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(1)In the case of an aided school the functions of the local education authority and of the governing body with respect to—
(a)the appointment of teachers, and
(b)subject to section 145 (dismissal of teachers of religious education), the dismissal of teachers,
shall be regulated by the articles of government.
(2)The articles of government shall make provision—
(a)for the appointment of the teachers by the governing body, and
(b)for enabling the local education authority to determine the number of teachers to be employed.
(3)The articles of government shall make provision for enabling the local education authority—
(a)to prohibit the dismissal of teachers without the authority’s consent, except for reasons for which under section 145 the governing body may dismiss a teacher without the authority’s consent; and
(b)to require the dismissal of any teacher.
(4)The articles of government may make such provision as may be agreed between the local education authority and the governing body or, in default of such agreement, as may be determined by the Secretary of State, for enabling the authority—
(a)to prohibit the appointment, without the authority’s consent, of teachers to be employed for giving secular education; and
(b)to give directions as to the educational qualifications of the teachers to be employed for giving secular education.
(5)The local education authority may give directions to the governing body of an aided school as to the number and conditions of service of persons employed at the school for the purposes of the care and maintenance of the school premises.
(6)Where the trust deed relating to the school provides for a person other than the governing body to be entitled to control the occupation and use of the school premises to any extent, then, if and to the extent that (disregarding any transfer of control agreement under section 151) the use of those premises is or would be under the control of any such person, the reference in subsection (5) to the governing body shall be read as a reference to that person.
(7)This section is subject to section 137 (staffing of aided schools with delegated budgets).
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