

The following provisions of this Order shall come into operation on such day or days as the Department may by order appointF1

  • Article 5(1)(b), (2), (4) and (5);

  • Article 6 and Schedule 2;

  • Article 8(1);

  • Article 9;

  • Article 11(1)(b) to (e) and (2);

  • Articles 18 to 28 and Schedule 3;

  • Article 34;

  • Part IV;

  • Article 54;

  • Article 56;

  • Article 57;

  • Articles 59 to 62;

  • Article 77(2) to (6);

  • Article 78;

  • Articles 102 to 104;

  • Article 113;

  • Article 119;

  • Articles 127 to 138;

  • Part IX and Schedule 8;

  • Article 156;

  • Article 159;

  • Article 166 and Schedule 9 so far as relating to—

    The Commissioner for Complaints Act (Northern Ireland) 1969F2;

    The Industrial Relations (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 1976F3;

    The following provisions of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986F4, namely, the definition of “grammar school” in Article 2(2) and Articles 4, 8(2), 10(5), 11(1), 33, 65, 69, 72, 79(2), 88(6), 103(1) and 116(1);

  • Article 167 and Schedule 10 so far as relating to—

    The Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968F5;

    The following provisions of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, namely, the definition of “intermediate school” in Article 2(2) and Articles 4, 8(1)(b) and (c), 24 to 26, 28, 56(1) and (4) to (6), 57(1), 68, 103(1), 117, Part IX, Schedule 2, paragraph 4 of Schedule 3, Schedule 14 and Schedule 17;

    The Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1987F6.

4

An order under paragraph (3) may—

a

make such transitional provision as appears to the Department to be necessary or expedient in connection with the provisions brought into operation by the order;

b

include such adaptations of the provisions which it brings into operation, or of any other provision of this Order then in operation, as appears to the Department necessary or expedient for the purpose or in consequence of the operation of any provision of this Order (including in particular, the provisions which the order brings into operation) before the coming into operation of any other provision.

Interpretation2

1

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954F7 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

2

In this Order “the principal Order” means the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986F8.

3

In any provision of this Order “the appointed day” means the day appointed under Article 1(3) for the coming into operation of that provision.

4

This Order shall be construed as one with the principal Order and accordingly Article 2(2) of that Order, in so far as it relates to the definition of words or expressions used in that Order and in this Order, shall apply for the purposes of this Order as it applies for the purposes of that Order.

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PART IIGENERAL DUTY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

General duty of the Department3 F9

It shall be the duty of the Department—

a

to promote the education of the people of Northern Ireland;

b

to secure the effective execution by boards and other bodies on which or persons on whom powers are conferred or duties imposed under the Education Orders of the Department's policy in relation to the provision of the education service.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
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certain functions transf. by SR 1999/481

F112F112PART IIITHE CURRICULUM

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)

Preliminary

Duties with respect to the curriculum4

1

It shall be the duty of the Board of Governors and principal of every grant‐aided school to exercise their functions as respects that school (including, in particular, the functions conferred on them by this Part) with a view to securing that the curriculum for the school satisfies the requirements of this Article.

2

The curriculum for a grant‐aided school satisfies the requirements of this Article if it is a balanced and broadly based curriculum which—

a

promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, intellectual and physical development of pupils at the school and thereby of society; and

b

prepares such pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.

Principal provisions

The curriculum5

1

The curriculum for every grant‐aided school shall—

a

include provision for religious education for all registered pupils at the school; and

b

in so far as it relates to registered pupils at the school of compulsory school age, meet the requirements of this Article and Article 6.

2

The curriculum for a grant‐aided school shall include the following areas of study—

a

English;

b

Mathematics;

c

Science and Technology;

d

the Environment and Society;

e

Creative and Expressive Studies;

f

Language Studies, in relation to—

i

schools which are Irish speaking; and

ii

the third and fourth key stages in other schools.

3

For the purposes of this Part the subjects which fall within each area of study listed in column 1 of Schedule 1 are—

a

the subjects listed against that area of study in column 2 of that Schedule; and

b

any other cognate subjects which appropriately fall to be taught within that area of study,

and the subjects falling within any area of study by virtue of sub‐paragraph (a) or (b) are referred to in this Part as the contributory subjects within that area of study and the subjects falling within any area of study by virtue of sub‐paragraph (a) are referred to in this Part as the listed contributory subjects within that area of study.

4

The curriculum for every grant‐aided school shall, in relation to each listed contributory subject which is taught to pupils at the school,—

a

include such attainment targets and programmes of study as are specified in relation to that subject and those pupils under Article 7(1)(a); and

b

require that the content of the teaching of that subject is consistent with those programmes of study and with the attainment by those pupils of those attainment targets.

5

The curriculum for every grant‐aided secondary school shall afford to all pupils in the third and fourth key stages the opportunity to be taught, within the area of study called Language Studies, one of the following listed contributory subjects, namely French, German, Italian or Spanish.

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For the purpose of this Part the key stages in relation to a pupil are as follows—

a

the period beginning with his becoming of compulsory school age and ending at the same time as the school year in which the majority of pupils in his class complete four school years in that key stage;

b

the period beginning at the same time as the next school year after the end of the first key stage and ending at the same time as the school year in which the majority of pupils in his class complete three school years in that key stage;

c

the period beginning at the same time as the next school year after the end of the second key stage and ending at the same time as the school year in which the majority of pupils in his class complete three school years in that key stage;

d

the period beginning at the same time as the next school year after the end of the third key stage and ending at the same time as he ceases to be of compulsory school age.

6A

In paragraph (6) “class”, in relation to a particular pupil and a particular subject, means the teaching group in which he is regularly taught that subject or, where there are two or more such groups, such one of them as may be designated by the principal of the school.

7

The Department may by order amend paragraphs (5) and (6) and Schedule 1.

8

Nothing in paragraph (2)(f) shall be taken to preclude the inclusion of Language Studies as an area of study in the curriculum of a grant‐aided school in relation to the first and second key stages.

9

In paragraphs (2) to (6) and Article 6—

a

references to the curriculum for a grant‐aided school are references to that curriculum so far as it relates to registered pupils at the school of compulsory school age; and

b

references to pupils at such a school are references to registered pupils at the school of compulsory school age.

Compulsory contributory subjects and compulsory assessment6

1

The curriculum for every grant‐aided school shall require each pupil at the school to be taught within each area of study the contributory subjects which in accordance with paragraph (2) are compulsory contributory subjects in relation to that pupil.

2

The compulsory contributory subjects within each area of study specified in column 1 of Schedule 2—

a

in relation to pupils in key stages 1 and 2, are those specified in column 2 of that Schedule;

b

in relation to pupils in key stage 3, are those specified in column 3 of that Schedule;

c

in relation to pupils in key stage 4, are those specified in column 4 of that ScheduleF11.

F123

Subject to paragraph (4), the curriculum for every grant‐aided school shall require each pupil at the school to be assessed in each of his compulsory contributory subjects in accordance with such assessment arrangements as are specified in relation to that subject and that pupil under Article 7(1)(b).

4

Paragraph (3) does not apply to any compulsory contributory subjects which are within the area of study called Creative and Expressive Studies.

F135

For ease of reference, in Schedule 2 an “(A)” is placed after each entry relating to a compulsory contributory subject in which pupils are required under paragraph (3) to be assessed.

6

The Department may by order amend Schedule 2F11.

Attainment targets, programmes of study and assessment arrangements7

1

The Department may by order specify—

a

in relation to a listed contributory subject—

i

such attainment targets; and

ii

such programmes of study,

as it considers appropriate for that subject; and

b

in relation to a compulsory contributory subject in which pupils are required under Article 6(3) to be assessed, such assessment arrangements as it considers appropriate for that subject.

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It shall be the duty of the Department so to exercise the powers conferred by paragraph (1) as—

a

to set in place as soon as is practicableF15 in relation to key stages 1, 2 and 3

i

attainment targets and programmes of study in relation to all the compulsory contributory subjects;

ii

assessment arrangements in relation to all the compulsory contributory subjects in which pupils are required under Article 6(3) to be assessed;

F15aa

to set in place as soon as is practicable in relation to key stage 4—

i

programmes of study in relation to all the compulsory contributory subjects;

ii

assessment arrangements in relation to all the compulsory contributory subjects in which pupils are required under Article 6(3) to be assessed;

b

to revise any existing attainment targets, programmes of study or assessment arrangements whenever it considers it necessary or appropriate to do so.

3

In this Part—

a

“attainment targets” means the knowledge, skills and understanding which pupils of different abilities and maturities are expected to have by the end of each key stage;

b

“programmes of study” means the matters, skills and processes which are required to be taught to pupils of different abilities and maturities during each key stage;

c

F15“assessment arrangements”

i

in relation to subjects taught to pupils in key stage 1,2 or 3, means the arrangements for assessing pupils at or near the end of each key stage for the purpose of ascertaining what they have achieved in relation to the attainment targets for that key stage;

ii

in relation to subjects taught to pupils in key stage 4, means the arrangements for assessing pupils at or near the end of key stage 4 for the purpose of ascertaining what they have achieved in that key stage.

4

An order made under paragraph (1) may not require—

a

that any particular period or periods of time should be allocated during any key stage to the teaching of any programme of study or any matter, skill or process forming part of it; or

b

that provision of any particular kind should be made in school timetables for the periods to be allocated to such teaching during any such stage.

F165

An order under paragraph (1)(a) may, instead of containing the provisions to be made, refer to provisions in a document published as specified in the order and direct that those provisions are to have effect or, as the case may be, are to have effect as amended by the order.

F176

An order under paragraph (1)(b) may, instead of containing the provision to be made, refer to provisions in an approved document and direct that those provisions are to have effect or, as the case may be, are to have effect as amended by the order.

7

In paragraph (6) “approved document” means a document which has been—

a

prepared by the Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment ( “the Council”);

b

approved by the Department; and

c

published by the Council.

8

It shall be the duty of the Council to send to the Board of Governors of every grant-aided school which appears to the Council to be affected a copy of every document published by it under paragraph (7)(c).

9

An order under paragraph (1)(b) may impose such duties on the Boards of Governors and principals of grant-aided schools as appear to the Department to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of implementing the assessment arrangements specified by the order.

Educational themes8

1

The curriculum for a grant‐aided school shall not, in so far as it relates to pupils of compulsory school age, be taken to satisfy the requirements of Article 4(2) unless it promotes, wholly or mainly through the teaching of the contributory subjects and religious education, the attainment of the objectives of the following educational themes, namely—

a

Information Technology;

b

Education for Mutual Understanding;

c

Cultural Heritage;

d

Health Education;

e

in relation to the third and fourth key stages, Economic Awareness;

f

in relation to the third and fourth key stages, Careers Education.

2

The Department may by order specify in relation to each educational theme mentioned in paragraph (1) such objectives as it considers appropriate for that educational theme.

3

It shall be the duty of the Department so to exercise the powers conferred by paragraph (2) as—

a

to set objectives in place as soon as is practicable in relation to each of the educational themes mentioned in paragraph (1); and

b

to revise any existing objectives whenever it considers it necessary or expedient to do so.

4

Paragraphs (4) and (5) of Article 7 shall apply to an order under paragraph (2) as they apply to an order underF18 paragraph (1)(a) of that Article.

5

The Department may by order amend the list of educational themes in paragraph (1).

Art. 9 rep. by 1998 NI 13

Determination of curriculum policy and of curriculum10

1

The scheme of management for every grant‐aided school shall provide for it to be the duty of the Board of Governors—

a

to determine, and keep under review, its policy in relation to the curriculum for the school; and

b

to make, and keep up to date, a written statement of that policy.

2

The policy determined by a Board of Governors under paragraph (1)(a) in relation to the curriculum for a school shall be compatible with—

a

any programme of study specified under Article 7(1)(a) which forms part of that curriculum;

b

any syllabus for a course which forms part of that curriculum and leads to an examination for a qualification approved underF19 Article 81 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998; and

c

the statutory provisions relating to education (including, in particular, those relating to children with special educational needs).

3

In discharging its duty under paragraph (1), a Board of Governors shall consider, in particular—

a

the range of the curriculum; and

b

the balance between, and coherence of, its different components.

4

The scheme of management for every grant‐aided school shall provide for it to be the duty of the Board of Governors—

a

when determining or reviewing its policy in relation to the curriculum for the school—

i

to take account of the findings of any inspection of the school under Article 102 of the principal Order;

ii

to consider any representations made to it regarding the curriculum by the relevant board, the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (where the school is a Catholic maintained school) and any other body or person connected with the community served by the school;

b

to consult the principal of the school before making or varying any statement under paragraph (1)(b).

5

The scheme of management for every grant‐aided school shall provide for the principal to be allocated such functions as will, subject to the resources available, enable him to determine and organise the curriculum and secure that it is followed within the school.

6

In discharging his duties in relation to the curriculum for a school the principal shall ensure that the curriculum is compatible with the policy of the Board of Governors as expressed in its statement under paragraph (1)(b).

7

In carrying out its functions under the Education Orders or any other statutory provision in relation to a school under its management, a Board of Governors shall have regard to its policy in relation to the curriculum for the school, as expressed in its statement under paragraph (1)(b).

8

The Board of Governors of a grant‐aided school shall furnish the relevant board and, if the school is a Catholic maintained school, the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools with a copy of every statement made by it under paragraph (1)(b).

9

In paragraph (8) “relevant board” in relation to a school means—

a

in the case of a controlled school, the board responsible for the management of the school;

b

in the case of a maintained school, the board by which the school is maintained;

c

in the case of any other grant‐aided school, the board for the area in which the school is situated.

Duties with respect to requirements of this Part11

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);

Sub-para. (d) rep. by 1998 NI 13

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 the principal 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.

Religious education

Religious education12

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The religious education for which provision is required by Article 5(1)(a) to be included in the curriculum for any particular grant-aided school shall be religious education of the kind required by such of the provisions of Article 21 of the 1986 Order as apply in the case of that school.

2

In Articles 21 and 22 of the principal Order for the word “instruction” wherever it occurs there shall be substituted the word “ education ”.

Core syllabus for religious education13

1

Subject to paragraph (4), the Department may by order specify a core syllabus for the teaching of religious education in grant‐aided schools, that is to say a syllabus which—

a

sets out certain core matters, skills and processes which are to be included in the teaching of religious education to pupils in such schools, but does not prevent or restrict the inclusion of any other matter, skill or process in that teaching; and

b

is such that the teaching in a controlled school (other than a controlled integrated school) of any of the matters, skills or processes set out in that syllabus would not contravene Article 21(2) of the principal Order.

2

In Article 21 of the principal Order after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted—

3A

In a grant‐aided school the religious education required by paragraph (1) shall include religious education in accordance with any core syllabus specified under Article 13(1) of the 1989 Order.

Para. (3) rep. by 1996 NI 1

4

The Department shall not specify a core syllabus under paragraph (1) unless a draft of that syllabus—

a

was prepared by a group of persons ( “the drafting group”) appearing to the Department to be persons having an interest in the teaching of religious education in grant‐aided schools;

b

was published, in accordance with directions given by the Department, together with a notice inviting representations to be made before a specified date not being less than four weeks from the date of publication;

c

was revised, if necessary, by the drafting group, after considering all representations made in accordance with the notice mentioned in sub‐paragraph (b); and

d

was submitted to the Department by the drafting group together with—

i

a report by that group on the nature of representations made in accordance with the notice mentioned in sub‐paragraph (b) and on the extent to which, and the manner in which, account has been taken of those representations in the draft submitted to the Department; and

ii

any other information which the Department may request.

5

Paragraphs (1) and (4) apply with appropriate modifications to amendments to, or a revision of, an existing core syllabus.

6

Paragraph (5) of Article 7 shall apply to an order under paragraph (1) as it applies to an order underF21 paragraph (1)(a) of Article 7.

Special cases

Development work and experiments14

1

For the purpose of enabling development work or experiments to be carried out, the Department may direct as respects a particular grant‐aided school that, for such period as may be specified in the direction, Articles 5, 6 and 8—

a

shall apply with such modifications as may be so specified; or

b

shall not apply.

2

A direction under paragraph (1) may apply either generally or in such cases as may be specified in the direction.

3

A direction shall not be given under paragraph (1) in relation to a school except on the application of—

a

the Board of Governors of the school;

b

the Northern IrelandF22 Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment, with the agreement of the Board of Governors of the school; or

c

the relevant board, with the agreement of the Board of Governors of the school.

4

Before giving a direction under paragraph (1) on an application mentioned in paragraph (3)(a) or (b), the Department shall consult the relevant board.

5

In paragraphs (3) and (4) “relevant board” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 10(9).

6

The Department may make it a condition of a direction under paragraph (1) that any body by which or with whose agreement the request for the direction was made should, when so directed or at specified intervals, report to the Department on any matters specified by the Department.

Exceptions by regulations15

The Department may by regulations provide that Articles 5, 6 and 8—

a

shall apply with such modifications as may be specified in the regulations; or

b

shall not apply;

in such cases or circumstances as may be so specified.

Pupils with statements of special educational needs16

The special educational provision for any pupil specified in a statement underF23 Article 16 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 of his special educational needs may include provision—

a

applying Articles 5, 6 and 8 with such modifications as may be specified in the statement; or

b

excluding the application of those Articles.

Temporary exceptions for individual pupils17

1

The Department may make regulations enabling the principal of any grant‐aided school, in such cases or circumstances and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed—

a

to direct as respects a registered pupil at the school that, for such period as may be specified in the direction (the “operative period” of the direction), Articles 5, 6 and 8—

i

shall apply with such modifications as may be so specified; or

ii

shall not apply; and

b

to revoke any direction given by him under the regulations and to vary any such direction except so as to extend its operative period.

2

The conditions prescribed by the regulations shall, in particular, limit the period that may be specified in any direction given under the regulations to a maximum period specified in the regulations; and any maximum period specified in the regulations in relation to directions given under the regulations or in relation to directions so given in any circumstances so specified—

a

shall be either—

i

a fixed period not exceeding six months; or

ii

a period determinable (in such manner as may be specified in the regulations) not later than six months from its beginning; and

b

may differ according to whether or not the direction in question is given in respect of a period beginning immediately after the end of the operative period of a previous direction or within such period after the end of the operative period of a previous direction as may be specified in the regulations.

3

Where a principal gives a direction under regulations made under this Article in the case of any pupil or varies any direction so given, he shall give the information mentioned in paragraph (4), in such manner as may be prescribed, to the Board of Governors and shall take such steps as may be prescribed to give that information also to a parent of the pupil.

