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(1)In this section—
(a)subsections (3) to (7) apply to a foundation or voluntary controlled school in Wales that has a religious character, and
(b)subsections (8) and (9) apply (subject to subsection (10)) to a voluntary aided school in Wales that has a religious character.
(2)References in this Chapter to a school which has (or does not have) a religious character are to be construed, in relation to a school in Wales, in accordance with section 68A(1).
(3)Where the number of teachers at a school to which this subsection applies is more than two, the teachers must include persons (“reserved teachers”) who—
(a)are selected for their fitness and competence to provide teaching and learning within subsection (11), and
(b)are specifically appointed to provide that teaching and learning.
(4)The number of reserved teachers at a school must not exceed one fifth of the total number of teachers, including the head teacher; and for this purpose where the total number of teachers is not a multiple of five, it is to be treated as if it were the next higher multiple of five.
(5)Where the appropriate body propose to appoint a person as a reserved teacher in a school, that body—
(a)must consult the foundation governors, and
(b)must not appoint that person unless the foundation governors are satisfied as to the person’s fitness and competence to provide teaching and learning within subsection (11).
(6)Subsection (7) applies if the foundation governors of a school to which subsection (3) applies consider that a person appointed as a reserved teacher at the school has failed to provide teaching and learning within subsection (11) efficiently and suitably.
(7)The foundation governors may—
(a)in the case of a teacher who is an employee, require the appropriate body to dismiss the teacher from employment as a teacher appointed under subsection (3);
(b)in the case of a teacher who is engaged otherwise than under a contract of employment, require the governing body to terminate that engagement.
(8)Subsection (9) applies if a teacher appointed to provide teaching and learning within subsection (11), in a school to which this subsection applies, fails to provide that teaching and learning efficiently and suitably.
(9)The teacher may be dismissed by the governing body, without the consent of the local authority, on the ground of failure to provide the teaching and learning efficiently and suitably.
(10)Subsection (9) does not apply where the school has a delegated budget.
(11)Teaching and learning within this section is teaching and learning in Religion, Values and Ethics that accords with—
(a)any provisions of the school’s trust deed that relate to teaching and learning in Religion, Values and Ethics, or
(b)if there are no such provisions, the tenets of the religion or religious denomination specified in relation to the school under section 68A.
(12)In this section—
“the appropriate body” means—
in relation to a foundation school, the governing body, and
in relation to a voluntary controlled school, the local authority;
“Religion, Values and Ethics” has the same meaning as in the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 58A and cross-heading inserted (W.) (1.9.2022 for specified purposes, 1.9.2023 for specified purposes, 1.9.2024 for specified purposes) by The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments) (Primary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/744), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 4(4)
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