SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2New Schools
PART IGeneral
Constitution of temporary governing body
2
1
Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, every temporary governing body shall be constituted—
a
in accordance with the provisions of sections 3 and 7 of this Act, in the case of a school whose governing body will be required to be constituted in accordance with those provisions; and
b
in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of this Act, in the case of a school whose governing body will be required to be constituted in accordance with those provisions.
2
For the purpose of the application of section 3, 4 or 7 of this Act in relation to the constitution of its temporary governing body, a new school shall be treated as having as registered pupils the maximum number of pupils referred to—
a
in the relevant proposal; or
b
in the case of a new school which will be a special school; in the arrangements for the school approved by the Secretary of State in accordance with regulations made under section 12 of the 1981 Act (approval of special schools).
3
In co-opting any person (otherwise than as a temporary foundation or teacher governor) to be a member of a temporary governing body of a new school which will be a county, controlled or maintained special school, the temporary governors concerned shall—
a
have regard—
i
to the extent to which they and the other temporary governors are members of the local business community ; and
ii
to any representations made to the temporary governing body as to the desirability of increasing the connection between the temporary governing body and that community; and
b
where it appears to them that no temporary governor of the new school is a member of the local business community, or that it is desirable to increase the number of temporary governors who are, co-opt a person who appears to them to be a member of that community.
4
The first meeting of any temporary governing body shall be called—
a
by their clerk ; or
b
where he fails to call it within such period as the local education authority consider reasonable, by the authority.