4

That information is the following—

a

the fact that he has taken the action in question, its effect and his reasons for taking it;

b

the provision that is being or is to be made for the pupil's education during the operative period of the direction; and

c

either—

i

a description of the manner in which he proposes to secure the full application in relation to the pupil after the end of that period of Articles 5, 6 and 8; or

ii

an indication of his opinion that the pupil has or probably has special educational needs by virtue of which the board would be required to determine the special educational provision that should be made for him (whether initially or on a review of any statement of his special educational needs the board is for the time being required underF24 Article 16 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 to maintain).

5

Where the principal of a grant‐aided school includes such an indication of opinion as is mentioned in paragraph (4)(c)(ii) in information given to the Board of Governors under paragraph (3), he shall also give that information, in such manner as may be prescribed, to the board.

6

It shall be the duty of a board on receiving information given to the board under paragraph (5) by the principal of any grant‐aided school which includes such an indication of opinion with respect to a pupil, to consider whether any action on its part is required in the case of that pupil underF24 Article 15 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (assessment of special educational needs).

7

Where the principal of a grant‐aided school—

a

gives, revokes or varies any direction with respect to a pupil under regulations made under this Article;

b

refuses to give, revoke or vary such a direction in response to a request made, in such manner and circumstances as may be prescribed, by the parent of a registered pupil at the school; or

c

fails within such period as may be prescribed following the making of such a request to give, revoke or vary such a direction in accordance with the request,

the parent of the pupil concerned may appeal to the Board of Governors.

8

On any such appeal the Board of Governors may—

a

confirm the principal's action; or

b

direct the principal to take such action authorised by the regulations as it considers appropriate in the circumstances;

and it shall be the duty of the principal to comply with any directions of the Board of Governors under sub‐paragraph (b).

9

The Board of Governors shall notify the appellant and the principal in writing of its decision on any such appeal.

10

Before making any regulations under this Article the Department shall consult with any persons with whom consultation appears to be desirable.

Arts. 17A‐26 rep. by 1998 NI 13

Arts. 27, 28 rep. by 1993 NI 12

Miscellaneous and supplementary

Curriculum advice and support by boards29

1

Within such time after the coming into operation of this Article as the Department may direct, each board shall prepare and submit to the Department a scheme for the provision to—

a

all controlled schools under its management;

b

all maintained schools maintained by it;

c

all other voluntary or grant‐maintained integrated schools situated in its area,

of advisory and support services in relation to the curricula and staff of such schools.

2

A scheme under paragraph (1) shall be in such form as the Department may direct and, without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), shall contain provision—

a

requiring the board, in accordance with a programmeF25 prepared under Article 149, to secure the provision of further training for teachers (whether or not employed on the staff of a particular school);

b

empowering the board to pay to persons undergoing the training referred to in sub‐paragraph (a) travelling and other allowances at such rate or of such amount and subject to such conditions as the board may determine;

c

enabling the board to provide teaching and training materials for use in schools or by persons undergoing the training referred to in sub‐paragraph (a);

d

enabling services, training and materials mentioned in the scheme to be provided by the board itself or through the agency of another board, person or body;

e

requiring such services, training and materials to be provided free of charge;

f

requiring the board to secure the agreement of the Board of Governors of a school to the entry into that school for the purposes of the scheme of any persons employed by the board.

3

Before preparing a scheme under paragraph (1), a board shall consult—

a

the Board of Governors of every school mentioned in that paragraph; and

b

such other persons as the board considers appropriate.

4

The Department may request a board to furnish such information in connection with any scheme submitted to the Department under this Article as the Department may require, including information as to the results of consultations under paragraph (3).

5

The Department may, after making such modifications, if any, in the scheme as after consultation with the board it considers necessary or expedient, approve any scheme submitted to it under this Article.

6

It shall be the duty of a board to give effect to the provisions of any scheme which has been approved by the Department under this Article.

7

Where—

a

a board fails to submit a scheme to the Department under this Article by the date, or in the form, directed by the Department; or

b

the Department refuses to approve a scheme submitted to it under this Article,

the Department may, after consultation with the board and such other persons as the Department thinks fit, make a scheme which shall be treated for the purposes of paragraphs (6) and (8) as if it had been made by the board and approved by the Department under this Article.

8

A board may at any time, and shall if the Department so directs, prepare and submit to the Department a revised scheme or an amendment to an existing scheme and paragraphs (3) to (6) shall apply in relation to any such revised scheme or amendment as they apply in relation to the scheme.

Art. 30 rep. by 1996 NI 1

Provision of information31

1

The Department may make regulations requiring each board to make available, either generally or to prescribed persons, such information relevant for the purposes of this Part as may be prescribed.

2

The Department may make regulations requiring the Board of Governors or the principal of each grant‐aided school to make available either generally or to prescribed persons—

a

such information relating to—

i

the curriculum of the school;

ii

the educational provision made by the school for pupils at the school and any syllabuses to be followed by those pupils; and

iii

the educational achievements of pupils at the school (including the results of any assessments of those pupils for the purpose of ascertaining those achievements); and

iv

any other matter relevant for the purposes of this Part,

as may be prescribed;

b

such copies of—

i

any written statement made by the Board of Governors under Article 10(1)(b); and

ii

any report prepared by the Board of Governors under Article 125,

as may be prescribed.

3

Regulations under paragraph (1) or (2) may—

a

provide for information and documents to be made available in pursuance of the regulations in such form and manner and at such times as may be prescribed;

b

authorise boards, Boards of Governors and principals to make a charge (not exceeding the cost of supply) for any documents supplied by them in pursuance of the regulations.

4

Before making any regulations under paragraph (1) or (2) the Department shall consult the boards, the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools, the Boards of Governors and principals ofF26 a sample of affected schools and any other person with whom consultation appears to it to be desirable.

F264A

In paragraph (4) “a sample of affected schools” means a number of grant-aided schools selected by the Department as being a representative sample of all such schools affected by the regulations.

5

Regulations under this Article shall not require information as to the results of an individual pupil's assessment to be made available to any persons or bodies other than—

a

the pupil concerned and his parents;

b

the Board of Governors of the school attended by the pupil concerned;

c

the Board of Governors of any other school to which that pupil applies for admission; or

d

a body or person prescribed by the regulations,

and shall not require such information to be made available to any body or person mentioned in sub‐paragraphs (b) to (d) except—

  1. i

    in the case of information to which paragraph (6) applies, where the Department so directs;

  2. ii

    in any other case, where necessary for the purposes of the performance by that body or person of any functions under the Education Orders.

6

This paragraph applies to information as to the results of—

a

any assessment of a pupil at a special school; or

b

any assessment of a pupil in any subject at or near the end of a key stage, if at any time during that key stage any provision has been made under Article 14, 15, 16 or 17 in relation to that pupil excluding or modifying the application of Article 5 or 6 in relation to that subject.

7

References in this Article to an assessment of a pupil are references to an assessment whether made under this Part or otherwise.

Keeping, disclosure and transfer of educational records32

In Article 17A of the principal Order—

a

in paragraph (2) after sub‐paragraph (f) there shall be added—

g

with respect to the keeping, disclosure and transfer of educational records about pupils at such schools and the supply of copies of such records to such persons, and in such circumstances, as may be determined by or under the regulations.

b

after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted—

2A

Regulations made under paragraph (1) by virtue of paragraph (2)(g) may authorise persons who in pursuance of the regulations supply copies of any such records as are there mentioned to charge such fee as they think fit (not exceeding the cost of supply) in respect of each copy so supplied.

Complaints33

1

Every board shall, in accordance with regulations under paragraph (3), appoint a tribunal (in this Article referred to as a complaints tribunal) to hear and determine any complaint made on or after the coming into operation of this Article which is to the effect that the board or the Board of Governors of a relevant school—

a

has acted or is proposing to act unreasonably with respect to the exercise of any power conferred or the performance of any duty imposed on it by or under—

i

this Part;

ii

ArticlesF27 148 and 149 (in the case of a board only);F28. . .

iii

any other statutory provision relating to the curriculum for grant‐aided schools; or

F29iv

any statutory provision relating to collective worship in grant-aided schools; or

F30v

Article 46A of the principal Order;

b

has failed to discharge any such duty.

F302

For the purposes of any complaint under paragraph (1)(a)(v), a board or Board of Governors shall not be taken to have acted or to be proposing to act unreasonably if it has complied, or is proposing to comply, with the guidance issued under Article 46A(6) (in the case of a Board of Governors) or (7) (in the case of a board) of the principal Order.

3

The Department shall by regulations provide for the constitution and procedure of a complaints tribunal and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, such regulations—

a

shall provide for the membership of the tribunal and may provide for disqualifying prescribed persons or descriptions of person for membership of the tribunal;

F31aa

may contain provision requiring the tribunal to hear and determine the appeal within such period as may be specified in, or determined in accordance with, the regulations;

F32ab

may provide for the tribunal in considering a complaint to have regard in particular to any matters specified in the regulations;

ac

may provide for the tribunal to sit in private, except in such circumstances as may be specified in, or determined in accordance with, the regulations;

b

may provide that all matters relating to the procedure on the hearing or determination of any complaint which are not specifically regulated by the regulations shall be determined by the board.

4

On determining any complaint made to it under this Article a complaints tribunal shall send notice of its determination and of the reasons for that determination to—

a

the person by whom or body by which the complaint was made ( “the complainant”);

b

the board or Board of Governors in respect of which the complaint was made ( “the respondent”).

5

Where—

a

a complaints tribunal upholds a complaint in whole or in part; and

b

it appears to the complaints tribunal that any matter which was the subject of the complaint (so far as upheld) should be remedied,

the tribunal may include in a notice given under paragraph (4) a requirement for the respondent to take such steps as may be specified in the notice within such time as may be so specified for the purpose of remedying that matter.

6

Where it appears to a complaints tribunal that a respondent has not, within the time specified in a notice under paragraph (4), taken the steps so specified or otherwise remedied the matter mentioned in paragraph (5)(b), it may refer that matter to the Department together with a copy of the notice under paragraph (4).

7

Where any matter is referred to the Department under paragraph (6) it shall—

a

consider the matter after consulting the complaints tribunal, the complainant and the respondent; and

b

where it considers it appropriate, give such directions under Article 101 of the principal Order as appear to the Department to be expedient for the purpose of remedying the matter.

8

The Department shall not entertain under Article 101(4) of the principal Order any complaint falling within paragraph (1) unless a complaint concerning the same matter has been made to, and heard and determined by, a complaints tribunal under this Article.

9

A complaints tribunal shall not be regarded as a committee of the board.

10

Article 79(1) of the principal Order shall apply to members of a complaints tribunal in like manner as it applies to members of a board.

11

In this Article “relevant school” in relation to a board means—

a

a controlled school managed by the board;

b

a maintained school maintained by the board;

c

any other voluntary or grant‐maintained integrated school situated in the area of the board.

Extension of Articles 9 and 11(1)(d) to senior pupils34

Paras. (1)(2) rep. by 1998 NI 13

3 F33

The Department may make regulations requiring, in relation to every institution of further education,F34. . . the governing body or the principal to make available either generally or to prescribed persons, in such form and at such times as may be prescribed, such information relating to—

F35a

the external qualifications (within the meaning of Article 81 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998) for which courses of study are to be provided by or on behalf of the institution concerned for students under the age of 19 who are in full time attendance at the institution;

b

the courses of study leading to such qualifications which are to be so provided;

c

the syllabuses which have been provided or determined for the purposes of those courses; and

d

the results of the assessments of such students for the purposes of those qualifications,

as may be prescribed.

Para.(4) rep. by 1998 NI 13

5 F33

Regulations under paragraph (3) shall not require information as to the results of an individual student's assessment for the purposes of any qualification to be made available to any persons or bodies other than—

a

the student concerned and his parents;

b

the governing body of the institution attended by the student concerned; or

c

a body or person prescribed by the regulations,

and shall not require such information to be made available to any body or person mentioned in sub‐paragraphs (b) and (c) except where necessary for the purposes of the performance by that body or person of any functions under the Education Orders.

6 F33

Regulations under paragraph (3) may authoriseF34. . . governing bodies and principals to make a charge (not exceeding the cost of supply) for any documents supplied by them in pursuance of the regulations.

Para.(7) rep. by 1998 NI 13

F368 F33

Before making any regulations under paragraph (3) the Department shall consult with—

a

the governing bodies and principals of all institutions of further education; and

b

any other persons with whom consultation appears to it to be desirable.

Interpretation of Part III35

1

In this Part—

  • “assess” includes examine and test;

  • “assessment arrangements”, “attainment targets” and “programmes of study” have the meanings given by Article 7(3);

  • “key stages” has the meaning given by Article 5(6);

  • “school year” means a year ending on 31st July.

2

For the purposes of this Part a school is an Irish speaking school if more than one half of the following subjects, namely—

a

religious education; and

b

the subjects, other than English and Irish, which are compulsory contributory subjects in relation to pupils at the school,

are taught (wholly or partly) in Irish, and “school” includes part of a school.

  • Para.(3) rep. by 1993 NI 12

  • Para.(4) rep. by 1997 NI 15

5

In this Part references to the contributory subjects or listed contributory subjects within an area of study shall be construed in accordance with Article 5(3) and references to compulsory contributory subjects shall be construed in accordance with Article 6(1) and (2).

6

Nothing in this Part,F37 except—

a

Article 29;

Sub-para. (aa) rep. by 1998 NI 13

b

Article 30;

c

Article 31(1) to (4) with the omission of the words in brackets in Article 31(2)(a)(iii) and of Article 31(2)(b)(i);

d

Article 32; and

e

Article 33, in so far as it applies for the purposes of those provisions,

shall apply in relation to a nursery school or a nursery class in a primary school.

F386A

Nothing in this Part, except Articles 29, 30 and 32 and Article 33 in so far as it applies for the purposes of those Articles, shall apply in relation to a school established in a hospital.

7

Directions given by the Department under this Part shall be given in writing.

Part IV (Arts. 36‐45) rep. with saving by 1997 NI 5

F39PART VFINANCING SCHOOLS

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F39

prosp. rep. by 1998 NI 13

Financing of controlled and maintained schools

Arts. 46‐59 rep. by 2003 NI 12

Financing of voluntary grammar schools

F40Grants to voluntary grammar schools60

1

The Department may make grants to the Board of Governors of a voluntary grammar school towards expenditure incurred or to be incurred in carrying on the school, except—

a

expenditure incurred or to be incurred for the provision or alteration of the premises of the school; and

b

expenditure incurred or to be incurred for the provision of equipment for the school which is approved expenditure for the purposes ofF41 Article 116(1)(b) of the principal Order.

F421A

The Department may make grants to the trustees of a voluntary grammar school of amounts equal to the costs of the trustees on foot of an approved contract.

2

Grants under this Article shall be made on such conditions (including conditions as to repayment) as the Department may determine.

F433

The amount of a grant to be paid under paragraph (1) to the Board of Governors of a voluntary grammar school in any financial year shall be the sum of—

a

an amount equal to the budget share of the school for that year; and

b

such other amount determined by or in accordance with the common funding scheme as, in accordance with that scheme, falls to be paid by way of grant under paragraph (1).

Paras. (4)‐(7E) rep. by 2003 NI 12

8

The Department may by order substitute for references in this Article and Article 61 to a financial year references to such other period as may be specified in the order.

F439

This Article shall be construed as if it were contained in Part I of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.

F44Financial statements in respect of voluntary grammar schools61

1

Before the beginning of each financial year the Department shall prepare a statement of the financial provision it plans to make in that year for voluntary grammar schools.

2

A statement under paragraph (1) in relation to a financial year shall containF45 such particulars as the Department may determine with respect to the financial provision the Department plans to make in that year for voluntary grammar schools.

3

After the end of each financial year the Department shall prepare a statement of—

a

the total amount of all grants actually made under Article 60 in that year;

b

the amount of the grants actually made under Article 60 in that year to each voluntary grammar school.

4

A statement prepared under this Article shall be prepared in such form, and published in such manner and at such times, as the Department may determine.

5

The Department shall furnish the Board of Governors of each voluntary grammar school with a copy of each statement prepared by it under this Article.

6

The Board of Governors of each such school shall secure that a copy of any such statement furnished to it under this Article is available for inspection (at all reasonable times and free of charge) at the school.

Para. (7) rep. by 2003 NI 12

Arts. 62‐63 rep. by 2003 NI 12

PART VIINTEGRATED EDUCATION

CHAPTER IGENERAL FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT AND BOARDS

General functions of Department and boards in relation to integrated education64

1

It shall be the duty of the Department to encourage and facilitate the development of integrated education, that is to say the education together at school of Protestant and Roman Catholic pupils.

2

The Department may, subject to such conditions as it thinks fit, pay grants to any body appearing to the Department to have as an objective the encouragement or promotion of integrated education.

3

It shall be the duty of F187the Authority to provide free of charge to any person seeking it advice and information about—

a

the procedures for acquisition by a school of controlled integrated status;

b

the implications for a school of the acquisition of that status.

CHAPTER IIGRANT‐MAINTAINED INTEGRATED SCHOOLS

Duty of Department to maintain grant‐maintained integrated schools

F46Duty of Department to maintain grant‐maintained integrated schools65

1

Subject to this Chapter, it shall be the duty of the Department to maintain any school under the control and management of a Board of Governors incorporated under this Chapter.

2

For the purposes of this Chapter, the duty of the Department to maintain a school is a duty to make such payments in respect of expenditure incurred or to be incurred in carrying on the school as are required by Article 77.

3

A school to which the Department's duty under this Article for the time being applies shall be known as a grant‐maintained integrated school.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F46

prosp. rep. by 1998 NI 13

Management of grant‐maintained integrated schools

Management of grant‐maintained integrated schools66

1

Each grant‐maintained integrated school shall be under the control and management of a Board of Governors constituted in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 5.

2

The scheme of management for a grant‐maintained integrated school shall require the Board of Governors to use its best endeavours, in exercising its functions under the Education Orders, to ensure that the management, control and ethos of the school are such as are likely to attract to the school reasonable numbers of both Protestant and Roman Catholic pupils.

Powers of Board of Governors67

1

Subject to the provisions of this Article and to any provision of the scheme of management for the school, section 19 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954F47 shall apply to the Board of Governors of a grant‐maintained integrated school.

2

Subject as aforesaid, the Board of Governors of such a school shall have power to do anything which appears to it to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of or in connection with the management and control of the school, including in particular power to assume the management and control, as from the incorporation date in relation to the school, of the school as constituted immediately before that date, to manage and control the school as a school of the same category (that is to say primary, grammar or secondary, other than grammar) as the school immediately before it became a grant‐maintained integrated school, and for those purposes to receive any property, rights and liabilities transferred to it under Article 75.

3

The power of the Board of Governors under section 19(1)(a)(iv) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954—

F48a

does not include power to grant any mortgage, charge or other security in respect of any land; and

b

in so far as it relates to the disposal of land, may only be exercised with the written consent of the Department.

