{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/schedule-4/paragraph-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/schedule-4/paragraph-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/56",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where relevant education is only primary education—\n(a) no proposals may be published under section 260 in respect of any grant-maintained school which is a secondary school or if the implementation of the proposals would cause the school to become a secondary school;\n(b) no proposals may be published under section 268 in respect of any grant-maintained secondary school; and\n(c) no direction may be given under section 428(2) to the governing body of any grant-maintained secondary school.\n(2) Where relevant education is only secondary education—\n(a) no proposals may be published under section 260 in respect of any grant-maintained school which is a primary school or if the implementation of the proposals would cause the school to become a primary school;\n(b) no proposals may be published under section 268 in respect of any grant-maintained primary school; and\n(c) no direction may be given under section 428(2) to the governing body of any grant-maintained primary school.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/schedule/4/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:29:40.627017+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}