291 Grant-maintained middle schools.E+W
Proposals published under section 211, 212, 259 or 260 may, if the authority, persons or body making them think fit—
(a)specify an age below 10 years and six months and an age above 12 years, and
(b)provide that the school to which the proposals relate is to be a school for providing full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils whose ages are between the ages so specified.