The Annual Parents' Meetings (Exemptions) (England) Regulations 2003
S.I. 2003/1921 · Made 21 July 2003
EDUCATION, ENGLAND
Made 21st July 2003
Laid before Parliament 30th July 2003
Coming into force 1st September 2003
In exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of State by sections 33(3) and 210(7) of the Education Act 2002f1, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Regulations:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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2002 c. 32; by virtue of the definition of “regulations” in section 212(1), these Regulations made by the Secretary of State apply only in relation to England.
Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Revocations
- 3Interpretation
- 4Exemption for hospital special schools and boarding schools
- 5Exemption for schools that hold a post–inspection meeting
- 6Exemption for schools that hold other meetings
- 7Exemption if parents do not respond to the notice of meeting
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Annual Parents' Meetings (Exemptions) (England) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st September 2003.
2Revocations
The Education (Annual Parents' Meetings) (England) Regulations 1999f1 are hereby revoked.
3Interpretation
In these Regulations “the 2002 Act” means the Education Act 2002.
Any reference in a provision of these Regulations to—
the governing body or to the governing body of a school is a reference to the governing body of any school to which the provision applies;
a parentf1 is a reference to a parent of a registered pupil at the school to which the provision applies;
a school is a reference to a maintained school within the meaning of section 39(1) of the 2002 Act.
4Exemption for hospital special schools and boarding schools
A governing body is exempt from the obligation imposed by section 33(1) of the 2002 Act to hold an annual parents' meeting if—
the school is a community special school or a foundation special schoolf1 which is established in a hospital and the governing body is of the opinion that it would be impracticable to hold such a meeting in that school year; or
the school is a maintained school other than one within paragraph (a), the governing body is of the opinion that it would be impracticable to hold such a meeting in that year, and at least 50 percent of the registered pupils at the school are boarders at the time when they form that opinion.
5Exemption for schools that hold a post–inspection meeting
If—
the school has been inspected under section 10 of the School Inspections Act 1996f1 by a registered inspector, and
the governing body is exempt from the obligation imposed by section 33(1) of the 2002 Act to hold an annual parents' meeting for the period of twelve months after the date of the meeting referred to in paragraph (b).
6Exemption for schools that hold other meetings
If, in any school year, the governing body holds a meeting to which all parents are invited, or a series of meetings and all parents are invited to at least one of the series, and—
parents have the opportunity at the meeting or at each of the series of meetings (as the case may be) to discuss the manner in which the school has been, and is to be, conducted and the performance of the school, and
two or more governors, at least one of whom is not a staff governor, attend the meeting or each meeting of the series (as the case may be),
the governing body is exempt from the obligation imposed by section 33(1) of the 2002 Act to hold an annual parents' meeting for the school year in which the meeting is, or (as the case may be) series of meetings are, held.
7Exemption if parents do not respond to the notice of meeting
The governing body is exempt from the obligation imposed by section 33(1) of the 2002 Act to hold an annual parents' meeting in any school year in which it gives to parents with the governors' reportf1 a notice asking parents to state in writing within a specified period of not less than 7 days if they require the governing body to hold an annual parents' meeting and the parents of fewer than 15 registered pupils respond within the specified period.
Signature
David Miliband
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Skills
21st July 2003
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, made under section 33(3) of the Education Act 2002, provide for school governing bodies to be exempt from the general requirement to hold an annual parents' meeting (“APM”) in certain circumstances. The Regulations come into force on 1st September 2003. Regulation 2 revokes the Education (Annual Parents' Meetings) (England) Regulations 1999.
The circumstances in which a governing body is exempt from the requirement to hold an APM are as follows:
Regulation 4 – if, in the case of a community special or foundation special school, the school is established in a hospital or the school is a boarding school and the governing body considers it would be impractical to hold an APM;
Regulation 5 – if the school has been inspected by Ofsted and a parents' meeting has been held to discuss the inspector’s report before the governing body draws up its action plan;
Regulation 6 – if the governing body has held a meeting or series of meetings to which all parents have been invited, which has or (as the case may be) have been attended by two or more governors, at least one of whom is not a staff governor, and parents have had the opportunity to discuss the past and future conduct of the school; and
Regulation 7 – if the governing body gives to parents with its Report a notice asking parents to respond within not less than 7 days if they wish the governing body to hold the annual parents' meeting and the parents of fewer than 15 pupils respond.