The School Organisation and Governance (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007

Amendments to the School Organisation (Prescribed Alterations to Maintained Schools) (England) Regulations 2007

20.  In Schedule 1—

(a) in sub-paragraph 1(c) after “explaining” insert “that any person may object to, or comment on, the proposals and”, and after “making” insert “such”;

(b) for sub-paragraph 5(1)(b) substitute—

“families of pupils at the school”;

(c) after sub-paragraph 5(1)(b) insert—

“(bb) teachers and other staff at the school”;

(d) in sub-paragraph 5(1)(d)—

(i) after “families” insert “of pupils”; and

(ii) for “parents” substitute “families”;

(e) in sub-paragraph 6(2)(b) after “one” insert “local”;

(f) omit sub-paragraph 6(3)(b);

(g) in sub-paragraph 6(3)(c) for “the date” substitute “receipt”;

(h) after paragraph 6(3) insert—

“(3A) The governing body must send to the Secretary of State within 1 week of the date of publication—

(a) a complete set of the proposals excluding the information relating to consultation prescribed in sub-paragraph 1(d); and

(b) a copy of the information published under sub-paragraph (1).”;

(i) omit sub-paragraph 21(3)(d);

(j) in sub-paragraph 21(4)(b) after “one” insert “local”;

(k) after paragraph 22(2) insert—

“(3) The governing body must send the Secretary of State details of any modifications made to the proposals, within 1 week of modifying them.”

(l) after paragraph 32 insert—

“Transitional admission arrangements

33.   Where a community or voluntary controlled school changes category to become a foundation school, anything done before the implementation date by the local education authority as admission authority under any provision in Chapter 1 of Part 3 of SSFA 1998 (admission arrangements) will, from the implementation date, have effect as if done by the governing body.”