The Education (Change of Category of Maintained Schools) (Wales) Regulations 1999

Made: 23rd August 1999

Coming into force: 1st September 1999

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Citation, commencement and application

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Interpretation

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Prescribed period for the purpose of section 35(2) of the Act

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Application of regulations 5 to 9

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Application of section 28 of and Schedule 6 to the Act

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Implementation of proposals

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Transfer of staff

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Instrument of government and reconstitution of governing body

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Transitional provisions

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SCHEDULE 1 — PROVISIONS OF SECTION 28 OF, AND SCHEDULE 6 TO THE ACT HAVING EFFECT IN RELATION TO PROPOSALS MENTIONED IN REGULATION 4

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SCHEDULE 2 — PROVISIONS OF SECTION 28 OF, AND PART II OF SCHEDULE 6 TO THE ACT APPLIED BY SCHEDULE 1 AS MODIFIED

Section 28

Part II of Schedule 6

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• (1) Any person may make objections to any proposals published under paragraph 3 of Schedule 8.

• (3) Any objections under this paragraph shall be sent to the National Assembly for Wales —

• (a) within two months after the date of publication of the proposals, except where paragraph (b) of this sub-paragraph applies; and

• (b) within one month after the date of publication of the proposals, where the school is one to which section 15 applies.

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SCHEDULE 3 — INSTRUMENT OF GOVERNMENT

Signed

Signed on behalf of the Assembly under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998

Jane Davidson — The Deputy Presiding Officer of the Assembly — 23rd August 1999

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1998 c. 31

[^f00002]: The functions of the Secretary of State under the provisions under which these regulations are made were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).

[^f00003]: S.I. 1999/2242 W2

[^f00004]: Sections 10-13 of the Act do not apply in relation to Wales unless an Order made by the Assembly provides otherwise –See section 10(8). At the date of the making of these Regulations no such Order had been made.

[^f00005]: Part II of the Education (School Government) (Wales) Regulations 1999 makes provision regarding contents of instrument of government, appointments and elections of governors, and the removal of surplus governors, other than surplus foundation governors. Provision for the removal of surplus foundation governors is in paragraph 11 of the pro-forma instrument of government set out in Schedule 2 to those Regulations.

[^f00006]: 1998 c. 38

[^f00007]: 1996 p.57.

Section 28

• (3) Proposals under paragraph 3 of Schedule 8 shall —

• (a) contain the following information—

• (i) the name of the governing body publishing the proposals,

• (ii) the date on which it is proposed that the change of category should take place,

• (iii) a statement explaining the effect of paragraph 7 of Schedule 6 including the date by which objections should be sent to the National Assembly for Wales,

• (iv) a statement that it is proposed to change the category of the school from voluntary aided to voluntary controlled,

• (v) a statement that after the change of category has taken place, the local education authority will be the admission authority for the school; and

• (b) shall be published —

• (i) by being posted in a conspicuous place in the area served by the school,

• (ii) in at least one newspaper circulating in the area served by the school, and

• (iii) by being posted at or near the main entrance to the school or, if there is more than one main entrance, all of them.

• (5) Before publishing any proposals under paragraph 3 of Schedule 8, the governing body shall consult such persons as appear to them to be appropriate; and in discharging their duty under this subsection the governing body shall have regard to any guidance given from time to time by the National Assembly for Wales.

• (7) Where any proposals published under paragraph 3 of Schedule 8 relate to a school in Wales, the governing body shall send —

• (a) a copy of the proposals, and

• (b) the information specified in subsection (7A),

to the National Assembly for Wales.

• (7A) The information referred to in subsection (7) is —

• (a) the objectives of the proposals;

• (b) evidence of consultation before the proposals were published including —

• (i) copies of the consultation documents, and

• (ii) the views and responses from the persons consulted;

• (c) a map showing the location of the school and all other community, voluntary and foundation schools within a radius of 3.218688 kilometres (2 miles), where the school is a primary school or 4.828032 kilometres (3 miles) where the school is a secondary school;

• (d) the following information relating to the school for the school year in which the proposals were published and (except for the information specified in sub-paragraph (iv)), the previous school year —

• (i) the standard number for each relevant age group,

• (ii) the number of year groups,

• (iii) the capacity of the school, and

• (iv) the number of pupils at the school;

and a forecast of the matters specified in sub-paragraphs (ii) to (iv) for each of the subsequent five years;

• (e) a list of all the schools within the radius of the school mentioned in paragraph (c) above stating which schools are maintained by different local education authorities together with the information referred to in paragraph (d) in respect of each such school;

• (f) the following information relating to the accommodation at the school —

• (i) the location of the accommodation,

• (ii) whether the school occupies a single or split site,

• (iii) how accessible the accommodation is,

• (iv) details of the general and specialist accommodation (both teaching and non-teaching), and

• (v) (where relevant) details of accommodation for nursery education;

• (g) a breakdown of any costs involved in the change of category;

• (h) details of the policy of the school relating to the education of pupils with special educational needs;

• (i) a statement as to whether the school has been inspected under section 10 of the School Inspections Act 1996 during the period starting three years before the date of the notice of the proposals and, where the school has been inspected during that period, the date of the inspection and details of the outcome of the inspection;

• (j) details of the tenure (freehold or leasehold) on which the site of the school is held and, if the premises are held on a lease, details of the lease; and

• (k) details of the trusts on which the site of the school is held.

• (11) In this part —

• (b) “area” (without more) means a local education authority area.

Part II of Schedule 6

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name of office

• (b) ....................[or.................... and.................... jointly] shall be entitled to appoint a foundation governor to act in the place of the ex officio foundation governor whose governorship derives from the office named in (a) above, in the event that that ex officio foundation governor is unable or unwilling to act as a foundation governor, or there is a vacancy in the office by virtue of which his governorship exists.

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Set out procedure for eliminating any excess in the number of foundation governors.

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Editorial notes

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