# Education Act 1944 (repealed 1.11.1996), Section 24: Appointment and dismissal of teachers in county schools and in voluntary schools.

Extent: E+W

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) In every aided school the respective functions of the local education authority and of the . . . governors of the school with respect to the appointment of teachers, and, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained as to religious education, with respect to the dismissal of teachers, shall be regulated by the . . . or articles of government for the school:
Provided that the . . . articles of government for every aided school—
(a) shall make provision for the appointment of the teachers by the . . . governors of the school, for enabling the local education authority to determine the number of teachers to be employed, and for enabling the authority, except for reasons for which the . . . governors are expressly empowered by this Act to dismiss teachers without such consent, to prohibit the dismissal of teachers without the consent of the authority and to require the dismissal of any teacher; and
(b) may make such provision as may be agreed between the local education authority and the . . . governors of the school, or in default of such agreement as may be determined by the Secretary of State for Education and Science, for enabling the authority to prohibit the appointment, without the consent of the authority, of teachers to be employed for giving secular instruction, and for enabling the authority to give directions as to the educational qualifications of the teachers to be so employed.
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/7-8/31/section/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1944-repealed-1111996/section-24
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.