Article 136 Obligation to enter pupils for approved public examinations

Subject to the following provisions of this Article, the Board of Governors of every grant‐aided school shall secure that each F1. . . pupil at the school is entered, at such time as it considers appropriate, for eachF2. . . public examination for which he is being prepared at the school at the time in question in each F3specification for that examination for which he is being so prepared.

Paragraph (1) shall not require a Board of Governors to secure that a pupil is entered for any examination, or for any examination in any specification for that examination, if F4. . . —

Paragraph (1) shall not require a Board of Governors to secure that a pupil is entered for any examination in any F6specification for that examination if the Board of Governors has secured that pupil's entry for another. . . public examination in a corresponding specification .

For the purposes of paragraph (3), a specification for any such examination shall be regarded as corresponding to a specification for another such examination if the same course of study is provided at the school concerned in preparation for both F7specifications .

As soon as practicable after determining whether or not to secure the entry of any pupil forF8 a public examination in any specification for which he is being prepared at the school the Board of Governors of a grant‐aided school shall notify the parent of the pupil in writing of its determination in relation to each such specification.