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Introductory Text
PART I Introductory
1.Instruments of government and articles of government
2.Procedure in relation to making etc. of instruments and articles
PART II School Government
Governing bodies
3.Governing bodies for county, controlled and maintained special schools
4.Governing bodies for aided and special agreement schools
Governors
5.Appointment of parent governors by governing body
6.Connection with local business community
7.Appointment of representative governors in place of co-opted governors
8.Governors' proceedings and tenure of office
Grouping of schools
9.Grouping of schools under single governing body
10.Requirements as to consent to grouping
Reviews
11.Review of constitution of governing bodies of county, controlled and maintained special schools
Temporary governing bodies
12.Temporary governing bodies for new schools
Miscellaneous and supplemental
13.Effect of change of circumstances on instrument of government
14.Adjustment in number of governors
15.Miscellaneous
PART III Organisation and Functions
General
16.General responsibility for conduct of certain schools
School curriculum
17.Duty of local education authority to state policy
18.County, controlled and maintained special schools
19.Aided and special agreement schools
20.Information for parents
School terms etc.
21.Terms, sessions and holidays
Discipline
22.Discipline: general duties
23.Exclusion of pupils: duty to inform parents etc.
24.Reinstatement of excluded pupils: county controlled and maintained special schools
25.Reinstatement of excluded pupils: aided and special agreement schools
26.Appeals
27.Additional provision for appeals
28.Local education authority's reserve power
Finance
29.Finance
Reports and meetings
30.Governors' annual report to parents
31.Annual parents' meeting
32.Reports by governing body and head teacher
Admissions
33.Admissions
Appointment and dismissal of staff
34.Determination of staff complement for schools
35.Appointment and dismissal of staff: introductory
36.The selection panel
37.Appointment of head teacher
38.Appointment of certain other staff
39.Appointment of deputy head teacher
40.Appointment and dismissal of clerk to governing body
41.Dismissal, etc. of staff
School premises
42.School premises
PART IV Miscellaneous
43.Freedom of speech in universities, polytechnics and colleges
44.Political indoctrination
45.Duty to secure balanced treatment of political issues
46.Sex education
47.Abolition of corporal punishment
48.Abolition of corporal punishment: Scotland
49.Appraisal of performance of teachers
50.Grants for teacher training, etc.
51.Recoupment
52.Recoupment: cross-border provisions
53.School transport
54.Change of status of controlled school to aided school
55.Compensation payable by governing body on change from controlled to aided status
56.Reports to Secretary of State
57.Information and training for governors
58.Travelling and subsistence allowances for governors of schools and establishments of further education
59.Repeal of section 4 of 1944 Act
60.Discontinuance of Secretary of State's duty to make annual reports
61.Minimum age for governors of establishments of further education
62.Access to papers etc. of governing bodies
PART V Supplemental
63.Orders and regulations
64.Expenses
65.Interpretation
66.Commencement
67.Short title etc.
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
Grouped Schools
General
1.(1) In this Schedule— "group" means two or more schools...
Procedure in relation to making etc. of instrument of government
2.(1) Before making an order under section 1 of this...
Election of parent and teacher governors
3.The instrument of government for any group—
Governors' annual report to parents
4.(1) In discharging their duty to prepare governors' reports ;...
Annual parents' meeting
5.(1) In discharging their duty to hold an annual parents'...
SCHEDULE 2
New Schools
PART I General
1.In this Schedule— "arrangement" means (except in paragraph 2(2)(b) or...
Constitution of temporary governing body
2.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, every temporary...
PART II School Government
Transition from temporary governing body to governing body
3.(1) The requirement for there to be an instrument of...
4.(1) Before making any order under section 1 of this...
Duration of arrangement for temporary governing body
5.(1) Every arrangement shall (if it has not been brought...
Composition of temporary governing body
6.(1) No local education authority shall make an arrangement in...
