ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES
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PART I |
| MEASURES TO RAISE STANDARDS OF SCHOOL EDUCATION |
| CHAPTER I |
| LIMITS ON INFANT CLASS SIZES |
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| 1. | Power to set limits on infant class sizes. |
| 2. | Plans by LEAs for reducing infant class sizes. |
| 3. | Payment of grant in connection with reductions in infant class sizes. |
| 4. | Construction of Chapter I.
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CHAPTER II |
| GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES |
| Duty to promote high standards of education |
| 5. | Duty of local education authorities to promote high standards in primary and secondary education.
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Education development plans |
| 6. | Preparation of education development plans. |
| 7. | Approval, modification and review of statement of proposals.
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Intervention by Secretary of State |
| 8. | Reserve power of Secretary of State to secure proper performance of LEA's functions.
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Parent representatives on education committees |
| 9. | Education committees to include parent representatives.
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CHAPTER III |
| EDUCATION ACTION ZONES |
| 10. | Establishment of education action zones. |
| 11. | Establishment of Education Action Forum for zone. |
| 12. | Functions of Education Action Forum. |
| 13. | Disapplication of pay and conditions order in relation to teachers at participating schools.
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CHAPTER IV |
| INTERVENTION IN SCHOOLS CAUSING CONCERN |
| Intervention by LEAs |
| 14. | Powers of intervention exercisable by LEAs. |
| 15. | Cases where LEA may exercise powers of intervention. |
| 16. | Power of LEA to appoint additional governors. |
| 17. | Power of LEA to suspend right to delegated budget.
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Intervention by Secretary of State |
| 18. | Power of Secretary of State to appoint additional governors. |
| 19. | Power of Secretary of State to direct closure of school.
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PART II |
| NEW FRAMEWORK FOR MAINTAINED SCHOOLS |
| CHAPTER I |
| INTRODUCTORY |
| The new schools |
| 20. | New categories of maintained schools. |
| 21. | Kinds of foundation and voluntary schools and types of foundations. |
| 22. | Maintenance and other funding of schools.
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New arrangements for organisation of schools |
| 23. | School organisation committees. |
| 24. | Adjudicators. |
| 25. | School organisation plans. |
| 26. | Power to require committees or adjudicators for Wales.
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CHAPTER II |
| ESTABLISHMENT, ALTERATION OR DISCONTINUANCE OF SCHOOLS |
| Mainstream schools maintained by LEAs |
| 27. | Proposals for establishment or alteration of community, foundation or voluntary school. |
| 28. | Proposals for discontinuance of community, foundation, voluntary or maintained nursery school. |
| 29. | Notice by governing body to discontinue foundation or voluntary school.
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Special schools maintained by LEAs |
| 30. | Proposals for establishment, alteration or discontinuance of community or foundation special school. |
| 31. | Direction requiring discontinuance of community or foundation special school.
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Supplementary provisions |
| 32. | Provisions supplementary to sections 27 to 31.
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Rationalisation of school places |
| 33. | Rationalisation of school places.
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Change of category of school |
| 34. | School changing from one category to another.
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CHAPTER III |
| GOVERNMENT OF MAINTAINED SCHOOLS |
| Governing bodies |
| 35. | Governing bodies.
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Instruments of government |
| 36. | Instruments of government.
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Functions of governing body |
| 37. | General responsibility of governing body for conduct of school. |
| 38. | Additional functions of governing body.
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Control of school premises |
| 39. | Control of use of school premises by governing body.
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Fixing of school holidays and times of sessions |
| 40. | Responsibility for fixing dates of terms and holidays and times of sessions.
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Reports and parents' meetings |
| 41. | Governors' reports and other information. |
| 42. | Annual parents' meetings.
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CHAPTER IV |
| FINANCING OF MAINTAINED SCHOOLS |
| Budgetary framework |
| 43. | Maintained schools to have budget shares. |
| 44. | Determination of LEA's general schools budget and aggregated schools budget. |
| 45. | Determination of school's budget share.
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Local education authority schemes |
| 46. | LEAs' financial schemes.
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Financial delegation |
| 47. | Maintained schools to have delegated budgets. |
| 48. | Effect of financial delegation.
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Suspension of financial delegation |
| 49. | Suspension of financial delegation for mismanagement etc.
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Information |
| 50. | Financial statements. |
| 51. | Certification of statements by Audit Commission.
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CHAPTER V |
| STAFFING AND CONDUCT OF SCHOOLS |
| Staffing of schools |
| 52. | Staffing of community, voluntary controlled and community special schools. |
| 53. | Staffing of foundation, voluntary aided and foundation special schools. |
| 54. | Staffing for non-school activities. |
| 55. | Payments in respect of dismissal, etc.
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Appointment and dismissal of teachers of religious education |
| 56. | Appointment and dismissal of certain teachers at schools with a religious character.
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Religious opinions etc. of staff |
| 57. | Staff at community, secular foundation or voluntary, or special school. |
| 58. | Staff at foundation or voluntary school with religious character.