4

The Board of Governors of a grant‐maintained integrated school shall have power to pay its members such travelling, subsistence and other allowances as may be determined by the Board of Governors and approved by the Department.

5

The application of the seal of the Board of Governors of a grant‐maintained integrated school shall be authenticated by the signature of the chairman of the Board of Governors or of some other member authorised either generally or specially by the Board of Governors to act for that purpose together with that of any other member.

Procedure for acquisition of grant‐maintained integrated status

Schools eligible for grant‐maintained integrated status68

1

Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), any controlled, voluntary or independent school is for the purposes of this Chapter eligible for grant‐maintained integrated status.

2

The following are not eligible for grant‐maintained integrated status, namely—

Sub-para. (a) rep. by 1998 NI 13

b

a special school;

Sub-para. (c) rep. by 1993 NI 12

F49d

a school established in a hospital.

3

A controlled or voluntary school is not eligible for grant‐maintained integrated status if a proposal to discontinue the school has been approved by the Department under Article 14(7) of the principal Order.

4

A voluntary school is not eligible for grant‐maintained integrated status if notice of the trustees' intention to discontinue the school has been given under Article 16(1) of the principal Order and has not been withdrawn.

Initiation of procedure for acquisition of grant‐maintained integrated status by existing school69

1

Subject to paragraph (5), in the case of any controlled or voluntary school which is eligible for grant‐maintained integrated status, a ballot of parents on the question of whether grant‐maintained integrated status should be sought for the school shall be held in accordance with Article 70 if either—

F50a

the Board of Governors decides by a resolution passed at a meeting of that Board to hold such a ballot; or

b

the Board of Governors receives a written request to hold such a ballot which meets the requirements of paragraph (2).

2

Those requirements are that the request must be signed, or otherwise endorsed in such manner as the Department may approve, by a number of parents of registered pupils at the school equal to at least twenty per cent. of the number of registered pupils at the school on the date on which the request is received.

Para. (3) rep. by 1996 NI 1

4

Subject to paragraph (5), on the passing ofF50 a resolution under paragraph (1)(a) or (as the case may be) on receipt of any such request as is mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) it shall be the duty of the Board of Governors—

a

to secure that a ballot is held in accordance with Article 70 not earlier than twenty‐eight days and not later thanF51 three months or such longer period as the Department may approve after the date on which theF52. . . resolution was passed or the request was received; and

b

to give notice in writing that such a ballot is to be heldF50 to—

i

the F193Authority ;

ii

if the school is a voluntary school, the trustees of the school;

iii

if the school is a Catholic maintained school, the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools.

5

Paragraphs (1) and (4) shall not apply if in the case of the school in question a ballot has been held in accordance with Article 70 earlier in the same school year as that in whichF50 the resolution under paragraph (1)(a) is passed or (as the case may be) the request is received, unless the Department gives consent in writing for a new ballot to be held.

6

A request such as is mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) shall be taken as having been received by a Board of Governors if given or sent to the chairman or secretary of the Board.

7

Subject to paragraph (8), it shall be the duty of the Board of Governors of any controlled or voluntary school which is eligible for grant‐maintained integrated status, at the request of any parent of a registered pupil at the school, to make available to the parent for inspection (at all reasonable times and free of charge) at the school, and to supply the parent with a copy of, a list containing the name and address of every person who is known to the Board of Governors to be such a parent if the request is made—

a

in connection with any proposal that a ballot should be held in accordance with Article 70; or

b

where the Board of Governors is under a duty by virtue of this Article or Article 70(8) to secure that such a ballot is held, in connection with the holding of the ballot.

8

A Board of Governors shall not disclose to a parent under paragraph (7) the name and address of any person unless that person has consented in writing to the disclosure of that information; and accordingly the name and address of any person who has not so consented shall be excluded from the list mentioned in that paragraph.

9

A Board of Governors which in pursuance of paragraph (7) supplies copies of the list there mentioned may charge such fee as it thinks fit (not exceeding the cost of supply) in respect of each copy so supplied.

10

For the purposes of this Article, it shall be for the Board of Governors to determine any question whether a person is a parent of a registered pupil at the school.

Ballot of parents70

1

Where the Board of Governors of any school is under a duty by virtue of Article 69 to secure that a ballot is held in accordance with this Article, it shall secure that all necessary arrangements for the ballot are made by such body as may be prescribed ( “the prescribed body”).

2

The arrangements shall provide for a secret postal ballot.

3

It shall be the duty of the Board of Governors to secure that the prescribed body takes such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that every person who is eligible to vote in the ballot is—

a

given such information about the procedure for and consequences of acquisition of grant‐maintained integrated status for a school as may reasonably be expected to enable him to form a proper judgment as to whether or not such status should be sought for the school, including, in particular, the information mentioned in paragraph (4);

b

informed that he is entitled to vote in the ballot; and

c

given an opportunity to do so.

4

The information referred to in paragraph (3)(a) is—

a

a general explanation of the provisions of this Part relating to—

i

the procedure for acquisition of grant‐maintained integrated status for a school;

ii

the constitution and powers of the Board of Governors of such a school; and

iii

the conduct and funding of such a school;

b

the date that will be included in any proposal for acquisition of grant‐maintained integrated status submitted in respect of the school under Article 71(1) if the result of the ballot is in favour of seeking grant‐maintained integrated status as the proposed date of implementation of the proposal;

c

such other information as the Department may direct.

5

Where the Board of Governors of any school is under a duty by virtue of Article 69 to secure that a ballot is held in accordance with this Article, it shall make available to every person employed to work at the school for inspection (at all reasonable times and free of charge) at the school a document containing the information required by paragraphs (3)(a) and (4) to be given to persons eligible to vote in the ballot.

6

In determining the arrangements it requires to be made by the prescribed body for the purposes of the ballot the Board of Governors shall take into account any guidance given by the Department as to the arrangements it considers appropriate for ballots held in accordance with this Article.

7

The Department shall publish any guidance given by it for the purposes of this Article in such manner as it thinks fit.

8

Where in the case of any ballot held in respect of a school in accordance with this Article other than one held by virtue of this paragraph ( “the first ballot”) the total number of votes cast in the ballot (disregarding spoiled votes) by persons eligible to vote in the ballot is less than fifty per cent. of the number of persons so eligible, it shall be the duty of the Board of Governors to secure that another ballot ( “the second ballot”) is held before the end of the period of fourteen days beginning with the day on which the total number of votes cast in the first ballot is determined.

9

In any case to which paragraph (8) applies—

a

the first ballot shall be disregarded for the purposes of Article 71(1); and

b

subject to paragraph (10), the provisions of this Article shall apply as they apply in a case where the Board of Governors of a school is under a duty by virtue of Article 69 to secure that a ballot is held in accordance with this Article.

10

In any such case—

a

those provisions shall apply with the omission of paragraphs (3)(a) and (4); and

b

paragraph (5) shall be read as if the information there referred to were the information given for the purposes of the first ballot.

11

If it appears to the Department—

a

that any requirements of this Article have been contravened in the case of any ballot held in purported compliance with this Article;

b

that the arrangements for any ballot so held did not accord with any guidance given by it for the purposes of this Article; or

c

that the Board of Governors of any school has acted unreasonably in the discharge of its duties under this Article,

it may by notice in writing given to the Board of Governors declare the ballot void and require that a fresh ballot be held in accordance with this Article before such date as it may specify in the notice.

12

Where a ballot is held in respect of a school in accordance with this Article, the Department may pay, or reimburse the Board of Governors of the school in respect of, the whole or any part of the expenses incurred by the Board of Governors in respect of the ballot.

13

The making of any payments under paragraph (12) shall be subject to such conditions as the Department thinks fit.

14

For the purposes of this Article, a person is eligible to vote in any ballot held in respect of a school in accordance with this Article if he is—

a

known to the Board of Governors to be a parent of a registered pupil at the school; and

b

named as a parent of such a pupil in the register kept in accordance with Article 48 of the principal Order in the case of the school, as that register has effect on the date immediately following the end of the period of fourteen days beginning with the date on which the relevant resolution or request was passed or received by the Board of Governors.

15

For the purposes of sub‐paragraph (a) of paragraph (14) it shall be for the Board of Governors to determine any question whether a person is a parent of a registered pupil at the school; and in sub‐paragraph (b) of that paragraph the reference to the relevant resolution or request is a reference to the resolution or request (mentioned in Article 69(4)) by reference to which the ballot is required to be held or, where the ballot is a second ballot under paragraph (8), by reference to which the first ballot was required to be held.

Proposals for acquisition of grant‐maintained integrated status71

1

Where in the case of any controlled or voluntary school which is eligible for grant‐maintained integrated status the result of a ballot held in accordance with Article 70 shows a simple majority of votes cast in the ballot by persons eligible to vote in the ballot (within the meaning of that Article) in favour of seeking grant‐maintained integrated status for the school, it shall be the duty of the Board of Governors of the school to submit a proposal for the acquisition of grant‐maintained integrated status for the school to the F192Authority .

2

Where—

a

a person proposes to establish a new grant‐maintained integrated school; or

b

the proprietor of an independent school proposes to seek grant‐maintained integrated status for the school,

he shall submit the proposal to the F192Authority .

3

A proposal under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be in such form and contain such particulars (including the proposed date of implementation) as may be required by the DepartmentF53 and shall be submitted to the F192Authority —

a

in the case of a proposal under paragraph (1), within such period as may be so required; and

b

in the case of a proposal under paragraph (2), not later than the beginning of such period immediately before the proposed date of implementation as the Department may specify.

Para. (4) rep. by 1996 NI 1

5

A proposal submitted to F187the Authority under paragraph (1) or (2) may not be withdrawn except with the consent of the Department and subject to such conditions as it may impose (which may, in particular, require a further proposal to be submitted under this Article within such period as it may specify).

F536

The F192Authority shall, within 21 days of receiving a proposal under paragraph (1) or (2)—

a

submit the proposal to the Department; and then

b

publish, by advertisement in one or more newspapers circulating in the area affected by the proposal, a notice stating—

i

such particulars of the nature of the proposal as may be required by the Department;

ii

that the proposal has been submitted to the Department;

iii

that a copy of the proposal can be inspected at a specified place; and

iv

that objections to the proposal can be made to the Department within two months of the date specified in the advertisement being the date on which the advertisement first appears.

6A

The F192Authority shall furnish a copy of the proposal to any person, on application and payment of such reasonable sum as F187the Authority may determine.

6B

The F192Authority may, before the expiry of the period specified in the notice under paragraph (6)(b)(iv), submit its views on the proposal to the Department.

7

Subject to paragraphs (8), (9) and (10), the Department after—

a

considering any objections to a proposal made to it within the period specified in the notice under paragraph (6)(b)(iv);

b

considering any views of the F192Authority submitted to it under paragraph (6B); and

c

making such modifications, if any, in the proposal as, after consultation with the Board of Governors or person making the proposal, it considers necessary or expedient,

may approve the proposal and inform that Board of Governors or person accordingly.

8

The Department shall not approve a proposal under this Article in relation to a school unless it appears to the Department that, if the school were to become, or be established as, a grant‐maintained integrated school, the school would be likely to be attended by reasonable numbers of both Protestant and Roman Catholic pupils.

9

The Department shall not approve a proposal under paragraph (1) in relation to a school unless the school was eligible for grant‐maintained integrated status on the date on which the proposal was submitted under that paragraph.

10

The approval of the Department to a proposal made under paragraph (2) may be granted subject to such conditions as the Department may think fit.

11

Where the Department rejects any proposal under paragraph (1) in relation to a school, it may require the Board of Governors of the school to submit a further proposal to the F192Authority under that paragraph within such period as it may direct.

12

If a proposal under paragraph (1) or (2)(b) in respect of any school is approved by the Department, Schedule 6 shall have effect in relation to the transition of the school to grant‐maintained integrated status.

13

If a proposal under paragraph (2)(a) is approved by the Department, the Department may by order made at any time on or after the date on which it approves the proposal and before the incorporation date in relation to the school make such provision as it considers appropriate in connection with the establishment of the school as a grant‐maintained integrated school and the constitution of a Board of Governors for the school in accordance with Schedule 5.

Incorporation of Board of Governors72

If a proposal under paragraph (1) or (2) of Article 71 in respect of any school is approved by the Department, the Board of Governors of the school constituted in accordance with Schedule 5 shall on the proposed date of implementation of the proposal become a body corporate.

Effect of pending procedure for acquisition of grant‐maintained integrated status73

1

This Article applies to a controlled or voluntary school during any period when the procedure under this Chapter for acquisition of grant‐maintained integrated status is pending in relation to the school.

2

For the purposes of this Article that procedure is pending in relation to a school when it has been initiated in relation to the school on any occasion and not terminated (as initiated on that occasion).

3

For those purposes that procedure is to be regarded as initiated in relation to any school on any occasionF54 on receipt by the F181Authority , in the case of a controlled school, or the trustees of the school, in the case of a voluntary school, of notice under Article 69(4)(b).

F544

For those purposes, that procedure, as initiated on any occasion, is to be regarded as terminated if—

i

the result of the ballot to which the notice under Article 69(4)(b) relates] does not show a majority in favour of seeking grant‐maintained integrated status for the school;

ii

a proposal for acquisition of such status for the school which is required to be submitted under Article 71 by reference to the result of that ballot, or any proposal required in substitution for that proposal, is rejected by the Department or withdrawn; or

iii

a Board of Governors is incorporated for the school under Article 72.

5

Where Article 70(8) applies in the case of any such ballot, the references inF54 paragraph (4) to the result of that ballot shall be read as references to the result of the second ballot required by that paragraph.

6

The reference in paragraph (4) to a proposal required in substitution for any proposal for acquisition of grant‐maintained integrated status for any school which is required to be submitted under Article 71 by reference to the result of a ballot held in accordance with Article 70 ( “the original proposal”) is a reference to any proposal required to be submitted under paragraph (5) or (11) of Article 71 on withdrawal or (as the case may be) rejection of—

a

the original proposal; or

b

any further proposal required to be submitted under either of those paragraphs with respect to the school without a further ballot;

and a proposal under that Article with respect to a school shall not be treated for the purposes of paragraph (4) as rejected in any case where the Department imposes a requirement under paragraph (11) of that Article or as withdrawn in any case where it imposes a requirement under paragraph (5) of that Article.

7

Except with the consent of the Department, the trustees of a voluntary school to which this Article for the time being applies shall not—

a

dispose of any property used wholly or partly for the purposes of the school; or

b

enter into a contract to dispose of any such property.

8

Paragraph (7) does not apply in relation to a disposal which is made in pursuance of a contract entered into, or an option granted, before the procedure mentioned in paragraph (1) was initiated in relation to the school.

9

A disposal or contract shall not be invalid or void by reason only that it has been made or entered into in contravention of this Article and a person acquiring property, or entering into a contract to acquire property, from the trustees of a voluntary school shall not be concerned to enquire whether any consent required by this Article has been given.

10

During any period when this Article applies to a school—

a

no resolution shall be passed by the Board of Governors under Article 69(1)(a) (as applied by Article 91);

b

no request shall be made to the Board of Governors under Article 69(1)(b) (as so applied).

Proposals for alteration, etc. of schools eligible for grant‐maintained integrated status

Proposals for alteration, etc. of schools eligible for grant‐maintained integrated status74

1

Before formulating in respect of any controlled school which is eligible for grant‐maintained integrated status any proposal under Article 14(1)(c), (d) or (e) of the principal Order, F187the Authority shall consult the Board of Governors of the school.

2

No proposal shall be submitted under Article 14 of the principal Order in respect of any school in respect of which a proposal for acquisition of grant‐maintained integrated status has been approved.

3

Paragraph (4) applies in any case where either—

a

after a proposal for acquisition of grant‐maintained integrated status has been first submitted to the Department under Article 71 in respect of any school which is eligible for grant‐maintained integrated status but before that proposal is withdrawn or determined a proposal in respect of the school is submitted to the Department under Article 14 of the principal Order; or

b

after a proposal in respect of any such school has been submitted to the Department under Article 14 of the prin‐cipal Order but before that proposal is withdrawn or determined a proposal for acquisition of grant‐maintained integrated status for the school is first submitted to the Department under Article 71.

4

In any case to which this paragraph applies, the Department shall consider both proposals together but shall not determine the proposal under Article 14 until it has made its determination with respect to the proposal for acquisition of grant‐maintained integrated status.

5

Where—

a

a proposal under Article 14(1)(d) or (e), (2)(d) or (e) or (3)(c) of the principal Order with respect to any school has been approved under Article 14(7) of that Order; and

b

the school becomes a grant‐maintained integrated school before that proposal has been implemented,

that proposal shall be treated for the purposes of this Part as if it had been published and approved under Article 79.

Transfer of property and staff

Transfer of property, etc. to Board of Governors of grant‐maintained integrated school75

1

Subject to the following provisions of this Article, on the incorporation date in relation to a grant‐maintained integrated school which immediately before that date was a controlled school—

a

all land or other property which, immediately before that date, was property used or held by the F189Authority or the Department for the purposes of the school;

b

all rights and liabilities subsisting immediately before that date which were acquired or incurred by F187the Authority or the Department for those purposes; and

c

any property, rights and liabilities of the former Board of Governors of the school,

shall be transferred to, and by virtue of this Order vest in, the Board of Governors of the grant‐maintained integrated school.

2

Subject to the following provisions of this Article, on the incorporation date in relation to a grant‐maintained integrated school which immediately before that date was a voluntary school—

a

all land or other property which, immediately before that date, was property held by the trustees of the school for the purposes of the school;

b

all rights and liabilities subsisting immediately before that date which were acquired or incurred by those trustees for those purposes; and

c

any property, rights and liabilities of the former Board of Governors of the school,

shall be transferred to, and by virtue of this Order vest in, the Board of Governors of the grant‐maintained integrated school.

3

Subject to the following provisions of this Article, on the incorporation date in relation to a grant‐maintained integrated school which immediately before that date was an independent school—

a

all land or other property which immediately before that date was property held by the trustees or the proprietor of the school for the purposes of the school; and

b

all rights and liabilities subsisting immediately before that date which were acquired or incurred by those trustees or that proprietor for those purposes,

shall be transferred to, and by virtue of this Order vest in, the Board of Governors of the grant‐maintained integrated school.

4

Paragraphs (1) to (3) shall not apply to rights and liabilities under any contract of employment.

5

If before the incorporation date in relation to a school mentioned in paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) the Department so directs—

a

sub‐paragraph (a) of that paragraph shall not apply to land held by the trustees of the school as mentioned in that sub‐paragraph; and

b

sub‐paragraph (b) of that paragraph shall not apply to rights and liabilities acquired or incurred in relation to or in connection with that land;

and in deciding whether or not to give a direction under this paragraph the Department shall consult the trustees of the school.

