Education (No. 2) Act 1986

19 Aided and special agreement schools. E+W

(1) The articles of government for every aided and special agreement school shall provide—

(a) for the content of the secular curriculum for the school to be under the control of the governing body;

(b) for the governing body to have regard to the policy of the local education authority as to the curriculum for the authority’s schools, as expressed in the statement made by the authority under section 17 of this Act; and

(c) for the head teacher to be allocated by the governing body 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.

(2) The articles of government for every such school shall provide for it to be the duty of the governing body, when considering the content of the secular curriculum for the school, to have regard—

(a) to any representations which are made to them, with regard to that curriculum, by any persons connected with the community served by the school; and

(b) to any such representations which—

(i) are made to them by the chief officer of police; and

(ii) are connected with his responsibilities.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 17(4), 18(4), 19(3), 20 repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. II