PART 5Instrument of Government

Other requirements relating to instruments of governmentI136

1

The local education authority must ensure that the persons set out in paragraph (2) are provided (free of charge) with—

a

a copy of the school’s instrument of government, and

b

where any variation is made to the school’s instrument of government, a consolidated version of the instrument of government incorporating all variations made by the local education authority (other than any variations which have ceased to have effect).

2

The persons who are to be provided with the information referred to in paragraph (1) are—

a

every member of the governing body of the school;

b

the head teacher, whether or not the head teacher is a member of the governing body;

c

the trustees of any trust relating to the school;

d

in the case of a Church in Wales school or Roman Catholic Church school, the appropriate diocesan authority; and

e

in the case of any other school designated under section 69(3) of the 1998 Act as having a religious character, the appropriate religious body.