Modification of Schedule 8 in relation to grant-maintained special schools
3.—(1) Paragraph 4 of Schedule 8 to the Act shall be modified in relation to groups containing one or more grant-maintained special schools as follows to the extent described:
(a)For sub-paragraph (3) there is substituted:—
“(3) (a) In the case of a group containing one or more grant-maintained special schools the appropriate number of the core governors must (on the date or dates on which they respectively take office), if reasonably practicable, be parents of registered pupils at schools in the group;
(b)in the case of a group consisting only of grant-maintained special schools, not less than two core governors must be persons with experience of education for those with special educational needs;
(c)in the case of a group not falling within (b) above or (d) below, which contains one or more grant-maintained special schools—
(i)at least one of the core governors must be a person appearing to the governing body to be a member of the local community, and
(ii)at least one of the core governors must be a person with experience of education for those with special educational needs;
(d)in the case of a group consisting of one or more schools falling within paragraph 2(2)(a) above and one or more grant-maintained special schools only, at least one of the core governors must be a person with experience of education for those with special educational needs;”
(b)Sub-paragraph (5) shall not apply in the case of a group containing one or more grant-maintained special schools.
(c)at the end of the paragraph there shall be added:
“(8) One person may satisfy any number of the requirements in sub-paragraphs (3)(a), (3)(b), (3)(c)(i) or (3)(c)(ii) above.”.