SCHEDULES

Schedule 1 E+W Grouped Schools

Procedure in relation to making etc. of instrument of government E+W

2 (1) Before making an order under section 1 of this Act embodying the first instrument of government for any group; the local education authority shall consult the governing body and head teacher of each school within the group and, where the group contains one or more voluntary schools, shall—

(a) secure the agreement of the governing body of each such school to the terms of the proposed order;

(b) secure the agreement of the foundation governors of each such school to any provisions which will be of particular concern to the foundation governors of the group; and

(c) have regard to the way in which those schools have been conducted.

(2) Where such an order has been made, subsections (1) to (6) of section 2 of this Act shall apply in relation to any subsequent order embodying or varying the instrument of government for the group, or any proposal for the making of such an order—

(a) as if, in the case of a group which contains one or more voluntary schools, it were a single voluntary school; and

(b) as if, in any other case, it were a single county school.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (5) of section 2, any agreement required by sub-paragraph (1) above shall be deemed to have been required by subsection (2) of that section.