6

Any land or other property transferred to the Board of Governors of a grant‐maintained integrated school under this Article which immediately before the incorporation date was held on trust shall vest in that Board of Governors as trustees on the trusts applicable immediately before that date under any trust deed regulating the use of the land or other property for the purposes of the school.

7

The Department may by regulations make provision for the payment of compensation by the Department to the trustees of a voluntary school in respect of land or other property held by them immediately before the incorporation date and transferred under paragraph (2) and such regulations may provide—

a

for the amount of compensation to be such as may be agreed between the Department and the trustees or, in default of agreement, such as may be determined by the Lands Tribunal;

b

for the amount of compensation to be reduced where grants have been paid by the Department in respect of the land or other property so transferred and for the calculation of any such reduction.

8

On the incorporation date in relation to a grant‐maintained integrated school which immediately before that date was a controlled school, the duty of the F189Authority to maintain and manage the school shall be extinguished and the school shall accordingly cease to be a controlled school for the purposes of the Education Orders.

9

On the incorporation date in relation to a grant‐maintained integrated school which immediately before that date was a voluntary school, the school shall cease to be a voluntary school for the purposes of the Education Orders.

10

On the incorporation date in relation to a grant‐maintained integrated school which immediately before that date was an independent school, the school shall cease to be an independent school for the purposes of the Education Orders.

11

For the purposes of this Article any interest in a dwelling house or other residence which, immediately before the incorporation date in relation to a grant‐maintained integrated school, is used or held for occupation by a person employed to work at the school shall be treated as an interest used or held for the purposes of the school.

12

In this Article “the former Board of Governors” means, in relation to a grant‐maintained integrated school, the Board of Governors of the school immediately before the incorporation date in relation to the school.

Transfer of staff to grant‐maintained integrated school76

1

Subject to paragraph (3), this Article applies to any person who—

a

immediately before the incorporation date in relation to a grant‐maintained integrated school which is then a voluntary school is employed by the Board of Governors of the school; or

b

immediately before the incorporation date in relation to a grant‐maintained integrated school—

i

is employed by the F171Authority or the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools to work solely at the school; or

ii

is employed by F187the Authority to work at the school and is designated for the purposes of this Article by an order made by the Department.

2

A person employed by F187the Authority in connection with the provision of meals shall not be regarded for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) as employed to work solely at a school unless the meals are provided solely for consumption by persons at the school.

3

This Article does not apply to—

a

any person employed as mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) whose contract of employment terminates on the day immediately preceding the incorporation date;

b

any person employed as mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) who before that date has been—

i

appointed or assigned by the F171Authority or the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools to work solely at another school as from that date; or

ii

withdrawn from work at the school with effect as from that date.

4

A person who before the incorporation date has been appointed or assigned by the F171Authority or the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools to work at the school as from that date shall be treated for the purposes of this Article as if he had been employed by that body immediately before that date to do such work at the school as he would have been required to do on or after that date under his contract of employment with that body.

5

References below in this Article to the former employer are references—

a

in relation to a person to whom this Article applies by virtue of paragraph (1)(a), to the Board of Governors of the school immediately before the incorporation date; and

b

in relation to a person to whom this Article applies by virtue of paragraph (1)(b), to the F171Authority or the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (as the case may be).

6

The contract of employment between a person to whom this Article applies and the former employer shall have effect from the incorporation date as if originally made between him and the Board of Governors of the grant‐maintained integrated school.

7

Without prejudice to paragraph (6)—

a

all the former employer's rights, powers, duties and liabilities under or in connection with a contract to which that paragraph applies shall by virtue of this Article be transferred to the Board of Governors of the grant‐maintained integrated school on the incorporation date; and

b

anything done before that date by or in relation to the former employer in respect of that contract or the employee shall be deemed from that date to have been done by or in relation to that Board of Governors.

8

Paragraphs (6) and (7) are without prejudice to any right of an employee to terminate his contract of employment if a substantial change is made to his detriment in his working conditions, but no such right shall arise by reason only of the change in employer effected by this Article.

9

An order under this Article may designate a person either individually or as a member of a class or description of employees.

Financing of grant‐maintained integrated schools

F55Maintenance grants and capital grants77

1

The payments the Department is required to make in pursuance of its duty to maintain a grant‐maintained integrated school are grants to the Board of Governors of the school in respect of expenditure other than expenditure of a capital nature incurred or to be incurred in carrying on the school by the Board of Governors in the financial year to which any such grant relates (to be known as maintenance grants).

F562

The amount of the maintenance grant to be paid under paragraph (1) to the Board of Governors of a grant-maintained integrated school in any financial year shall be the sum of—

a

an amount equal to the budget share of the school for that year; and

b

such other amount determined by or in accordance with the common funding scheme as, in accordance with that scheme, falls to be paid by way of grant under paragraph (1).

Paras. (3)‐(7D) rep. by 2003 NI 12

8

Regulations may provide for the payment by the Department to the trustees or Board of Governors of a grant‐maintained integrated school of grants (to be known as “capital grants”) in respect of approved expenditure of a capital nature incurred or to be incurred for the purposes of the school of any class or description specified in the regulations.

9

The amount of any capital grant shall be equal to 100 per cent. of the expenditure in respect of which it is paid.

10

F57Where school premises are provided or altered in pursuance of an approved contract, the costs of the Board of Governors on foot of that contract shall for the purposes of this Article be regarded as expenditure which is not of a capital nature; but, subject to that, the descriptions of expenditure which are to be regarded for the purposes of this Article as expenditure of a capital nature shall be such as may be determined by or in accordance with regulations.

11

Maintenance and capital grants shall be made on such conditionsF58. . . as the Department may determine.

Para. (12) rep. by 2003 NI 12

13

The Department may by order substitute for references in this Article and Article 78 to a financial year references to such other period as may be specified in the order.

F5614

This Article shall be construed as if it were contained in Part I of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.

F59Financial statements78

1

Before the beginning of each financial year the Department shall prepare a statement of the financial provision it plans to make in that period for grant‐maintained integrated schools.

2

A statement under paragraph (1) in relation to a financial year shall containF60 such particulars as the Department may determine with respect to the financial provision the Department plans to make in that year for grant-maintained integrated schools.

3

After the end of each financial year the Department shall prepare a statement of—

a

the total amount of all maintenance grants actually made under Article 77 in that year;

b

the amount of the maintenance grants actually made under Article 77 in that year to each grant‐maintained integrated school.

4

A statement prepared under this Article shall be prepared in such form, and published in such manner and at such times, as the Department may determine.

5

The Department shall furnish the Board of Governors of each grant‐maintained integrated school with a copy of each statement prepared by it under this Article.

6

The Board of Governors of each such school shall secure that a copy of any such statement furnished to it under this Article is available for inspection (at all reasonable times and free of charge) at the school.

Para. (7) rep. by 2003 NI 12

Making of significant change to grant‐maintained integrated schools

Significant changes to grant‐maintained integrated schools79

1

Subject to paragraph (2), where the Board of Governors of a grant‐maintained integrated school proposes—

a

to make a significant change in the character or size of the school; or

b

to make any other change which would have a significant effect on another grant‐aided school,

it shall submit the proposal to F187the AuthorityF156... and F187the Authority shall submit the proposal to the Department together with its views thereon.

2

Paragraphs (4) to (7), (9), (9A), (9B) and (10) of Article 14 of the principal Order shall apply in relation to a proposal under paragraph (1) as they apply in relation to a proposal under paragraph (2) of that Article; but the Department shall not approve any proposal under Article 14(7) of the principal Order as so applied if in the opinion of the Department the implementation of that proposal would render the school less likely to be attended by reasonable numbers of both Protestant and Roman Catholic pupils.

Discontinuance of grant‐maintained integrated schools

Discontinuance by Board of Governors80

1

The Board of Governors of a grant‐maintained integrated school shall not discontinue the school except in accordance with this Article.

2

Where the Board of Governors of such a school—

a

decides by a resolution passed at a meeting of that body to discontinue the school; and

b

confirms that decision by a resolution passed at a subsequent meeting of that body held not less than twenty‐eight days after that at which the first resolution was passed;

it shall, subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), give at least two years' notice of its intention to discontinue the school to the Department and to F187the AuthorityF184....

3

No notice given under paragraph (2) without the prior approval of the Department shall be effective if the school premises were built or altered with the aid of a grant from the Department or financial assistance by F174the Authority or a board or, before 1st October 1973, by a former local education authority.

4

The requirement to give notice under paragraph (2) shall not apply where the Department and F187the AuthorityF157... agree to dispense with that notice.

5

If, during the period of a notice given under paragraph (2) in respect of a school, the Board of Governors of the school informs the Department that it is unable or unwilling to carry on the school until the expiration of the notice, the Department may give such directions as to the carrying on of the school and as to the education of the children attending the school as it thinks expedient.

6

Where—

a

the period of a notice given under paragraph (2) has expired; or

b

the requirement to give that notice has been dispensed with under paragraph (4),

the Board of Governors may submit a proposal to discontinue the school to F187the AuthorityF162... and F187the Authority shall submit the proposal to the Department together with its views thereon.

7

Paragraphs (4) to (7), (9), (9A), (9B) and (10) of Article 14 of the principal Order shall apply in relation to a proposal under paragraph (6) as they apply in relation to a proposal under paragraph (2) of that Article.

F61Withdrawal of grant by Department81

1

The Department may cease to maintain a grant‐maintained integrated school by giving notice of its intention to do so to the Board of Governors of the school under this Article; and on the date specified in any such notice as the date on which the Department intends to cease to maintain the school the Department's duty to maintain the school shall cease.

2

Subject to the following provisions of this Article—

a

a notice under this Article may not specify as the date on which the Department intends to cease to maintain such a school a date falling less than two years after the date of the notice; and

b

before giving such a notice the Department shall consult—

i

the Board of Governors of the school;

ii

F187the Authority for the area in which the school is situated; and

iii

the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools.

3

Paragraph (2) shall not apply where the Department is satisfied, in the case of any grant‐maintained integrated school, that the school as currently constituted or conducted is unsuitable to continue as a grant‐maintained integrated school on all or any of the following grounds—

a

that the number of registered pupils at the school is too small for sufficient and suitable instruction to be provided for them at reasonable cost;

b

that the Board of Governors has failed for a significant period of time to carry out its duties under Part III;

c

that the Board of Governors has been guilty of substantial or persistent failure to comply or secure compliance with any other requirement imposed by or under this Order or any other statutory provision;

d

that the school is not attended by reasonable numbers of both Protestant and Roman Catholic pupils.

4

In any case within paragraph (3), the Department may give to the Board of Governors of the school a notice stating the grounds on which it considers that the school as currently constituted or conducted is unsuitable to continue as a grant‐maintained integrated school together with full particulars of the matters relevant to each such ground.

5

Where any of the matters of which particulars are given in a notice under paragraph (4) are stated in the notice to be in the opinion of the Department irremediable, the notice shall also state that the Department intends to cease to maintain the school on a date specified in the notice.

6

Where paragraph (5) does not apply in the case of any notice under paragraph (4), the notice shall—

a

state that the Department intends to cease to maintain the school unless the matters of which particulars are given in the notice are remedied;

b

specify the measures necessary in the opinion of the Department to remedy those matters; and

c

specify the time, not being less than three months after the date of the notice, within which the Board of Governors is required to take those measures.

7

Where the Board of Governors of a grant‐maintained integrated school fails to take the measures required by a notice under paragraph (4) within the time specified in the notice or allowed by any previous notice under this paragraph, the Department shall within the period of two months beginning with the date next following the end of that time either—

a

give notice to the Board of Governors extending the time within which those measures are required to be taken; or

b

after consulting F187the Authority for the area in which the school is situated, give notice that it intends to cease to maintain the school on a date specified in the notice.

8

The Department may by notice given to the Board of Governors—

a

withdraw any notice under paragraph (1), (4) or (7)(b); or

b

vary—

i

any notice under paragraph (1) or (7)(b); or

ii

any notice under paragraph (4) to which paragraph (5) applies,

by substituting a later date for the date for the time being specified in the notice as the date on which it intends to cease to maintain the school; or

c

vary any notice under paragraph (4) to which paragraph (6) applies, so far as relates to the measures required by the notice to remedy the matters of which particulars are given in the notice.

9

If by virtue of paragraph (8)(c) the Department varies any notice under paragraph (4) so as to require different measures to be taken it shall also substitute for the time specified in the notice as the time within which the Board of Governors is required to take the measures specified in the notice as varied a time ending—

a

not less than three months after the date of the notice of variation; and

b

where the time so specified has been extended under paragraph (7), not earlier than that time as so extended.

10

Any variation under paragraph (9) of the time specified in a notice under paragraph (4) is without prejudice to any further extension of that time under paragraph (7).

11

Any notice under this Article shall be in writing; and references in this Article to the date of any such notice given to a Board of Governors under this Article are references to the date on which it is given to the Board of Governors.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
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Winding up and disposal of property

Winding up82

1

Where, in the case of any grant‐maintained integrated school, the Department has—

a

approved a proposal for discontinuance of the school made under Article 80; or

F62b

given notice to the Board of Governors of the school under Article 81 specifying a date on which it intends to cease to maintain the school;

the Department may by order make provision for the winding up of the Board of Governors of the school and the disposal of the school property.

2

An order under this Article may—

a

set out a timetable for the winding up;

b

make provision with respect to the exercise of the functions of the Board of Governors in relation to the school, including in particular—

i

provision requiring the Board of Governors in the exercise of those functions to comply with any directions given by the Department;

ii

provision authorising any of those functions to be exercised by any member of the Board of Governors specified in the order; and

iii

provision for the application of the seal of the Board of Governors to be authenticated by the signature of any person so specified;

c

make provision for conferring or imposing functions on the Board of Governors in relation to the winding up and the management and disposal of the school property;

d

make any provision authorised by Article 83 for or in connection with the transfer of the school property;

e

make provision with respect to the discharge of the liabilities of the Board of Governors and the payment of the costs of the winding up;

f

require the Board of Governors to give to persons employed by it notice terminating their contracts of employment as from a date specified in the order; and

g

appoint a date on which the Board of Governors is to be dissolved.

3

Below in this Part—

a

references to a Board of Governors in liquidation are references to a Board of Governors in respect of which an order has been made under this Article; and

b

references, in relation to any such Board of Governors or the grant‐maintained integrated school under, or formerly under, the management of any such body, to the dissolution date are references to the date appointed in relation to that Board of Governors by virtue of paragraph (2)(g).

4

The Department may make grants to a Board of Governors in liquidation for the purpose of—

a

discharging any liabilities of that Board of Governors;

b

meeting any costs incurred by that Board of Governors for the purposes of the winding up under this Article.

5

The Department may impose on a Board of Governors to which any such payment is made such requirements as it may from time to time determine (whether before, at or after the time when the payment in question is made).

6

The Department shall not by an order under this Article appoint a date on which a Board of Governors in liquidation is to be dissolved unless it is satisfied that—

a

all liabilities of the Board of Governors (other than any liabilities which fall to be transferred under Article 83(6)) have been discharged;

b

all costs of the winding up have been met; and

c

any provision authorised by Article 83 or 84 which is possible and expedient in the circumstances of the case has been made and anything required to be done by the Board of Governors for the purposes of or in connection with any such provision has been done.

7

In this Part—

a

references, in relation to a grant‐maintained integrated school under, or formerly under, the management of a Board of Governors in liquidation, to the school property are references to—

i

the premises used or formerly used for the purposes of the school;

ii

any interest belonging to the Board of Governors or held by any trustees on trust for the purposes of the school in any dwelling house or other residence used or held or formerly used or held for occupation by a person employed to work at the school; and

iii

all other equipment and property used or held or formerly used or held for the purposes of the school;

b

references to a grant‐maintained integrated school formerly under the management of a Board of Governors in liquidation apply in circumstances where the school has been discontinued before the dissolution date and refer to the school as managed immediately before discontinuance (and “formerly” in heads (i) to (iii) of sub‐paragraph (a) applies in the same circumstances and refers to the time immediately before the discontinuance of the school concerned).

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
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Transfer of school property83

1

Where a proposal under Article 14 of the principal Order that a new school be established on the premises of a grant-maintained integrated school under the management of a Board of Governors in liquidation has been approved by the Department, then—

a

if the new school is to be a controlled school, an order under Article 82 may vest the school property, or any part of it, in F187the AuthorityF155...;

b

if the new school is to be a voluntary school, an order under Article 82 may vest the school property, or any part of it, in persons specified in the order to be held on trust for the purposes of the new voluntary school.

2

Where a person proposes to establish a new independent school on the premises of a grant-maintained integrated school under the management of a Board of Governors in liquidation, an order under Article 82 may vest the school property, or any part of it, in that person.

3

The vesting in F172the Authority or any other person under paragraph (1) or (2) of—

a

any of the school property of a grant-maintained integrated school which was a controlled school immediately before it became a grant-maintained integrated school; or

b

land in respect of which a direction was given under Article 75(5);

shall be subject to the payment by F172the Authority or that person of such an amount as the Department determines to be a fair consideration for the transfer of the property.

4

In a case within paragraph (3)(a) the consideration is payable to F187the AuthorityF158... and in a case within paragraph (3)(b) the consideration is payable to the trustees from whom the land mentioned in that sub-paragraph is transferred.

5

Where school property is held on trust for the purposes of a grant-maintained integrated school, an order made under Article 82 by virtue of paragraph (1) or (2) may vest the property in F187the Authority or F191a person beneficially or on such trusts as appear to the Department to be appropriate.

6

Where an order is made under Article 82 by virtue of paragraph (1) or (2) that order may provide for the transfer to F187the Authority or F170the person to whom any school property is transferred of such of the liabilities of the Board of Governors in liquidation as may be specified in the order.

Vesting of surplus assets84

1

Subject to paragraph (2), all school property of a grant-maintained integrated school under, or formerly under, the management of a Board of Governors in liquidation which has not been transferred under an order made under Article 82 shall, by virtue of this paragraph, be transferred to and vest in the Department on the dissolution date.

2

Where the Department is satisfied as to the whole or any part of any such school property that it ought to be transferred to F187the Authority or any other person, the Department may by order made before the dissolution date vest that property in F187the AuthorityF178or that person on the dissolution date, either beneficially or to be held on such trusts as the Department may specify.

3

Without prejudice to the power of the Department under paragraph (2), any transfer of property under this Article shall be free of any trusts on which property is held before the transfer.

4

Where land in respect of which a direction was given under Article 75(5) is vested in the Department, F187the Authority or any other person under this Article, there shall be payable by the Department, F187the Authority or that person (as the case may be) to the trustees from whom the land in question was transferred such an amount as the Department determines to be a fair consideration for the transfer of the property.