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Discipline: general |
| 59. | Responsibility of governing body and head teacher for discipline. |
| 60. | LEA's reserve power to prevent a breakdown of discipline.
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Exclusion of pupils |
| 61. | Power of head teacher to exclude pupils. |
| 62. | Exclusion of pupils: duty to inform parents, etc. |
| 63. | Functions of governing body in relation to excluded pupils. |
| 64. | Appeals against exclusion of pupils.
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CHAPTER VI |
| RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND WORSHIP |
| Religious education |
| 65. | Duty to secure due provision of religious education.
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Religious worship |
| 66. | Requirements relating to collective worship.
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Exceptions and special arrangements etc. |
| 67. | Exceptions and special arrangements; provision for special schools.
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CHAPTER VII |
| MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL |
| Provision for new schools |
| 68. | Provision for new schools.
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Transfer of staff and land |
| 69. | Transfer of staff on appointed day. |
| 70. | Transfer of land on appointed day.
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Disposals of land |
| 71. | Foundation, voluntary and foundation special schools: disposal of land and discontinuance.
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Further education |
| 72. | Provision of further education.
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Modification of employment law |
| 73. | Application of employment law during financial delegation.
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Supplementary provisions |
| 74. | Modification of trust deeds.
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PART III |
| SCHOOL ADMISSIONS |
| CHAPTER I |
| ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS |
| Code of Practice |
| 75. | Code of Practice. |
| 76. | Making and approval of code of practice.
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Parental preferences |
| 77. | Parental preferences. |
| 78. | No requirement to admit children permanently excluded from two or more schools.
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Admission arrangements |
| 79. | Admission authorities and admission arrangements. |
| 80. | Procedure for determining admission arrangements. |
| 81. | Reference of objections to adjudicator or Secretary of State. |
| 82. | Special arrangements to preserve religious character of foundation or voluntary aided school. |
| 83. | Publication of information about admissions.
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Admission numbers |
| 84. | Fixing admission numbers.
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Admission appeals |
| 85. | Appeal arrangements. |
| 86. | Appeals relating to children to whom section 78 applies.
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Power to direct admission of child to school |
| 87. | Direction to admit child to specified school. |
| 88. | Procedure for giving direction under section 87.
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Nursery and special schools, etc. |
| 89. | Admission for nursery education or to nursery or special school.
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CHAPTER II |
| SELECTION OF PUPILS |
| Partial selection |
| 90. | General restriction on selection by ability or aptitude. |
| 91. | Permitted selection: pre-existing arrangements. |
| 92. | Permitted selection: pupil banding. |
| 93. | Permitted selection: aptitude for particular subjects. |
| 94. | Permitted selection: variation or abandonment etc. of arrangements.
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Grammar schools |
| 95. | Designation of grammar schools. |
| 96. | Procedure for deciding whether grammar schools should retain selective admission arrangements. |
| 97. | Implementation of decision that school should cease to have selective admission arrangements.
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PART IV |
| OTHER PROVISIONS ABOUT SCHOOL EDUCATION |
| Home-school agreements |
| 98. | Home-school agreements. |
| 99. | Supplementary provisions about home-school agreements.
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Extension of educational opportunities for Key Stage 4 pupils |
| 100. | Extended work experience for Key Stage 4 pupils. |
| 101. | Provision of secondary education for Key Stage 4 pupils by FE institutions.
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School meals |
| 102. | Nutritional standards for school lunches. |
| 103. | Extension of LEA functions concerning school lunches, etc.
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PART V |
| NURSERY EDUCATION |
| Nursery education |
| 104. | Definition of nursery education.
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General duty of local education authority |
| 105. | Duty of local education authority as respects availability of nursery education.
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Early years development partnerships |
| 106. | Early years development partnerships.
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Early years development plans |
| 107. | Early years development plans. |
| 108. | Approval, modification and review of statement of proposals.
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Inspection of nursery education |
| 109. | Inspection of nursery education.
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Further provisions relating to nursery education |
| 110. | Children with special educational needs. |
| 111. | No right to give corporal punishment to nursery pupils.
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PART VI |
| PARTNERSHIP ARRANGEMENTS IN WALES |
| 112. | Partnership arrangements to secure provision of certain further education in Wales. |
| 113. | Provisions relating to education provided under partnership arrangements.
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PART VII |
| MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL |
| The funding authorities |
| 114. | Dissolution of Funding Agency for Schools. |
| 115. | Removal of power to establish Schools Funding Council for Wales.
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School inspections |
| 116. | Publication of inspection reports.
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Education Assets Board |
| 117. | Change of name of Education Assets Board.
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Supplementary |
| 118. | Orders and regulations. |
| 119. | Financial provisions. |
| 120. | Minor and consequential amendments and repeals. |
| 121. | General interpretation. |
| 122. | Index. |
| 123. | Transitional provisions etc. |
| 124. | Short title, commencement and extent. |
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