Section 220 Transfer of responsibility for conducting school to an education association.C1
England and Wales
The powers conferred by this section are exercisable by the Secretary of State in relation to any county school or voluntary school at any time if, at that time—
there is a report of an inspection of the school in which the person who made it expressed the opinion that special measures were required to be taken in relation to the school,
either that person was a member of the Inspectorate or the report stated that the Chief Inspector agreed with his opinion,
the Secretary of State has received a statement prepared under section 210 of this Act or the period allowed by subsection (2) of that section for the preparation of such a statement has expired, and
if any registered inspector or member of the Inspectorate has made a later report of an inspection of the school, he did not express the opinion in the report that special measures were not required to be taken in relation to the school.
Where—
the powers conferred by this section are exercisable by the Secretary of State in relation to a school,
he is of the opinion that the school should be conducted by an education association, and
if the school is a voluntary school, he has consulted the person who appoints the school’s foundation governors and such other persons as he thinks appropriate,
he may by order provide for the school to be conducted by an education association named in the order as from such date as may be specified in the order (referred to in this Part of this Act as the “transfer date”).
On making an order under this section the Secretary of State shall give notice in writing of the order to the governing body and head teacher of the school, to the local education authority and (except in the case of a school in Wales before the Schools Funding Council for Wales begin to exercise their functions) the funding authority.
On the transfer date—
the local education authority whose duty it was immediately before that date to maintain the school as a county or voluntary school shall cease to have that duty, and
any special agreement relating to the school shall cease to have effect.
Annotations
Modifications
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S. 220-227 applied (with modifications) (9.5.1994) by S.I. 1994/1084, reg. 2
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
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Act repealed (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(2)(3), 583(2), Sch. 38 Pt. I (with savings in ss. 1(4), 561, 562, Sch. 39); Sch. 13 paras. 6, 7 as saved continued (1.9.1999) by S.I. 1999/2267, reg. 2(2); and s. 154(4) expressed to be amended (11.9.1998) by 1998 c. 18, ss. 54(1), 55(2), Sch. 3 para. 25 (which amendment fell (1.4.1999) by reason of the repeal of the said Sch. 3 para. 25 by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(3), Sch. 31; S.I. 1999/1016, art. 2(1), Sch. 1)