{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-inspections-act-2006/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-inspections-act-2006/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/40",
  "legislation_title": "Education and Inspections Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-inspections-act-2006",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Establishment of school as federated school",
  "text": "(1) Proposals under—\n(a) section 7 or 10, ...\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nfor the establishment of a new maintained school in England may relate to the establishment of the school as a federated school.\n(2) In this section “federated school” has the meaning given by section 24(2) of EA 2002.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 12(1)(a) substituted (1.9.2026) by Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (c. 21), ss. 66(4), 78(5) (with s. 69(4)); S.I. 2026/803, reg. 5(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 12(1)(b) repealed (1.4.2010) by The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Consequential Amendments) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1080), art. 1(2)(a)(b), Sch. 1 para. 57, Sch. 2 Pt. 1 (with art. 2(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 12(1) inserted (1.2.2012) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), s. 82(3), Sch. 11 para. 9; S.I. 2012/84, art. 3 (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 12 in force at 25.5.2007 by S.I. 2007/935, art. 7(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:59.347958+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."
}