5

Where—

a

any school premises are vested under paragraph (2) in F187the Authority ; and

b

any person subsequently acquires those premises or any part of them from F187the Authority (whether compulsorily or otherwise),

the Department may require F187the Authority to pay to it the whole or any part of the consideration or purchase money paid in respect of the acquisition to meet, or contribute towards, the amount of grants paid by the Department under Article 82(4) to the Board of Governors of the school.

Miscellaneous and supplementary

F63Provision of benefits and services for pupils by boards85

Where—

a

F187the Authority is under a duty, or has power, to provide any benefits or services for pupils; and

b

the duty is to be performed, or the power may be exercised, both in relation to pupils at grant‐maintained integrated schools and in relation to pupils at other grant‐aided schools,

F187the Authority shall in performing the duty, or exercising the power, treat pupils at grant‐maintained integrated schools no less favourably (whether as to the benefits or services provided or as to the terms on which they are provided) than pupils at other grant‐aided schools.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
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Variation of instrument of government relating to grant‐maintained integrated school86

1

The Department may by order make such modifications of any instrument of government relating to any school as, after consultation with the Board of Governors of the school and the trustees (if any), appear to be requisite—

a

in consequence of the approval of a proposal for acquisition of grant‐maintained integrated status for the school; or

b

for removing any inconsistency between the provisions of that instrument and any provisions included or proposed to be included in the scheme of management for the school which it appears to the Department to be expedient to remove in the interests of the school.

2

Any modification made by an order under this Article may be made to have permanent effect or to have effect for such period as may be specified in the order.

3

Any provision of any instrument relating to any land held for the purposes of any voluntary school which—

a

confers on any person an option to acquire an interest in that land; or

b

provides (in whatever terms) for the determination or forfeiture of any such interest,

in the event of the school's ceasing to be a voluntary school shall, if the school becomes a grant‐maintained integrated school, have effect as if the event referred to were the school's ceasing to be a school which is either a grant‐maintained integrated school or a voluntary school.

Interpretation (grant‐maintained integrated schools)87

1

In this Chapter—

a

references to the proposed date of implementation are references—

i

in relation to any school in respect of which a proposal for acquisition of grant‐maintained integrated status is required to be submitted under Article 71(1), to the date specified in accordance with Article 70(4)(b) in the information given for the purposes of the originating ballot to persons eligible to vote in that ballot (within the meaning of Article 70); and

ii

in relation to any school in respect of whichF64 a proposal has been submitted under Article 71(1) or (2), to the date specified in the proposal as the proposed date of implementation;

b

references, in relation to any school in respect of which such a proposal has been approved, to the proposal are references to the proposal as approved.

2

In relation to any proposal for acquisition of grant‐maintained integrated status required to be submitted under Article 71(1) in respect of any school, the reference in paragraph (1)(a) to the originating ballot is a reference—

a

where paragraph (1) of that Article applies, to the ballot by reference to which it applies; and

b

where the proposal is required to be published by virtue of a requirement imposed by the Department under paragraph (5) or (11) of that Article, to the last ballot held in accordance with Article 70 in relation to the school before that requirement was imposed.

3

In this Part—

  • “incorporation date” means, in relation to a grant‐maintained integrated school, the date on which the Board of Governors of the school is incorporated under Article 72;

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CHAPTER IIICONTROLLED INTEGRATED SCHOOLS

Management of controlled integrated schools

Management of controlled integrated schools88

The scheme of management for a controlled integrated school shall require the Board of Governors to use its best endeavours, in exercising its functions under the Education Orders, to ensure that the management, control and ethos of the school are such as are likely to attract to the school reasonable numbers of both Protestant and Roman Catholic pupils.

Constitution of Board of Governors for controlled integrated schools89

1

In Schedule 4 to the principal Order for paragraphs 4 and 5 there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—

Controlled grammar schools (other than controlled integrated grammar schools) and controlled nursery and special schools

4

There shall be 8, 16 or 24 voting members appointed to the Board of Governors of a controlled grammar school (other than a controlled integrated grammar school), a controlled nursery school or a controlled special school and, subject to paragraph 6, of those members—

a

three‐eighths shall be chosen by the board responsible for the management of the school;

b

one‐quarter shall be nominated by the Head of the Department;

c

one‐quarter shall be elected by parents of pupils attending the school from amongst the parents of such pupils;

d

one‐eighth shall be elected by assistant teachers at the school from amongst such assistant teachers.

Controlled integrated schools

5

1

There shall be 14 or 21 voting members appointed to the Board of Governors of a controlled integrated school, other than a controlled integrated school to which sub‐paragraph (3) applies, and, subject to paragraph 6, of those members—

a

two‐sevenths shall be elected by parents of pupils attending the school from amongst the parents of such pupils;

b

two‐sevenths shall be chosen by the board responsible for the management of the school;

c

one‐seventh shall be nominated by the transferors and superseded managers of controlled schools (other than controlled integrated schools) in the area of the board responsible for the management of the school;

d

one‐seventh shall be nominated by the nominating trustees of Catholic maintained schools in the area of the board responsible for the management of the school;

e

one‐seventh shall be elected by assistant teachers at the school from amongst such assistant teachers.

2

Sub‐paragraph (3) applies to—

a

a controlled integrated grammar school; and

b

a controlled integrated school which immediately before the date on which it became a controlled integrated school was a voluntary school (other than a Catholic maintained school).

3

There shall be 14 or 21 voting members appointed to the Board of Governors of a controlled integrated school to which this sub‐paragraph applies and, subject to paragraph 6, of those members—

a

two‐sevenths shall be elected by parents of pupils attending the school from amongst the parents of such pupils;

b

two‐sevenths shall be chosen by the board responsible for the management of the school;

c

two‐sevenths shall be nominated by the Head of the Department;

d

one‐seventh shall be elected by assistant teachers at the school from amongst such assistant teachers.

4

It shall be the duty of a board in appointing persons to a Board of Governors under sub‐paragraph (1)(b) or (3)(b) to choose for appointment persons appearing to the board to be committed to the continuing viability of the school as a controlled integrated school and it shall be the duty of the Head of the Department in nominating persons for appointment to a Board of Governors under sub‐paragraph (3)(c) to nominate persons appearing to the Head of the Department to be so committed.

2

In paragraph 6 of that Schedule—

a

for sub‐paragraphs (1) to (3) there shall be substituted the following sub‐paragraphs—

1

Where the board proposes to appoint persons to a Board of Governors under paragraph 2(2)(a), 3(2)(a) or 5(1)(c) or (d) it shall serve on the nominating authorities a notice—

a

stating the board's intention to appoint such persons; and

b

requesting the nominating authorities to make nominations to the board within a period of 21 days from the date on which the notice is served;

and where the nominating authorities fail to make any nomination requested by such a notice within that period the board may, subject to sub‐paragraph (2), appoint such persons as it considers to be suitable for appointment.

2

It shall be the duty of a board in appointing persons to the Board of Governors of a school under sub‐paragraph (1)—

a

in the case of a controlled integrated school, to choose for appointment persons appearing to the board to be committed to the continuing viability of the school as a controlled integrated school; and

b

in all cases, so far as possible to choose for appointment persons who are resident in the locality served by the school.

3

Persons appointed under sub‐paragraph (1) shall be deemed for all purposes of this Schedule to have been duly nominated by the nominating authorities.

b

in sub‐paragraph (4) for the words “and 5(a) and (e)” there shall be substituted “ , 5(1)(a) and (e) and 5(3)(a) and (d) ”.

3

In paragraph 7 of that Schedule at the end there shall be added the following definition—

“ nominating authorities ”, in relation to the appointment of any persons to a Board of Governors, means the persons who or bodies which are to nominate persons for the purpose of such appointment.

Procedure for acquisition of controlled integrated status

Schools eligible for controlled integrated status90

1

Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), any controlled or voluntary school is for the purposes of this Chapter eligible for controlled integrated status.

2

The following are not eligible for controlled integrated status, namely—

Sub-para. (a) rep. by 1998 NI 13

b

a special school;

Sub-para. (c) rep. by 1993 NI 12

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a school established in a hospital.

3

A controlled or voluntary school is not eligible for controlled integrated status if a proposal to discontinue the school has been approved by the Department under Article 14(7) of the principal Order.

4

A voluntary school is not eligible for controlled integrated status if notice of the trustees' intention to discontinue the school has been given under Article 16(1) of the principal Order and has not been withdrawn.

Initiation of procedure for acquisition of controlled integrated status91

Articles 69 and 70 shall apply for the purposes of the acquisition by a school eligible for controlled integrated status of that status as they apply for the purposes of the acquisition by a school eligible for grant‐maintained integrated status of that status; and, accordingly, in those Articles as applied by this Article—

a

references to grant‐maintained integrated status shall be read as references to controlled integrated status;

b

references to provisions of Article 69 or 70 shall be read as references to those provisions as so applied;

c

references to Article 71(1) shall be read as references to Article 92(1).

Proposals for acquisition of controlled integrated status92

1

Where in the case of any controlled or voluntary school which is eligible for controlled integrated status the result of a ballot held in accordance with Article 70 (as applied by Article 91) shows a simple majority of votes cast in the ballot by persons eligible to vote in the ballot (within the meaning of that Article (as so applied)) in favour of seeking controlled integrated status for the school, it shall be the duty of the F180Authority to submit a proposal for the acquisition of controlled integrated status for the school to the Department together with its views thereon.

2

Where F187the Authority proposes to establish a new controlled integrated school, it shall submit the proposal to the Department.

3

A proposal under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be in such form and contain such particulars (including the proposed date of implementation) as may be required by the Department and a proposal under paragraph (1) shall be submitted to the Department within such time as may be so required.

4

A board, after submitting a proposal to the Department under paragraph (1) or (2), shall—

a

forthwith publish by advertisement in one or more newspapers circulating in the area affected by the proposal a notice stating—

i

such particulars of the nature of the proposal as may be required by the Department;

ii

that the proposal has been submitted to the Department;

iii

that a copy of the proposal can be inspected at a specified place;

iv

that objections to the proposal can be made to the Department within two months of the date specified in the advertisement, being the date on which the advertisement first appears;

b

furnish to any person, on application, a copy of the proposal on payment of such reasonable sum as F187the Authority may determine.

5

Subject to paragraphs (6) and (7), the Department, after considering any objections to a proposal made to it within the time specified in the notice under paragraph (4)(a)(iv), may, after making such modification, if any, in the proposal as, after consultation with F187the AuthorityF183..., it considers necessary or expedient, approve the proposal and inform F187the Authority accordingly.

6

The Department shall not approve a proposal under this Article in relation to a school unless it appears to the Department that, if the school were to become, or be established as, a controlled integrated school, the school would be likely to be attended by reasonable numbers of both Protestant and Roman Catholic pupils.

7

The Department shall not approve a proposal under paragraph (1) in relation to a school unless the school was eligible for controlled integrated status on the date on which the proposal was submitted under that paragraph.

8

Where the Department rejects any proposal under paragraph (1) in relation to a school, it may require F187the Authority to submit a further proposal under that paragraph within such period as it may direct.

9

Where a proposal under paragraph (1) or (2) in respect of any school is approved by the Department—

a

the school shall become, or be established as, a controlled integrated school on the proposed date of implementation; and

b

the F173Authority shall make provision by means of a Board of Governors appointed by F187the Authority for the management of the school as a controlled integrated school on and from that date.

10

The provisions of the Education Orders shall, subject to any express provision to the contrary, apply to a controlled integrated school in like manner as they apply to a controlled school which is not a controlled integrated school.

Effect of pending procedure for acquisition of controlled integrated status93

1

This Article applies to a controlled or voluntary school during any period when the procedure under this Chapter for acquisition of controlled integrated status is pending in relation to the school.

2

For the purposes of this Article that procedure is pending in relation to a school when it has been initiated in relation to the school on any occasion and not terminated (as initiated on that occasion).

3

For those purposes that procedure is to be regarded as initiated in relation to any school on any occasionF66 on receipt by the F166Authority , in the case of a controlled school, or the trustees of the school, in the case of a voluntary school, of notice under Article 69(4)(b).

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For those purposes, that procedure, as initiated on any occasion, is to be regarded as terminated if—

i

the result of the ballot to which the notice under Article 69(4)(b) relates] does not show a majority in favour of seeking controlled integrated status for the school;

ii

a proposal for acquisition of such status for the school which is required to be submitted under Article 92 by reference to the result of that ballot, or any proposal required in substitution for that proposal, is rejected by the Department or withdrawn; or

iii

the school becomes a controlled integrated school.

5

Where Article 70(8) applies in the case of any such ballot, the references inF66 paragraph (4) to the result of that ballot shall be read as references to the result of the second ballot required by that paragraph.

6

The reference in paragraph (4) to a proposal required in substitution for any proposal for acquisition of controlled integrated status for any school which is required to be submitted under Article 92 by reference to the result of a ballot held in accordance with Article 70 ( “the original proposal”) is a reference to any proposal required to be submitted under paragraph (8) of Article 92 on the rejection of—

a

the original proposal; or

b

any further proposal required to be submitted under that paragraph with respect to the school without a further ballot;

and a proposal under that Article with respect to a school shall not be treated for the purposes of paragraph (4) as rejected in any case where the Department imposes a requirement under paragraph (8) of that Article.

7

Except with the consent of the Department, the trustees of a voluntary school to which this Article for the time being applies shall not—

a

dispose of any property used wholly or partly for the purposes of the school; or

b

enter into a contract to dispose of any such property.

8

Paragraph (7) does not apply in relation to a disposal which is made in pursuance of a contract entered into, or an option granted, before the procedure mentioned in paragraph (1) was initiated in relation to the school.

9

A disposal or contract shall not be invalid or void by reason only that it has been made or entered into in contravention of this Article and a person acquiring property, or entering into a contract to acquire property, from the trustees of a voluntary school shall not be concerned to enquire whether any consent required by this Article has been given.

10

During any period when this Article applies to a school—

a

no resolution shall be passed by the Board of Governors under Article 69(1)(a); and

b

no request shall be made to the Board of Governors under Article 69(1)(b).

11

In this Article (except paragraph (10)) references to Articles 69 and 70 are references to those Articles as applied by Article 91.

Proposals for alteration, etc. of schools eligible for controlled integrated status

Proposals for alteration, etc. of schools eligible for controlled integrated status94

1

Before formulating in respect of any controlled school which is eligible for controlled integrated status any proposal under Article 14(1)(c), (d) or (e) of the principal Order, F187the Authority shall consult the Board of Governors of the school.

2

Where a proposal for acquisition of controlled integrated status is approved in relation to a school, no proposal shall be submitted under Article 14 of the principal Order in respect of that school between the date on which the proposal for acquisition of controlled integrated status is approved and the proposed date of implementation of that proposal.

3

Paragraph (4) applies in any case where either—

a

after a proposal for acquisition of controlled integrated status has been first submitted to the Department under Article 92 in respect of any school which is eligible for controlled integrated status but before that proposal is withdrawn or determined a proposal in respect of the school is submitted to the Department under Article 14 of the principal Order; or

b

after a proposal in respect of any such school has been submitted to the Department under Article 14 of the principal Order but before that proposal is withdrawn or determined a proposal for acquisition of controlled integrated status for the school is first submitted to the Department under Article 92.

4

In any case to which this paragraph applies, the Department shall consider both proposals together but shall not determine the proposal under Article 14 until it has made its determination with respect to the proposal for acquisition of controlled integrated status.

5

Where—

a

a proposal under Article 14(1)(d) or (e), (2)(d) or (e) or (3)(c) of the principal Order with respect to any school has been approved under Article 14(7) of that Order; and

b

the school becomes a controlled integrated school before that proposal has been implemented,

that proposal shall be treated as if it had been published and approved under Article 14 after the school became a controlled integrated school.

Transfer of property and staff

Transfer of property of voluntary school acquiring controlled integrated status95

1

Subject to the following provisions of this Article, on the proposed date of implementation in relation to a controlled integrated school which immediately before that date was a voluntary school—

a

all land or other property which, immediately before that date was property held by the trustees of the school for the purposes of the school;

b

all rights and liabilities subsisting immediately before that date which were acquired or incurred by those trustees for those purposes;

c

any property, rights and liabilities of the former Board of Governors of the school,

shall be transferred to, and by virtue of this Order vest in, the F160Authority .

2

Paragraph (1) shall not apply to rights and liabilities under any contract of employment.

3

Any land or other property transferred to F187the Authority under this Article which immediately before the proposed date of implementation was held on trust shall vest in F187the Authority as trustee on the trusts applicable immediately before that date under any trust deed regulating the use of the land or other property for the purposes of the school.

4

The Department may by regulations make provision for the payment of compensation by the Department to the trustees of a voluntary school in respect of land or other property held by them immediately before the proposed date of implementation and transferred under this Article and such regulations may provide—

a

for the amount of compensation to be such as may be agreed between the Department and the trustees or, in default of agreement, such as may be determined by the Lands Tribunal;

b

for the amount of compensation to be reduced where grants have been paid by the Department in respect of land or other property so transferred and for the calculation of any such reduction.

5

On the proposed date of implementation in relation to a controlled integrated school which immediately before that date was a voluntary school, the school shall cease to be a voluntary school for the purposes of the Education Orders and the trustees and former Board of Governors of the school shall be absolutely freed and discharged from all responsibility in connection with the school whether under any deed of trust or otherwise.

6

For the purposes of this Article any interest in a dwelling house or other residence which, immediately before the proposed date of implementation in relation to a controlled integrated school, is used or held for occupation by a person employed to work at the school shall be treated as an interest used or held for the purposes of the school.

7

In this Article “the former Board of Governors” means, in relation to a controlled integrated school, the Board of Governors of the school immediately before the proposed date of implementation in relation to the school.

Transfer of staff96

1

Subject to paragraph (2), this Article applies to any person who immediately before the proposed date of implementation in relation to a controlled integrated school which is then a voluntary school,—

a

is employed by the Board of Governors of the school; or

b

is employed by the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools to work solely at the school.

2

This Article does not apply to—

a

any person employed as mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) whose contract of employment terminates on the day immediately preceding the proposed date of implementation;

b

any person employed as mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) who before that date has been—

i

appointed or assigned by the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools to work solely at another school as from that date; or

ii

withdrawn from work at the school with effect as from that date.

3

A person who before the proposed date of implementation has been appointed or assigned by the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools to work at the school as from that date shall be treated for the purposes of this Article as if he had been employed by the Council immediately before that date to do such work at the school as he would have been required to do on or after that date under his contract of employment with the Council.

4

References below in this Article to the former employer are references—

a

in relation to a person to whom this Article applies by virtue of paragraph (1)(a), to the Board of Governors of the school immediately before the proposed date of implementation; and

b

in relation to a person to whom this Article applies by virtue of paragraph (1)(b), to the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools.

