PART 4Academies

Application and modification of Act and regulations21.

(1)

Section 51A of the Act applies with the following modifications.

(2)

In subsection (1)—

(a)

for “head teacher” substitute “principal”; and

(b)

for “a maintained school” substitute “an Academy”.

(3)

In subsection (4), after “subsection (3)(c),” insert “as it applies in relation to Academies,”.

(4)

For subsection (6) substitute—

“(6)

In a case where the panel gives a direction under subsection (4)(c) to the proprietor of an Academy, the panel may, in prescribed circumstances, order the proprietor to make a payment to the local authority.”.

(5)

For subsection (10) substitute—

“(10)

In this section—

“Academy” means an Academy school or an alternative provision Academy;

“exclude”, in relation to the exclusion of a pupil from an Academy, means exclude on disciplinary grounds (and “exclusion” is to be construed accordingly);

“principal” means the head teacher of an Academy, and includes acting principal;

“the responsible body” means, in relation to exclusion from an Academy, the proprietor of the Academy.”.

(6)

The regulations in Parts 2 and 3 apply to Academy schools and alternative provision Academies with the following modifications.