SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 20 Collective worship
General provisions as to collective worship
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This paragraph applies to any community, foundation or voluntary school.
2
The arrangements for the required collective worship may, in respect of each school day, provide for a single act of worship for all pupils or for separate acts of worship for pupils in different age groups or in different school groups.
3
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) a “school group” is any group in which pupils are taught or take part in other school activities.
4
Subject to sub-paragraph (6), the arrangements for the required collective worship shall be made—
a
if the school is a community school or a foundation school which does not have a religious character, by the head teacher after consulting the governing body;
b
if the school is a foundation school which has a religious character or a voluntary school, by the governing body after consulting the head teacher.
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Subject to sub-paragraph (6), the required collective worship shall take place on the school premises.
6
If the governing body of a community, foundation or voluntary school are of the opinion that it is desirable that any act of collective worship in the school required by section 70 should, on a special occasion, take place elsewhere than on the school premises, they may, after consultation with the head teacher, make such arrangements for that purpose as they think appropriate.
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The powers of a governing body under sub-paragraph (6) shall not be exercised so as to derogate from the rule that the required collective worship must normally take place on the school premises.