5

The contract of employment between a person to whom this Article applies and the former employer shall have effect from the proposed date of implementation as if originally made between him and the F167Authority .

6

Without prejudice to paragraph (5)—

a

all the former employer's rights, powers, duties and liabilities under or in connection with a contract to which that paragraph applies shall by virtue of this Article be transferred to the F186Authority on the proposed date of implementation; and

b

anything done before that date by or in relation to the former employer in respect of that contract or the employee shall be deemed from that date to have been done by or in relation to F187the Authority .

7

Paragraphs (5) and (6) are without prejudice to any right of an employee to terminate his contract of employment if a substantial change is made to his detriment in his working conditions, but no such right shall arise by reason only of the change in employer effected by this Article.

Significant changes to controlled integrated schools

Significant changes to controlled integrated schools97

The Department shall not approve any proposal made under Article 14(1)(d) or (e) or (3)(c) of the principal Order in relation to a controlled integrated school if in the opinion of the Department the implementation of that proposal would render the school less likely to be attended by reasonable numbers of both Protestant and Roman Catholic pupils.

Miscellaneous and supplementary

Variation of instrument of government relating to controlled integrated school98

Article 86 shall apply to a controlled integrated school as if for the words “grant‐maintained integrated” wherever they occur there were substituted the words “ controlled integrated ”.

Interpretation (controlled integrated schools)99

1

In this Chapter and in any other provision of this Part as applied by Article 91 or 98—

a

references to the proposed date of implementation are references—

i

in relation to any school in respect of which a proposal for acquisition of controlled integrated status is required to be submitted under Article 92(1), to the date specified in accordance with Article 70(4)(b) (as applied by Article 91) in the information given for the purposes of the originating ballot to persons eligible to vote in that ballot (within the meaning of Article 70 (as so applied)); and

ii

in relation to any school in respect of whichF67 a proposal has been submitted under Article 92(1) or (2), to the date specified in the proposal as the proposed date of implementation;

b

references, in relation to any school in respect of which such a proposal has been approved, to the proposal are references to the proposal as approved;

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2

In relation to any proposal for acquisition of controlled integrated status required to be submitted under Article 92(1) in respect of any school, the reference in paragraph (1)(a) to the originating ballot is a reference—

a

where paragraph (1) of that Article applies, to the ballot by reference to which it applies; and

b

where the proposal is required to be published by virtue of a requirement imposed by the Department under paragraph (8) of that Article, to the last ballot held in accordance with Article 70 (as applied by Article 91) in relation to the school before that requirement was imposed.

Part VII (Arts. 100‐120) rep. by 1997 NI 15

PART VIIISCHOOLS—GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER IMANAGEMENT OF GRANT‐AIDED SCHOOLS

Appointment of parent governors121

In Article 13 of the principal Order after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted—

3A

Where, at any grant‐aided school,—

a

one or more vacancies for parent members are required to be filled by election; and

b

the number of parents standing for election as parent members is less than the number of vacancies,

the required number of parent members shall be made up by persons appointed by the voting members of the Board of Governors of the school.

3B

Where it is reasonably practicable to do so, it shall be the duty of the voting members of the Board of Governors in appointing any person under paragraph (3A) to appoint a person who is the parent of a registered pupil at the school.

3C

In paragraph (3A) “parent member” means a member of the Board of Governors of a grant‐aided school who but for that paragraph would be required to be elected by parents of pupils attending the school from amongst the parents of such pupils.

3D

A person appointed under paragraph (3A) shall for all purposes of the Education Orders except Schedule 8 to the 1989 Order be treated as if he had been duly elected as a member of the Board of Governors by parents of pupils attending the school.

3E

In paragraphs (3A) and (3B) “voting members” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 122(3) of the 1989 Order.

Co‐option of persons to Board of Governors of grant‐aided school122

1

The voting members of the Board of Governors of a grant‐aided school may co‐opt not more than three persons to be members of the Board of Governors of the school.

2

It shall be the duty of the voting members in co‐opting any person to be a member of the Board of Governors to co‐opt a person who appears to them to be a member of the local business community if it appears to the voting members—

a

that no member of the Board of Governors is a member of the local business community; or

b

that it is desirable to increase the number of members of the Board of Governors who are members of that community.

3

In this Article “voting members”

a

in relation to the Board of Governors of a grant‐maintained integrated school, has the same meaning as in Schedule 5;

b

in relation to the Board of Governors of a school to which Schedule 7 to the principal Order applies, means the members of the Board of Governors referred to in paragraph 2(1)(a), (b) and (c) of that Schedule;

c

in relation to the Board of Governors of any other grant‐aided school, has the meaning assigned to it for the purposes of whichever of Schedules 4, 5F68 or 6 to the principal Order applies in relation to the membership of that Board of Governors.

Schemes of management123

After Article 9 of the principal Order and after the cross‐heading “School management” there shall be inserted the following Articles—

Schemes of management9A

1

For every grant‐aided school (other than a technical secondary school) there shall be a scheme (to be known as a “scheme of management”) providing for—

a

the membership and procedure of the Board of Governors of the school;

b

the management of the school, and in particular the functions to be exercised in relation to the school by the Board of Governors, the principal and any other person or body specified in the scheme;

c

such other matters as are required or authorised by the Education Orders to be included in or regulated by the scheme of management.

2

The scheme of management for a grant‐aided school may provide for the establishment by the Board of Governors of the school of committees (whether or not including persons who are not members of the Board of Governors) and for—

a

the membership and procedure of such committees;

b

the delegation to such committees of such functions of the Board of Governors of the school as may be specified in or determined in accordance with the scheme.

3

The scheme of management for a grant‐aided school may provide for the delegation to the principal of the school of such functions of the Board of Governors as may be specified in or determined in accordance with the scheme.

4

The scheme of management for a grant‐aided school shall—

a

contain no provision which is inconsistent with any provision of the Education Orders or any other statutory provision;

b

except in so far as any provision of the Education Orders requires or authorises, comply with any instrument of government of the school.

5

The scheme of management for—

a

a controlled integrated school, shall be a scheme applying only to that school;

b

any other controlled school, may be either a scheme applying only to that school or a scheme applying to that school and to other controlled schools, all being schools specified, or of a description specified, in the scheme.

6

The scheme of management for a Catholic maintained school may be a scheme applying only to that school or a scheme applying to that school and to other Catholic maintained schools, all being schools specified, or of a description specified, in the scheme.

7

In its application to a voluntary school referred to in Article 11(8), this Article shall have effect with the omission of paragraphs (1)(a) and (2) and the substitution for the references in paragraphs (1)(b) and (3) 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).

Preparation of schemes of management9B

1

It shall be the duty of a board to prepare a scheme or schemes of management for controlled schools under the management of the board; but before preparing a scheme of management applying to any school the board shall consult the Board of Governors of that school.

2

It shall be the duty of a board, after consultation with the managers or trustees of a maintained school (other than a Catholic maintained school) maintained by it, to prepare a scheme of management for the school.

3

It shall be the duty of the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools to prepare a scheme or schemes of management for Catholic maintained schools; but before preparing a scheme of management applying to any school the Council shall consult the trustees or managers of the school and the board by which the school is maintained.

4

It shall be the duty—

a

in the case of a voluntary school referred to in Article 11(8), of the person approved in relation to that school by the Department under the said Article 11(8),

b

in the case of any other voluntary school (not being a maintained school), of the Board of Governors of the school,

to prepare a scheme of management for the school.

5

It shall be the duty of the Board of Governors of a grant‐maintained integrated school to prepare a scheme of management for the school.

6

In preparing a scheme of management under this Article a body or person shall take into account any guidance given by the Department as to the provisions it regards as suitable for inclusion in that scheme.

7

The Department shall publish any guidance given by it for the purposes of this Article in such manner as it thinks fit.

Approval or imposition of scheme of management by Department9C

1

Every body or person required by Article 9B to prepare a scheme of management shall, on or before such date as the Department may direct, submit the scheme to the Department for its approval, and in this Article and Article 9D “the submitting authority”, in relation to a scheme, means the body by which or person by whom the scheme is required to be prepared.

2

In the case of a scheme prepared under paragraph (1) or (3) of Article 9B the submitting authority shall also submit to the Department such information as to the results of consultations under that paragraph as the Department may require.

3

A scheme of management submitted under paragraph (1) shall not come into operation until it has been approved by the Department or until such date as the Department may, in giving its approval, specify; and the Department may approve such a scheme either without modifications or with such modifications as it thinks fit after consulting the submitting authority.

4

Where—

a

a submitting authority fails to submit a scheme to the Department as required by paragraph (1); or

b

it appears to the Department that a scheme submitted by a submitting authority as required by that paragraph does not accord with any guidance given by it for the purposes of Article 9B and cannot be made to do so merely by modifying it,

the Department may impose a scheme of management making such provision of a description required or authorised to be made by a scheme of management as it considers appropriate.

5

A scheme of management imposed by the Department by virtue of paragraph (4)—

a

shall be treated for all purposes as if it had been prepared by the submitting authority and approved by the Department under this Article; and

b

shall come into operation on such date as may be specified therein.

6

Before imposing a scheme under paragraph (4) the Department shall consult the submitting authority and—

a

in the case of a scheme of management applying to a controlled school or controlled schools, the Board of Governors of the school or schools to which the scheme applies;

b

in the case of a scheme of management applying to a maintained school (other than a Catholic maintained school) the managers or trustees of the school; and

c

in the case of a scheme of management applying to a Catholic maintained school or schools, the managers or trustees of the school or schools to which the scheme applies and the board or boards by which any such school is maintained.

7

The Council for Catholic Maintained Schools shall provide each board with a copy of the scheme or schemes of management approved under this Article and applying to the Catholic maintained schools maintained by that board.

Revision of schemes of management9D

1

A submitting authority may at any time, and shall if the Department so directs, prepare a revised scheme of management and submit it to the Department for its approval.

2

Article 9B(6) and (7) shall apply in relation to the preparation of a revised scheme of management as it applies in relation to the preparation of the initial scheme.

3

A revised scheme of management submitted under paragraph (1) shall not come into operation until it has been approved by the Department or until such date as the Department may, in giving its approval, specify; and the Department may approve such a scheme either without modifications or with such modifications as it thinks fit after consulting the submitting authority.

Art. 124 rep. by 1998 NI 13

Annual report of Board of Governors125

1

The scheme of management for every grant‐aided school shall provide for it to be the duty of the Board of Governors to prepare, once in every school year, a report containing—

a

a summary of the steps taken by the Board of Governors in the discharge of its functions during the period since its last report; and

b

such other information as the scheme of management may require.

2

The scheme of management for every such school shall, in particular, require that report—

a

to be as brief as is reasonably consistent with the requirements as to its contents;

b

F113. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

c

to give the name of each member of the Board of Governors and indicate into which of the following categories he falls, namely—

i

members nominated by transferors and superseded managers;

ii

members elected by parents;

iii

members elected by assistant teachers;

iv

members chosen, nominated or appointed by F187the Authority ;

v

members nominated by the Boards of Governors of contributory schools;

vi

members nominated or appointed by the Head of the Department;

vii

members nominated by trustees or nominating trustees;

viii

foundation members;

ix

co‐opted members;

x

the principal;

xi

members not falling under any preceding category;

d

to give, in relation to each member (other than the principal) the date on which his term of office comes to an end;

e

to name the chairman of the Board of Governors and its secretary;

f

to give such information as is available to the Board of Governors about arrangements for the next election of parents to the Board of Governors;

g

to contain a financial statement—

i

reproducing or summarising any financial statement of which a copy has been furnished to the Board of Governors by F187the Authority under Article 54 or 57 or by the Department under Article 61 or 78 since the last report was prepared;

ii

indicating, in general terms, how any grants made to the Board of Governors under the Education Orders in the period covered by the report were used and how any sum made available to the Board of Governors by F187the Authority in respect of the school's budget shareF146(within the meaning of Part VII of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998) in that period was used;

iii

giving details of the application of any gifts or bequests made to the school in that period;

F69ga

to describe in general terms—

i

the arrangements made for the security of the pupils and staff at the school and the school premises; and

ii

any changes to those arrangements since the last report was prepared;

h

to describe what steps have been taken by the Board of Governors to develop or strengthen the school's links with the community and, in particular, to promote the attainment of the objectives of the educational theme called Education for Mutual Understanding; and

i

to give such information as is required to be made available in accordance with regulations under F114Article 24(2)(a) of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 .

3

The scheme of management for every such school shall enable the Board of Governors to produce its report in such language or languages (in addition to English) as it considers appropriate.

4

The scheme of management for every such school shall provide for it to be the duty of the Board of Governors to take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that—

a

the parents of all registered pupils at the school and all persons employed at the school are given (free of charge) a copy of its report;

b

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

c

F115. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • Para. (5) rep. by 1993 NI 12

  • Para. (6) rep. by 1997 NI 15

F707

This Article does not apply to a school established in a hospital.

Annual parents' meeting126

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CHAPTER IICHARGES IN GRANT‐AIDED SCHOOLS

Application of Articles 128 to 131127

1

Subject to paragraphs (2) to (5)F71 and Article 137(7), Articles 128 to 131 apply to all grant‐aided schools.

F722

Articles 128 to 131 do not apply to a voluntary grammar school if no agreement with the Department is, or has at any time on or after 1st April 1992 been, in force in relation to the school under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 6 to the 1986 Order.

3

The application of those Articles to certain other voluntary grammar schools is subject to Articles 132 and 132A.

4

Those ArticlesF72 do not apply to a grammar school in relation to an excepted pupil, that is to say—

a

any pupil who is not resident in Northern Ireland;

b

any pupil whose parents areF72 neither resident in Northern Ireland nor nationals of a member State;

c

in the case of a grammar school having a preparatory department, any pupil in that department of the school;

d

any pupil who—

i

was admitted to the grammar school or, in the case of a grammar school having a preparatory department, admitted to the secondary department of the grammar school before the appointed day; and

F72ii

on 31st March 1992 was a specified pupil, as defined by regulation 4(c) of the Grammar Schools (Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1990 (as in operation on that date).

F734A

Those Articles do not apply to a special school in relation to a pupil admitted to the school in accordance with arrangements under Article 22 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.

5

F190In relation to a grammar school, the Authority may, in accordance with arrangements approved by the Department, direct that a pupil registered at the school who is an excepted pupil solely by reason of falling within paragraph (4)(d) shall cease to be an excepted pupil; and, accordingly, Articles 128 to 131 shall apply in relation to any pupil in respect of whom such a direction is given.

6

In paragraph (4)(b) “national”, in relation to a member State, means the same as in the Community Treaties, but does not include a person who by virtue of Article 2 of Protocol No. 3 (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) to the Treaty of Accession is not to benefit from Community provisions relating to the free movement of persons and services.

Prohibition of charges, etc., in certain grant‐aided schools128

1

No charge shall be made in respect of admission to any grant‐aided school to which this Article applies.

2

Subject to paragraph (3) and Article 129, no charge shall be made in respect of the education provided for F123. . . pupils at any such school during school hours.

3

Paragraph (2) shall not apply in relation to individual tuition in playing any musical instrument.

4

No charge shall be made in respect of education provided for a F124. . . pupil at any grant‐aided school to which this Article applies where the education is education to which paragraph (2) does not apply if it is—

a

required as part of any F117specification forF74 a public examination which is a F117specification for which the pupil is being prepared at the school; or

b

provided in pursuance of any of the duties imposed by F118Article 13 (1)(a) or (b) of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 .

5

No charge shall be made in respect of the entry of a F125. . . pupil at any grant‐aided school to which this Article applies for anyF75. . . public examination in any F119specification for that examination for which the pupil has been prepared at the school.

6

Neither the parent of any such pupil nor the pupil himself shall be required to pay for or supply any materials, books, instruments or other equipment for use for the purposes of or in connection with—

a

education provided for the pupil at the school in respect of which by virtue of this Article no charge may be made; or

b

any F120specification forF74 a public examination which is a F120specification for which the pupil has been prepared at the school.

7

No charge shall be made in respect of transport provided for a F126. . . pupil at any such school where the transport is either—

a

incidental to education provided for the pupil at the school in respect of which by virtue of this Article no charge may be made; or

b

provided for the purpose of enabling him to meet any examination requirement for any F121specification forF74 a public examination which is a F121specification for which he has been prepared at the school.

8

For the purposes of paragraph (7)(a) transport is incidental to education provided for F127. . . pupils at any such school if it is provided for the purpose of carrying such pupils—

a

to or from any part of the school premises in which education is provided for those pupils, from or to any other part of those premises; or

b

to or from any place outside the school premises in which education is provided for those pupils under arrangements made by or on behalf of the Board of Governors of the school or F187the Authority , from or to the school premises or any other such place.

9

Nothing in this Article shall be read as prohibiting the making of a charge in respect of board and lodging provided for a F128. . . pupil at any such school on a residential trip.

10

In this Chapter “residential trip” means any trip—

a

which is arranged for F129. . . pupils at any grant‐aided school to which this Article applies by or on behalf of the managers of the school; and

b

which requires the pupils taking part to spend one or more nights away from their usual overnight accommodation.

11

For the purposes of this Chapter, a pupil shall be regarded as having been prepared at a school for a F122specification for anyF75. . . public examination if any part of the education provided with a view to preparing him for that examination in that F122specification has been provided for him at that school.

Provision for cases where education is provided partly during and partly outside school hours129

1

Where a period allowed for any educational activity at a school falls partly during school hours and partly outside school hours—

a

if fifty per cent. or more of the time occupied by that period together with any connected school travelling time falls during school hours, so much of the education provided during that period as is provided outside school hours shall be treated for the purposes of Article 128(2) as provided during school hours; and

b

in any other case, so much of the education provided during that period as is provided during school hours shall be treated for those purposes as provided outside school hours.

2

In this Article “school travelling time” means time spent on travel during school hours; and for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) such time is connected school travelling time in relation to any educational activity if it is spent by the pupils taking part in the activity in getting to or from the place where the activity takes place.

3

Where any education provided at a school is provided on a residential trip—

a

if the number of school sessions taken up by the trip is equal to or greater than fifty per cent. of the number of half days spent on the trip, any education provided on the trip which is provided outside school hours shall be treated for the purposes of Article 128(2) as provided during school hours; and

b

in any other case, any education provided on the trip which is provided during school hours shall be treated for those purposes as provided outside school hours.

4

In this Article a “half day” means any period of twelve hours ending with noon or midnight on any day.

5

Where fifty per cent. or more of a half day is spent on a residential trip, the whole of that half day shall be treated for the purposes of paragraph (3) as spent on the trip.

6

For the purposes of that paragraph, a school session on any day on which such a session takes place at the school concerned shall be treated as taken up by a residential trip on which education is provided for registered pupils at the school if the time spent on the trip occupies fifty per cent. or more of the time allowed for that session at the school.

