SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Amendments of Part 2 of School Standards and Framework Act 1998

Teachers engaged otherwise than as employees

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(1)

Section 58 of the 1998 Act (appointment and dismissal of certain teachers at a school with a religious character) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (2)—

(a)

for “the teaching staff of” there is substituted “ teachers at ”, and

(b)

for “the teaching staff shall” there is substituted “ the teachers shall ”.

(3)

In subsection (3), for “the number of the teaching staff”, in both places where it occurs, there is substituted “ the total number of teachers ”.

(4)

In subsection (4), for “while holding the post of” there is substituted “ while he remains ”.

(5)

In subsection (6), for the words from “may” to the end there is substituted“may—

(a)

in the case of a teacher who is an employee, require the appropriate body to dismiss him from employment as a reserved teacher at the school, and

(b)

in the case of a teacher who is engaged otherwise than under a contract of employment, require the governing body to terminate his engagement.”.

(6)

In subsection (9), in the definition of “reserved teacher”, after “employed” there is inserted “ or engaged ”.