SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 11Schools: exceptions
Part 1Sex discrimination
Single-sex schools turning co-educational
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1
If the responsible body of a single-sex school decides to alter its admissions arrangements so that the school will cease to be a single-sex school, the body may apply for a transitional exemption order in relation to the school.
2
If the responsible body of a school to which paragraph 2 applies decides to alter its admissions arrangements so that the school will cease to be one to which that paragraph applies, the body may apply for a transitional exemption order in relation to the school.
3
A transitional exemption order in relation to a school is an order which, during the period specified in the order as the transitional period, authorises—
a
sex discrimination by the responsible body of the school in the arrangements it makes for deciding who is offered admission as a pupil;
b
the responsible body, in the circumstances specified in the order, not to admit a person as a pupil because of the person's sex.
4
Paragraph 4 applies in relation to the making of transitional exemption orders.
5
The responsible body of a school does not contravene this Act, so far as relating to sex discrimination, if—
a
in accordance with a transitional exemption order, or
b
pending the determination of an application for a transitional exemption order in relation to the school,
it does not admit a person as a pupil because of the person's sex.