Permitted charges130

1

Subject to paragraph (2), a charge may be made in respect of—

a

education or transport provided for a F132. . . pupil at any grant‐aided school to which this Article appliesF76 other than—

i

education or transport in respect of which by virtue of Article 128 no charge may be made; or

ii

transport provided by F187the Authority under Article 52 of the principal Order.

b

the entry of any such pupil for a public examination in any F130specification for that examination otherwise than in circumstances in which by virtue of Article 128(5) no charge may be made; and

c

board and lodging provided for any such pupil on a residential trip.

2

A charge may not be made—

a

by virtue of paragraph (1)(a) in respect of the provision for a pupil of education or transport; or

b

by virtue of paragraph (1)(b) in respect of the entry of a pupil for an examination in any F131specification for that examination,

unless the education or transport is provided or the pupil is entered for the examination in that F131specification by agreement with his parent; and any education, transport or examination entry in respect of which a charge may be made by virtue of either of those provisions is referred to below in this Article as an “optional extra”.

3

The following provisions of this Article apply in relation to any charge permitted under this Article and any such charge is referred to in those provisions as a regulated charge.

4

The amount of any regulated charge shall be payable by the parent of the pupil concerned.

5

A regulated charge shall not exceed the cost of the provision of the optional extra or F187the Authority and lodging in question.

6

Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (5), the cost of the provision of an optional extra includes costs, or an appropriate proportion of the costs—

a

incurred in respect of the provision of any materials, books, instruments or other equipment used for the purposes of or in connection with the provision of the optional extra;

b

attributable to the provision of non‐teaching staff for any purpose connected with the provision of the optional extra; or

c

attributable to the provision of teaching staff engaged under contracts for services for the purpose of providing it.

7

Subject to paragraph (8), the cost of the provision of an optional extra shall not be taken as including any costs attributable to the provision of teaching staff other than staff engaged as mentioned in paragraph (6)(c).

8

Where the optional extra in question consists of tuition in playing any musical instrument the cost of its provision shall include costs, or an appropriate proportion of the costs, attributable to the provision of teaching staff employed for the purpose of providing the tuition.

9

Where charging is permitted under this Article and the charge would be a regulated charge, the question of whether any charge in respect of the optional extra or the board and lodging should be made, and the amount of any charge to be made, shall be determined—

a

in a case where the cost of the provision of the optional extra or board and lodging is met by, or from funds at the disposal of, the Board of Governors, by the Board of Governors;

b

in any other case, by F187the Authority .

10

The whole or any part of the amount of any charge F187the Authority determines under paragraph (9)(b) to make—

a

shall, if the Board of Governors so determines, be met by, or from funds at the disposal of, the Board of Governors; and

b

shall not, to the extent that it is so met, be payable by the parent of the pupil concerned.

Charges and remissions policies131

1

Every Board of Governors of a grant‐aided school to which this Article applies and F187the Authority shall determine and keep under review a policy with respect to the provision of, and the classes or descriptions of case in which it proposes to make charges for, any optional extra or board and lodging in respect of which charges are permitted by Article 130.

2

No such Board of Governors or board shall make such a charge unless it has both—

a

determined a policy under paragraph (1) with respect to the making of such charges (its “charging policy”); and

b

determined a policy (its “remissions policy”)—

i

setting out any circumstances in which it proposes to remit (in whole or in part) any charge which would otherwise be payable to it in accordance with its charging policy; and

ii

in the case of such a policy determined by the Board of Governors, setting out also any circumstances in which the Board of Governors proposes to meet (in whole or in part) any charge payable to F187the Authority in accordance with F175the Authority's charging policy for any optional extra or board and lodging provided for a registered pupil at the school.

3

Any remissions policy determined by the Board of Governors of a school or by F187the Authority shall provide for complete remission of any charges otherwise payable in respect of board and lodging provided for a pupil on a residential trip if—

a

the education provided on the trip is education in respect of which by virtue of Article 128 no charge may be made; and

b

his parents are in receipt of income support F77, any element of child tax credit other than the family element, working tax creditF152, an income-based jobseeker's allowance (payable under the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995) or an income-related employment and support allowance (payable under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007)F78. . . in respect of any period wholly or partly comprised in the time spent on the trip.

4

Any such Board of Governors or board shall keep under review any remissions policy determined by it under this Article.

5

In this Article “optional extra” has the same meaning as in Article 130.

F147Capital charges in voluntary grammar schools to which Articles 128 to 131 apply where agreement under paragraph 1(1)(b) of Schedule 6 to the principal Order is, or has been, in force132

1

This Article applies to a voluntary grammar school to which Articles 128 to 131 apply if—

a

an agreement with the Department under paragraph 1(1)(b) of Schedule 6 to the principal Order is in force in relation to the school; or

b

such an agreement was in force in relation to the school at any time on or after 1 April 1992.

2

Notwithstanding anything in Articles 128 to 131, the Board of Governors of such a school may make a charge in respect of any pupil registered at the school for the purpose of meeting expenditure incurred or to be incurred—

a

for the provision or alteration of the premises of the school;

b

for the provision of equipment provided in connection with the provision or alteration of the premises of the school.

3

A charge under paragraph (2) shall, in the case of pupils of a prescribed description, not exceed such amount as may be prescribed.

4

References in paragraph (2) to the premises of the school do not include premises used wholly or mainly for boarding purposes.

F148Capital charges in voluntary grammar schools to which Articles 128 to 131 apply where agreement is in force under paragraph 1(1)(a) of Schedule 6 to the principal Order132A

1

This Article applies to a voluntary grammar school to which Articles 128 to 131 apply if—

a

an agreement with the Department under paragraph 1(1)(a) of Schedule 6 to the 1986 Order is in force in relation to the school; and

b

immediately before the coming into force of that agreement, an agreement with the Department was in force under paragraph 1(1)(b) of Schedule 6 to the 1986 Order.

2

Notwithstanding anything in Articles 128 to 131, the Board of Governors of such a school may, for such period after the date on which the agreement mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) comes into force as the Department may direct, make a charge in respect of any pupil registered at the school for the purpose of meeting expenditure incurred—

a

for the provision or alteration of the premises of the school;

b

for the provision of equipment provided in connection with the provision or alteration of the premises of the school.

3

Paragraphs (3) and (4) of Article 132 shall apply for the purposes of paragraph (2) of this Article as they apply for the purposes of paragraph (2) of that Article.

Charges in voluntary grammar schools to which Articles 128 to 131 do not apply133

1

This Article applies to a voluntary grammar school to which, by virtue of Article 127(2), Articles 128 to 131 do not apply.

2

The Board of Governors of such a school may, subject to regulations, make charges of such amounts as it may determine in respect of any pupil registered at the school for the purpose of meeting expenditure required to carry on the school.

3

No charge shall be made in respect of the entry of a registered pupil at such a school for anyF79. . . public examination in any F133specification for that examination for which the pupil has been prepared at the school.

4

Paragraphs (2) and (3) do not apply in relation to excepted pupils.

5

Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (2), regulations under that paragraph may prescribe—

a

the types of charges which may be made under that paragraph;

b

the pupils in respect of whom any type of charge may be made under that paragraph.

Charges in respect of excepted pupils134

1

The Board of Governors of a grammar school in which an excepted pupil is registered may, subject to regulations, make charges of such amounts as it may determine in respect of that pupil.

2

Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), regulations under that paragraph may prescribe—

a

the types of charges which may be made under that paragraph;

b

the pupils in respect of whom any type of charge may be made under that paragraph.

Charges for board and lodging at boarding schools135

1

Subject to the following provisions of this Article where any registered pupil at any grant‐aided school is provided at the school with board and lodging at the expense of F187the Authority or the Board of Governors of the school, charges shall be payable in respect of the board and lodging by the parent of the pupil concerned to F168the Authority or the Board of Governors.

2

Where F187the Authority is satisfied with respect to any pupil F182... that education suitable to his age, ability, aptitude and any special educational needs he may have cannot be provided for him otherwise than by the provision of board and lodging at a particular grant‐aided school, F187the Authority shall—

a

where the school is under its management, remit the whole of the charges payable under this Article; and

b

where the school is not under its management, pay to F187the Authority or Board of Governors to whom the charges are payable under this Article, the whole of those charges.

3

Where F187the Authority is satisfied that payment of the full charges payable under this Article would involve financial hardship to the parent of a pupil who is ordinarily resident in its area, F187the Authority —

a

in the case of charges payable to F187the Authority , shall remit so much of those charges as falls in accordance with paragraph (4) to be so remitted; and

b

in the case of charges payable F169... to the Board of Governors of a school, shall pay so much of those charges as falls in accordance with that paragraph to be so paid.

4

In the case of any such charges, the amount that falls to be remitted or paid by F187the Authority by virtue of paragraph (3)(a) or (b) is—

a

such part of those charges as F187the Authority considers ought not to be paid by the pupil's parent in order to avoid such hardship as is mentioned in that paragraph; or

b

if in its opinion such hardship cannot otherwise be avoided, the whole of those charges.

Obligation to enter pupils for approved public examinations136

1

Subject to the following provisions of this Article, the Board of Governors of every grant‐aided school shall secure that each F137. . . pupil at the school is entered, at such time as it considers appropriate, for eachF80. . . public examination for which he is being prepared at the school at the time in question in each F134specification for that examination for which he is being so prepared.

2

Paragraph (1) shall not require a Board of Governors to secure that a pupil is entered for any examination, or for any examination in any F134specification for that examination, if F138. . . —

a

the Board of Governors considers that there are educational reasons in the case of that particular pupil for not entering him for that examination or (as the case may be) for not entering him for that examination in that F134specification and the parent of the pupil agrees that he should not be so entered; or

b

the parent of the pupil requests in writing that the pupil should not be entered for that examination or (as the case may be) for that examination in that F134specification .

F139c

the pupil is also being prepared for that examination or (as the case may be) for that examination in that specification at another school in pursuance of arrangements under Article 21 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 and those arrangements provide for the Board of Governors of that other school to comply with the duty under paragraph (1) in relation to the examination in question.

3

Paragraph (1) shall not require a Board of Governors to secure that a pupil is entered for any examination in any F135specification for that examination if the Board of Governors has secured that pupil's entry for anotherF80. . . public examination in a corresponding F134specification .

4

For the purposes of paragraph (3), a F134specification for any such examination shall be regarded as corresponding to a F134specification for another such examination if the same course of study is provided at the school concerned in preparation for both F136specifications .

5

As soon as practicable after determining whether or not to secure the entry of any pupil forF81 a public examination in any F134specification for which he is being prepared at the school the Board of Governors of a grant‐aided school shall notify the parent of the pupil in writing of its determination in relation to each such F134specification.

F149Recovery of wasted examination fees136A

1

Notwithstanding Article 128(5) or Article 133(3), where—

a

the Board of Governors of a grant-aided school has paid or is liable to pay a fee in respect of the entry of a F141. . . pupil at the school for a public examination in any F140specification for that examination; and

b

the pupil fails without good reason to meet any examination requirement for that F140specification ,

the Board of Governors may recover the amount of the fee from the pupil's parent.

2

It shall be for the Board of Governors which has paid or is liable to pay the fee in question to determine for the purposes of this Article any question whether a pupil who has failed to meet an examination requirement had good reason for the failure.

General and supplementary provisions relating to charges137

1

Nothing in the provisions of this Chapter relating to charges shall be read as prohibiting or in any way restricting or regulating any request or invitation by or on behalf of the Board of Governors of any grant-aided school or F164the Authority for voluntary contributions for the benefit of the school or any school activities.

2

Any request or invitation made by or on behalf of any such Board of Governors or board for contributions for the benefit of any school or school activities shall not be regarded for the purposes of paragraph (1) as a request or invitation for voluntary contributions unless it is clear from the terms in which it is made—

a

that there is no obligation to make any contribution; and

b

that F142. . . pupils at the school will not be treated differently according to whether or not their parents have made any contribution in response to the request or invitation.

3

Nothing in Article 128(6) shall prevent the parent of a F150. . . pupil at a grant‐aided school to which this Article applies from being required to pay for or supply any materials for use for the purposes of the production in the course of the provision of education for the pupil at the school of any article incorporating those materials, where the parent has indicated before that requirement is made that he wishes the article to be owned by him or by the pupil.

4

Nothing in this Chapter relating to charges with respect to a F151. . . pupil at a grant‐aided school shall be read as relating to—

a

charges made by persons other than the Board of Governors or F187the Authority ; or

b

charges to be paid by persons other than the parent of the pupil or the pupil himself.

F824A

Nothing in the provisions of this Chapter relating to charges applies in relation to charges made by F187the Authority under Article 52 of the principal Order.

5

The Department may make regulations requiring, in relation to every grant‐aided school to which Articles 128 to 131 apply, F187the Authority , the Board of Governors or the principal to make available either generally or to prescribed persons, in such form and manner and at such time as may be prescribed—

a

such information relevant for the purposes of this Chapter as to the school hoursF83, terms and holidays at the school; and

b

such information as to the policies determined under Article 131 which apply in relation to the school,

as may be prescribed.

6

Any sum payable under Article 130 or 132 to 135F84 or 136A by the parent of any F143. . . pupil at a grant‐aided school shall be recoverable summarily as a civil debt.

F857

Nothing in this Chapter shall apply in relation to a school established in a hospital; but no charge shall be made in respect of admission to, or education or equipment provided to a pupil at, any such school.

Interpretation of Chapter II138

1

In this Chapter—

a

“equipment” does not include clothing;

b

“excepted pupil” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 127(4);

c

references to a public examinationF86. . . are references to such an examination as it applies in relation to persons entered for any F144specification for that examination with a view to meeting the examination requirements for that F144specification so as to qualify for assessment for the purposes of determining their achievements in that examination on any particular occasion in any year when an assessment for the purposes of determining the achievements of persons entered for that examination takes place;

d

references to an examination requirement for a F144specification for any such examination are references to any requirements a pupil must meet in order to qualify for assessment for the purposes of determining his achievements in that examination in that F144specification ; and

e

“residential trip” has the meaning given by Article 128(10).

2

For the purposes of paragraph (1) an assessment for the purposes of determining the achievements of persons entered for any examination is to be regarded as taking place on any occasion on which it is determined in relation to each person entered for any F144specification in that examination who has met the examination requirements for that F144specification whether that person has passed or failed and, if grades are assigned for the purposes of the examination, the grade to be assigned in his case.

Para. (3) rep. by 1997 NI 15

CHAPTER IIICOMMUNITY USE OF SCHOOL PREMISES

Community schools139

1

The Department may, on the application of the managers of a grant-aided school, designate that school as a community school.

2

The Department shall not designate a school as a community school unless it appears to the Department that—

a

activities other than school activities ( “non-school activities”) are carried on on the school premises; and

b

the activities which are so carried on are carried on wholly or mainly under the management or control of the Board of Governors of the school.

3

A designation by the Department under paragraph (1) may be subject to such terms and conditions as the Department thinks fit.

4

Before deciding whether to designate a grant-aided school as a community school in pursuance of an application by the managers of the school the Department shall ensure that—

a

particulars of the application have been furnished to F165the Authority and the trustees or managers of any school which would, in the opinion of the Department, be affected by the designation;

b

an opportunity is given to F176the Authority and any such , trustees or managers to make representations to the Department; and

c

any representations so made are taken into account by the Department.

5

The voting members of the Board of Governors of a grant‐aided school which is designated under paragraph (1) as a community school shall co-opt not less than one and not more than three appropriate persons to be members of the Board of Governors of the school.

6

In paragraph (5) “appropriate persons” means persons appearing to the voting members to be representative of the persons who take part in the non-school activities carried on on the school premises.

7

Members co-opted to the Board of Governors of a school under this Article shall be additional to any members co‐opted under Article 122 and in this Article “voting members” has the same meaning as in that Article.

8

This Article does not apply toF87 a school established in a hospital.

Community use of school premises140

Subject to regulations—

a

the managers and Board of Governors of every controlled school;

b

the trustees and managers of every voluntary school and grant‐maintained integrated school,

shall, in exercising their respective powers in relation to the school premisesF88 (including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing words, any powers under F188Article 72 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 ), have regard to the desirability of the premises being made available (when not required by or in connection with the school) for use by members of the community served by the school.

PART IXTHE COUNCIL FOR CATHOLIC MAINTAINED SCHOOLS

The Council for Catholic Maintained Schools141

1

There shall be established a body to be known as the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (in this Part referred to as “the Council”).

2

The provisions of Schedule 8 shall apply in relation to the Council.

3

For the purposes of this Order a Catholic maintained school is a maintained school which is for the time being designated in a scheme under paragraph (4).

4

The Department, after consultation with the Council, shall make a scheme designating those maintained schools which are to be Catholic maintained schools for the purposes of this Order.

5

The Department—

a

shall make such amendments to the scheme under paragraph (4) as are required by Article 14(9C) ofF90. . . the principal Order;

b

may make such other amendments to that scheme as appear to it to be necessary or desirable.

6

For the purposes of this Part a school becomes a Catholic maintained school on the date on which it is first included in the scheme under paragraph (4).

Functions of the Council142

1

The Council shall—

a

advise the Department or a board on such matters relating to Catholic maintained schools as the Department or board may refer to the Council or as the Council may see fit;

b

promote and co‐ordinate, in consultation with the trustees of Catholic maintained schools, the planning of the effective provision of Catholic maintained schools;

c

promote the effective management and control of Catholic maintained schools by the Boards of Governors of such schools;

d

with the approval of the Department, provide or secure the provision of such advice and information to the trustees, Boards of Governors, principals and staff of Catholic maintained schools as appears to the Council to be appropriate in connection with the Council's duty under sub‐paragraph (c);

e

exercise such other functions as are conferred on it by the Education Orders.

2

The Council may advise any body (other than the Department or a board) on such matters relating to Catholic maintained schools as that body may refer to the Council or as the Council may see fit.

3

The Council shall consult with the trustees, Boards of Governors and principals of Catholic maintained schools about the exercise by the Council of its functions.

4

The Council may require the managers of a Catholic maintained school to make such reports and returns, and give such information, to the Council as the Council may reasonably require for the purposes of its functions, being reports or returns or information which cannot (for whatever reason) be obtained by the Council from the Department or a board.

F89Employment of teachers by the Council143

1

The Council may employ all such teachers as are required on the staff of Catholic maintained schools.

2

The Council shall prepare, and may from time to time revise, a scheme providing for the procedures to be followed by—

a

the Council;

b

the diocesan education committee established under paragraph 3 of Schedule 8; and

c

the Boards of Governors of Catholic maintained schools,

in relation to the appointment of teachers under paragraph (1).

3

Before preparing a scheme under paragraph (2), the Council shall consult the Board of Governors of every Catholic maintained school.

