School Standards and Framework Bill - continued        House of Commons
PART II, NEW FRAMEWORK FOR MAINTAINED SCHOOLS - continued

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  CHAPTER III
  GOVERNMENT OF MAINTAINED SCHOOLS
 
Governing bodies
Governing bodies.     35. - (1) Each maintained school shall have a governing body, which shall be a body corporate constituted in accordance with Schedule 9.
 
      (2) Schedule 10 has effect in relation to the general powers of the governing body and other matters relating to it as a body corporate.
 
      (3) Schedule 11 has effect in relation to the membership and proceedings of the governing body and other matters including the appointment of a clerk to, or to any committee of, the governing body.
 
 
Instruments of government
Instruments of government.     36. - (1) For every maintained school there shall be an instrument (known as the instrument of government) which determines the constitution of the governing body and other matters relating to the school.
 
      (2) Schedule 12 has effect with respect to the contents and making of instruments of government and the review and variation of such instruments.
 
      (3) The governing body of a maintained school shall not conduct the school under a name other than the one for the time being set out in the school's instrument of government.
 
 
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