Part 4Schools causing concern: England

Intervention by local education authority

I165Power of LEA to provide for governing body to consist of interim executive members

1

If at any time a maintained school is eligible for intervention, the local education authority may, with the consent of the Secretary of State, give the governing body a notice in writing stating that, as from a date specified in the notice, the governing body are to be constituted in accordance with Schedule 6 (governing bodies consisting of interim executive members).

2

Before exercising the power conferred by subsection (1), the local education authority must consult—

a

the governing body of the school,

b

in the case of a foundation or voluntary school which is a Church of England school or a Roman Catholic Church school, the appropriate diocesan authority, and

c

in the case of any other foundation or voluntary school, the person or persons by whom the foundation governors are appointed.