4

A scheme under paragraph (2) shall—

a

require the Council to appoint a panel of assessors in relation to each diocesan education committee; and

b

make provision for members of that panel to give advice and assistance to the diocesan education committee or the Board of Governors of a Catholic maintained school in relation to any functions of that committee or Board under the scheme.

5

It shall be the duty of the bodies mentioned in paragraph (2) to give effect to a scheme for the time being in force under that paragraph.

Transfer of teachers to employment of Council144

1

Subject to paragraph (2), this Article applies to any teacher employed by the Board of Governors of a school immediately before the date on which that school becomes a Catholic maintained school (in this Article referred to as “the transfer date”).

2

This Article does not apply to a teacher whose contract of employment terminates on the day immediately preceding the transfer date.

3

References below in this Article to the former employer in relation to a teacher are references to the Board of Governors by which that teacher was employed immediately before the transfer date.

4

The contract of employment between a teacher to whom this Article applies and the former employer shall have effect from the transfer date as if originally made between him and the Council.

5

Without prejudice to paragraph (4)—

a

all the former employer's rights, powers, duties and liabilities under or in connection with a contract to which that paragraph applies shall by virtue of this Article be transferred to the Council on the transfer date; and

b

anything done before that date by or in relation to the former employer in respect of that contract or the teacher shall be deemed from that date to have been done by or in relation to the Council.

6

Paragraphs (4) and (5) are without prejudice to any right of an employee to terminate his contract of employment if a substantial change is made to his detriment in his working conditions, but no such right shall arise by reason only of the change in employer effected by this Article.

Functions of the Council in relation to development proposals145

1

In Article 14 of the principal Order in paragraph (2) for the words from “that person” to the end there shall be substituted the words—

then—

i

where the school is, or is proposed to be established or recognised as, a Catholic maintained school, the person making the proposal shall submit it to the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools which, after making such modifications (if any) as may be agreed with the person making the proposal, shall submit the proposal to the board for the area in which the school is, or is to be, situated together with the Council's views thereon;

ii

in any other case, the person making the proposal shall submit the proposal to the board for the area in which the school is, or is to be, situated,

and that board shall submit the proposal to the Department together with its views thereon and, in a case to which head (i) applies, the Council's views thereon.

2

In Article 14(7) of the principal Order after the words “making the proposal” there shall be inserted the words “ and, in a case to which paragraph (2)(i) applies, the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools ”.

3

In Article 14 of the principal Order after paragraph (9B) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

9C

Where the Department approves under paragraph (9) a proposal submitted to a board under paragraph (2)(i) by the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools, it shall be the duty of the Department to make such amendments (if any) to the scheme under Article 141(4) of the 1989 Order as appear to the Department to be necessary or expedient in connection with the implementation of that proposal.

Miscellaneous functions of the Council under the principal Order146

1

The principal Order shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in the following provisions of this Article, being amendments to confer on the Council certain functions under that Order or amendments otherwise consequential on the establishment of the Council.

  • Para. (2) rep. by 1996 NI 1

  • Para. (3) rep. by 1993 NI 12

4

For Article 100 there shall be substituted the following Article—

Determination of disputes100

Any dispute arising between—

a

a board and the trustees or managers of a voluntary school;

b

a board and the Board of Governors of a grant‐maintained integrated school;

c

a board and the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools; or

d

the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools and the trustees or managers of a Catholic maintained school,

with respect to the exercise of any power conferred or the performance of any duty imposed by or under the Education Orders may, notwithstanding any enactment rendering the exercise of the power or the performance of the duty contingent on the opinion of one of the parties to the dispute, be referred by either party to the dispute to the Department and any dispute so referred shall be determined by the Department whose determination shall be final.

Paras.(5), (6) rep. by 1993 NI 12

7

A scheme of management in force in relation to a school immediately before it becomes a Catholic maintained school shall continue in force until replaced by a scheme prepared under Article 9B(3) ofF91 the principal Order.

PART XMISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY

Training

Art. 147 rep. by 1997 NI 15

Information and training for Boards of Governors, governing bodies, etc.148

1

Every board shall, in accordance with a programmeF92 prepared under Article 149, secure the provision to—

a

every member of the Board of Governors of a controlled school under its management;

b

every member of the Board of Governors of a maintained school maintained by it;

c

every member of the Board of Governors of any other voluntary or grant‐maintained integrated school situated in its area;

  • Sub-para. (d) rep. by 1993 NI 12

  • Sub-para. (e) rep. by 1997 NI 15

of such training as is necessary for the effective discharge of his functions under the Education Orders.

2

A board may provide to any such person as is mentioned in paragraph (1)(a)F93 to (c) such information as F187the Authority considers appropriate in connection with the discharge of his functions under the Education Orders.

3

Without prejudice to paragraph (2), F187the Authority shall provide to—

a

every member of the Board of Governors of a controlled school under its management or of a maintained school (other than a Catholic maintained school) maintained by it, a copy of the scheme of management for the school;

Sub-para. (b) rep. by 1997 NI 15

4

The Council for Catholic Maintained Schools shall provide to every member of the Board of Governors of a Catholic maintained school a copy of the scheme of management for the school.

5

The Department may secure the provision to members of the Boards of Governors of grant‐aided schoolsF94. . . F95. . . of such training and such information as the Department considers appropriate in connection with the discharge of their functions under the Education Orders.

6

Documents, information and training provided under this Article shall be provided free of charge.

7

The Department or F187the Authority may pay to persons undergoing training secured by it under this Article travelling and other allowances at such rate or of such amount and subject to such conditions as the Department or board (as the case may be) may determine.

Programmes of training by boards149

1

A board shallF96. . . prepareF96. . . a programme of the provision it proposes to secure—

a

for the further training of teachers, in pursuance of its duty under a scheme under Article 29;

Sub-para. (b) rep. by 1997 NI 15

c

for the training of persons mentioned in paragraph (1)(a)F97 to (c) of Article 148, in pursuance of its duty under that paragraph.

2

Before preparing a programme under paragraph (1) F187the Authority shall consult—

a

the Board of Governors of—

i

every controlled school under its management;

ii

every maintained school maintained by it;

iii

every other voluntary or grant‐maintained integrated school situated in its area;

  • Sub-para. (b) rep. by 1993 NI 12

  • Sub-para. (c) rep. by 1997 NI 15

d

the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools;

F98e

the Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment;

f

such other persons as F187the Authority considers appropriate.

Paras.(3), (4) rep. by 2003 NI 12

5

It shall be the duty of F187the Authority to give effect to the provisions of any programme which has beenF96 prepared by it under this Article.

F966

A board may at any time prepare a revised programme or an amendment to an existing programme; and paragraphs (2) and (5) apply in relation to any such revised programme or amendment as they apply in relation to the original programme.

Miscellaneous

Procedures for carrying out by certain bodies of their activities150

1

Each board shall, at such intervals and in accordance with such arrangements as may be determined by the Department after consultation with F187the Authority , review its procedures for the carrying out of such activities as the Department may direct with a view to ensuring that such activities are carried out as effectively, efficiently and economically as practicable.

2

The Department may direct that paragraph (1) shall apply to any of the bodies or persons listed in Article 101(3)(b) to (h) of the principal Order as it applies to F187the Authority but with the substitution for the reference to consultation with F187the Authority of a reference to consultation with the bodies or persons concerned.

Paras.(3), (4) rep. by 1993 NI 12

5

References in this Article to the carrying out of activities include references to the provision of services.

Review of performance of teachers151 F100

1

The Department may by regulations make provision requiring employing authorities to secure that the performance of teachers to whom the regulations apply—

a

in discharging their duties; and

b

in engaging in other activities connected with the establishments at which they are employed,

is regularly reviewed in accordance with such requirements as may be prescribed.

2

The regulations may, in particular, make provision—

a

requiring the Boards of Governors of controlled schools and Catholic maintained schools and the governing bodies of institutions of further education—

i

to secure that any arrangements made in accordance with the regulations are complied with in relation to their establishments;

ii

to provide such assistance to the employing authority as that authority may reasonably require in connection with its obligations under the regulations;

b

with respect to the disclosure to teachers of the results of reviews and the provision of opportunities for them to make representations with respect to those results; and

c

requiring employing authorities to have regard to the results of reviews in the exercise of such of their functions as may be prescribed.

3

The regulations may be expressed to apply to any of the following categories of teacher, that is to say—

a

teachers employed in grant‐aided schools;

b

teachers employed in institutions of further education;

Sub-para. (c) rep. by 1993 NI 12

d

peripatetic teachers.

4

Before making any regulations under paragraph (1), the Department shall consult—

F101a

the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland; and

b

any other person with whom consultation appears to it to be desirable.

5

In this Article “employing authority” means—

a

in relation to teachers employed in controlled schoolsF102. . . , F187the AuthorityF185...;

b

in relation to teachersF103. . . employed by the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools, that Council;

c

in relation to teachers employed in a voluntary school (other than a Catholic maintained school), the managers of that school;

d

in relation to teachers employed in a grant‐maintained integrated school, the Board of Governors of the school;

e

in relation to peripatetic teachers, F187the AuthorityF161...;

F104f

in relation to teachers employed in an institution of further education, the governing body of that institution.

Educational projects by Department152 F105

The Department may carry out any project appearing to the Department to be associated with the provision of educational F153. . . services or recreational, social, cultural, physical or youth service activities or services ancillary to education.

F99Appointment of teachers by F187the Authority153

1

Each board shall prepare, and may from time to time revise, a scheme providing for the procedures to be followed in relation to the appointment by F187the Authority of—

a

teachers to posts in controlled schools; and

b

peripatetic teachers.

F1792

A scheme under paragraph (1) may provide—

a

for any specified functions of the Authority under the scheme to be exercised by committees of the Authority (“teaching appointments committees”);

b

for a teaching appointments committee to include persons who are not members of the Authority; and

c

for a teaching appointments committee to exercise functions on behalf of, and in the name of, the Authority.

3

Before preparing or revising a scheme under paragraph (1) the Authority shall consult the Board of Governors of every controlled school.

4

A scheme prepared or revised under paragraph (1) does not come into force unless approved by the Department.

5

It shall be the duty of the Authority to give effect to a scheme or revised scheme for the time being in force under paragraph (1).

Miscellaneous amendments to the principal Order

Art. 154 rep. by 1993 NI 12

Art. 155 rep. by 1996 NI 1

Compulsory school age156

For Article 46 of the principal Order there shall be substituted the following Articles—

Compulsory school age46

1

Subject to the following provisions of this Article, in the Education Orders the expression “compulsory school age” means any age between four years and sixteen years and accordingly a person shall be of compulsory school age if he has attained the age of four years and has not attained the age of sixteen years.

2

Where a person attains the age of four years—

a

on any date occurring in the period beginning on (and including) 1st September in any year and ending on (and including) 1st July in the following year, he shall be deemed not to have attained the lower limit of compulsory school age until 1st August in that following year;

b

on any date occurring in the period beginning on (and including) 2nd July in any year and ending on (and including) 31st August in the same year, he shall be deemed not to have attained the lower limit of compulsory school age until 1st August in the following year.

3

Where a person attains the age of sixteen years—

a

on any date occurring in the period beginning on (and including) 1st September in any year and ending on (and including) 1st July in the following year, he shall be deemed not to have attained the upper limit of compulsory school age until, or as the case may be, deemed to have attained that upper limit on 30th June in that following year or such other date as the Department may, by order subject to affirmative resolution, prescribe;

b

on any date occurring in the period beginning on (and including) 2nd July in any year and ending on (and including) 31st August in the same year, he shall be deemed not to have attained the upper limit of compulsory school age until 30th June in the following year or such other date as the Department may, by order subject to affirmative resolution, prescribe.

Commencement of secondary education46A

Unless the Department otherwise directs in a particular case, a child shall commence secondary education—

a

where he attains the age of eleven years on a date occurring in the period beginning on (and including) 1st September in any year and ending on (and including) 1st July in the following year, on 1st August in that following year;

b

where he attains that age on a date occurring in the period beginning on (and including) 2nd July in any year and ending on (and including) 31st August in the same year, on 1st August in the following year.

Art. 157 rep. by 1998 NI 13

Power of Department to give directions158

For Article 101 of the principal Order there shall be substituted the following Article—

Power of Department to give directions101

1

The Department may give directions to any relevant authority as to the exercise by that authority of any power conferred, or the performance of any duty imposed, on that authority by or under any provision of the Education Orders; but the Department shall consult with a relevant authority before giving any directions to the authority under this paragraph.

2

In particular, but without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), directions given under that paragraph may—

a

require a specified power—

i

to be exercised;

ii

to be exercised in a specified manner;

iii

not to be exercised;

iv

not to be exercised in a specified manner;

b

require a specified duty—

i

to be performed;

ii

to be performed in a specified manner;

iii

not to be performed in a specified manner;

and in this paragraph “specified” means specified in directions.

3

In this Article “relevant authority” means any of the following, namely—

a

a board;

b

the Board of Governors or trustees of a grant‐aided school;

c

a person approved by the Department under Article 11(8);

d

the governing body of an institution of further education;

e

the managers or trustees of a college of education;

f

the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools;

g

the Northern Ireland Curriculum Council;

h

the Northern Ireland Schools Examinations and Assessment Council.

4

If, on a complaint made to it by any person or body, the Department is satisfied that a relevant authority has acted or is proposing to act unreasonably with respect to the exercise of any power conferred or the performance of any duty imposed by or under any provision of the Education Orders, the Department shall give such directions under paragraph (1) as to the exercise of the power or the performance of the duty as appear to the Department to be expedient to remedy that complaint.

5

Directions may be given to a relevant authority under paragraph (1) notwithstanding any provision of the Education Orders rendering the exercise of the power or the performance of the duty contingent upon the opinion of that authority.

6

It shall be the duty of a relevant authority to comply with any directions given to the authority under paragraph (1) and any such directions may be enforced by mandamus.

7

Where the Department is satisfied that a relevant authority has failed to comply with any directions given to the authority under paragraph (1), the Department may make an order appointing a person or persons to discharge, in the name of the relevant authority, all the functions of the authority or such functions as may be specified in the order and the order may render valid any act, thing or payment which would otherwise be invalid by reason of any default by the authority.

8

So long as an order under paragraph (7) remains in force the functions of the relevant authority or such functions as are specified in the order shall be performed by the person or persons appointed by the order and shall not be performed by the authority.

9

The remuneration and expenses of a person or persons appointed by an order made under paragraph (7) shall be determined by the Department and shall together with any other sums expended by the Department in consequence of the order be defrayed as part of the expenses of the relevant authority under the Education Orders.

10

The Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979F106 shall not apply to any order made under paragraph (7).

Grants for provision of educational or library services, etc.159

For Article 115 of the principal Order there shall be substituted the following Article—

Grants for educational or library services, etc.115

1

Subject to paragraph (3), the Department may, in accordance with regulations made with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel, pay grants to persons in respect of expenditure incurred or to be incurred by them—

a

for the purposes of, or in connection with, the provision (or proposed provision) of—

i

educational or library services; or

ii

recreational, social, cultural, physical or youth service activities or services ancillary to education;

b

for the purposes of research relevant to the functions of the Department or of boards under the Education Orders.

2

Regulations under paragraph (1) may prescribe the rates of grants which may be paid under that paragraph.

3

The Department shall not pay grants under this Article to—

a

a board; or

b

the trustees or managers of—

i

a voluntary school; or

ii

a grant‐maintained integrated school.

4

Paragraph (5) applies where—

a

the Department has, after the coming into operation of Article 159 of the 1989 Order, paid a grant under this Article to a person in respect of expenditure incurred or to be incurred by him for the provision or alteration of premises; and

b

those premises cease to be used for approved purposes.

5

Where this paragraph applies there shall be payable to the Department by the person to whom the grant was paid or his successor in title such sum as the Department considers equitable but not exceeding such proportion of the value of the premises as the proportion that the amount of the grant was of the approved cost of the provision or alteration of the premises together with interest on that sum from the date on which the premises ceased to be used for approved purposes until the date of payment to the Department.

6

For the purposes of paragraph (5) the value of premises shall be taken to be the amount which the premises might be expected to realise if sold in the open market on the date on which the premises ceased to be used for approved purposes and where the Department certifies that it is not possible to reach agreement as to such value, the dispute as to such value may be referred to and determined by the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland.

7

For the purposes of paragraph (5) interest shall be at such rate as may from time to time be determined by the Department of Finance and Personnel under paragraph 18(2) of Schedule 6 to the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972F107.

8

Any sum payable or repayable to the Department under this Article may be recovered as a debt due to the Department.

Filling of certain casual vacancies in boardsF163160

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Art. 161 rep. by 2003 NI 12

Supplementary

Temporary exclusion of section 5 of Data Protection Act 1984162

1

Where personal data are transferred under any provision of this Order to a body corporate established under this Order, section 5(1) of the Data Protection Act 1984F108 (prohibition of unregistered holding, etc., of personal data) shall not apply in relation to the holding by that body corporate of the data so transferred or any data of the same description as the data so transferred until the end of the period of six months beginning with the date on which the data are transferred.

2

Expressions used in paragraph (1) to which a meaning is given for the purposes of that Act of 1984 have the same meaning in that paragraph.

Stamp duty163

Stamp duty shall not be chargeable in respect of any transfer effected under ArticleF109. . . 75, 83, 84 or 95 or paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 6.

Regulations and orders164

1

All regulations under this Order shall be subject to negative resolution.

2

The Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979F110 shall not apply to any order made by the Department under ArticleF111. . . 71(13), 76(1)(b), 82(1), 84(2), 86(1) or 102(6) or paragraph 1 of Schedule 6.

3

Except as provided by paragraphs (4) and (5), all other orders made by the Department under this Order shall be subject to negative resolution.

4

Orders under F145. . . 46(7), 60(8) or 77(13) or paragraph 2(4) or 3(7) of Schedule 8 shall be subject to affirmative resolution.

5

Paragraph (3) does not apply to an order under Article 1(3).

6

Regulations and orders under this Order may contain such transitional provision as the Department thinks fit.

Transitional provisions165

Paras.(1), (2) rep. by 1993 NI 12

3

Until the coming into operation in relation to a school of a scheme of management prepared under Article 9B of the principal Order, the scheme approved for the school under Article 10(3) or 11(2) of that Order shall continue in operation in relation to the school.

4

References in the Education Orders to a scheme of management shall include references to a scheme continuing in operation under paragraph (3); but nothing in any provision of those Orders shall be construed as requiring such a scheme to make any provision which it was not required to make before the making of this Order.

Para. (5) rep. by 1993 NI 12

6

The Department may by order make such other transitional provision (including the adaptation of any provision of the Education Orders) as appears to the Department to be necessary or expedient in connection with the coming into operation of any provision of this Order.

Art. 166—Amendments

Art. 167—Repeals