Paragraph 1

(1)

The information to be given to every person eligible to vote in the ballot shall be such information about the procedure and consequences of acquisition of grant–maintained status for the school as a member of a group as may reasonably be expected to enable him to form a proper judgment as to whether or not such status should be sought for the school, including, in particular, the information required in paragraph 2(2) below.

(2)

The information referred to in paragraph (1) above is–

(a)

a general explanation of the provisions of Part II of the 1993 Act and of these Regulations relating to–

(i)

the procedure for acquisition of grant–maintained status as a member of a group of participating schools, or, as the case may be, as a new member of an existing group,

(ii)

the constitution and powers of the governing body of a group of grant–maintained schools, and

(iii)

the conduct and funding of schools within such a group;

(b)

a general description of the likely composition of the governing body of the group if the ballot is in favour of seeking grant–maintained status in the case of all the participating schools or, as the case may be, in the case of the school becoming a new member of the group;

(c)

an explanation of how and in what circumstances initial governors of each category are elected, or, as the case may be, selected or replaced;

(d)

where the procedure was initiated under regulation 3 an explanation to the effect that if in the case of some but not all of the participating schools there is a vote in favour of seeking grant–maintained status, the governing bodies of any two or more of those schools may decide to bring forward proposals for a group of their schools without a further ballot of parents;

(e)

the name, address and a brief description of the character of each of the participating schools or, as the case may be, the school which it is sought should join the group and the schools in the existing group;

(f)

where the procedure was initiated under regulation 3 the name and address of the headteacher of each of the participating schools and an indication, in each case, whether or not the headteacher proposes that he should be a member of the governing body of the group;

(g)

where the proposals initiated under regulation 4–

(i)

the name and address of the headteacher of each of the schools in the group and, in each case, whether the headteacher is a member of the governing body of the group,

(ii)

the name and address of the headteacher of the school in respect of which the procedure has been initiated and an indication whether or not the headteacher proposes that he should be on the governing body of the group; and

(h)

the proposed implementation date which will be included in any proposals if the relevant ballot or ballots are in favour.