Appointment of temporary parent and teacher governors
7.(1) The temporary parent governors for a new school shall,...
Temporary teacher governors
8.(1) Subject to paragraph 7(2) above, the temporary teacher governors...
Duty to appoint suitably experienced members
9.(1) Any person appointing a person as a temporary governor...
Proceedings etc.
10.(1) The proceedings of a temporary governing body shall not...
Miscellaneous
11.(1) The qualification of any person for appointment as a...
PART III Organisation and Functions
General
12.(1) The requirement for there to be articles of government...
Reports and information to be provided by temporary governing body
13.(1) Every temporary governing body shall furnish to the local...
Head teacher's reports
14.(1) The head teacher of any new school for which...
Preparation of curriculum
15.(1) The head teacher of any new school for which...
School terms etc.
16.Pending the coming into force of the articles of government...
Discipline
17.Pending the coming into force of the articles of government...
Finance
18.Where a temporary governing body have been constituted for any...
Admission of pupils
19.(1) The initial arrangements for the admission of pupils to...
Appointment of staff etc. at new aided schools
20.(1) For the purposes of the appointment and dismissal of...
Determination of staff complement
21.(1) Where a temporary governing body have been constituted for...
The selection panel
22.(1) Whenever a selection panel is required by virtue of...
Appointment of head teacher and acting head teacher
23.(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below, the same...
Appointment of certain other staff
24.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, the same provision shall...
Appointment of deputy head teacher
25.Where a temporary governing body have been constituted for a...
Appointment of clerk to temporary governing body
26.(1) Where a temporary governing body have been constituted for...
PART IV Miscellaneous
Travelling and subsistence allowances etc.
27.Section 58 of this Act shall apply in relation to...
Expenses of temporary governing bodies, etc.
28.Where a temporary governing body are constituted for a new...
Powers of Secretary of State
29.For the purposes of the following provisions of the 1944...
Provision of information for temporary governing bodies
30.(1) Every local education authority shall secure that the temporary...
SCHEDULE 3
Exclusion on Discipline Grounds : Appeals
General
1.The articles of government for every county, controlled and maintained...
2.The articles of government for every aided and special agreement...
3.(1) Where, in accordance with any provision of the articles...
4.Part I of Schedule 2 of the 1980 Act (constitution...
5.The Secretary of State may by order amend this Schedule....
Procedure
6.An appeal shall be by notice in writing setting out...
7.On an appeal by a pupil or parent, the appeal...
8.On an appeal by a governing body, the appeal committee-...
9.The body responsible for making any arrangements under section 26...
10.In considering any appeal, the appeal committee shall take into...
11.In the event of a disagreement between the members of...
12.The decision of an appeal committee and the grounds on...
13.All appeals shall be heard in private except when otherwise...
14.Two or more appeals may be combined and dealt with...
15.Subject to the preceding provisions of this Schedule, all matters...
16.In this Schedule references to appeals are to appeals under...
SCHEDULE 4
Consequential Amendments
The Education Act 1944 (c.31)
1.In section 15(2) of the Education Act 1944 (change of...
2.In section 22 of that Act, for subsection (4) (appointment...
The Education Act 1962 (c.12)
3.In section 4(5) of the Education Act 1962 (meaning of...
The Education (No.. 2) Act 1968 (c.37)
4.In section 3(3) of the Education (No. 2) Act 1968...
The Local Government Act 1974 (c.7)
5.In paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government...
The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c.65)
6.In section 51 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (acts...
The Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c.65)
7.In paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 10 to the Local Government...
SCHEDULE 5
Transitional Provisions
Instruments of government for certain existing schools
1.(1) Section 1 of this Act shall not require the...
Grouping
2.Where a local education authority propose to group two or...
Recommendations by outgoing governing bodies
3.(1) The governing body for any county, controlled or maintained...
SCHEDULE 6
Repeals and Revocations
PART I Enactments Repealed
PART II Instruments Revoked