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Education Act 1996

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378Religious education: aided and special agreement schools

(1)In the case of an aided or special agreement school, the provision for religious education for pupils at the school which is required by section 352(1)(a) to be included in the school’s basic curriculum is provision for religious education—

(a)in accordance with any provisions of the trust deed relating to the school, or

(b)where provision for that purpose is not made by such a deed, in accordance with the practice observed in the school before it became a voluntary school, or

(c)in accordance with any arrangements made under subsection (2).

(2)Where the parents of any pupils at an aided or special agreement school—

(a)desire them to receive religious education in accordance with any agreed syllabus adopted by the local education authority, and

(b)cannot with reasonable convenience cause those pupils to attend a school at which that syllabus is in use,

arrangements shall be made (unless the authority are satisfied that because of any special circumstances it would be unreasonable to do so) for religious education in accordance with that syllabus to be given to those pupils in the school.

(3)Religious education under any such arrangements shall be given during the times set apart for the giving of religious education in the school in accordance with the provision for that purpose included in the school’s basic curriculum by virtue of section 352(1)(a).

(4)Any arrangements under subsection (2) shall be made by the governing body, unless the local education authority are satisfied that the governing body are unwilling to make them, in which case they shall be made by the authority.

(5)Subject to subsection (4), the religious education given to pupils at an aided or special agreement school shall be under the control of the governing body.

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