# Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Article 13: School development plans


(1) The scheme of management for each grant-aided school shall provide for it to be the duty of the Board of Governors of the school to prepare, and from time to time revise, a school development plan.
(2) In preparing or revising a school development plan, the Board of Governors shall—
(a) consult the principal of the school;
(b) have regard to—
(i) any guidance given by the Department, the board for the area in which the school is situated and (in the case of a Catholic maintained school) the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools; and
(ii) the findings of any inspection of the school under Article 102 of the principal Order.
(3) Regulations shall—
(a) prescribe the matters to be dealt with by a school development plan;
(b) prescribe the period for which a plan is to have effect;
(c) prescribe the manner in which a plan is to be published;
(d) provide for the revision of a plan.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1998/0337377170/article/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-education-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-13
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

