Section 13 Religious education.
England and Wales
It shall be the duty of the governing body of—
any voluntary school, or
any grant-maintained school,
in which denominational education is given to any pupils to secure that that education is inspected under this section.
It shall be the duty of the governing body of—
any voluntary school, or
any grant-maintained school falling within subsection (3) below,
to secure that the content of the school’s collective worship is inspected under this section.
A grant-maintained school falls within this subsection if—
it was a voluntary school immediately before it became grant-maintained,
it was established in pursuance of proposals published under section 49 of the Education Act 1993 and either any trust deed relating to the school or the statement required by paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to that Act makes provision as to the religious education for pupils at the school, or
it is a school in respect of which proposals for the required provision for religious education to be provision for religious education in accordance with the tenets of a particular religion or religious denomination are approved under section 98 of that Act.
In this section—
“denominational education”, in relation to a school, means any religious education which—
is required by section 2(1)(a) of the Education Reform Act 1988 to be included in the school’s basic curriculum, but
is not required by any enactment to be given in accordance with an agreed syllabus,
“the required provision for religious education” means the provision for religious education for pupils at the school which is required as mentioned in paragraph (a)(i) above, and
references to collective worship are references to collective worship required by section 6 of that Act.
An inspection under this section shall be conducted by a person chosen by—
the foundation governors, in the case of a controlled school; and
the governing body, in any other case.
The person chosen need not be a registered inspector.
Inspections under this section shall be carried out at such intervals as may be prescribed; and in prescribing the intervals the Secretary of State may make provision as to the period within which the first inspection under this section with respect to a school is to begin.
It shall be the general duty of a person conducting an inspection under this section—
if the inspection is conducted by virtue of subsection (1) above, to report on the quality of the denominational education provided by the school for pupils to whom denominational education is given by the school, or
if the inspection is conducted by virtue of subsection (2) above, to report on the content of the school’s collective worship,
and any such person may report on the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils at the school.
A person conducting an inspection under this section may do so with the assistance of such other persons chosen by him as are in his opinion fit and proper persons for carrying out the inspection.
Part II of Schedule 2 makes further provision with respect to inspections under this section.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
S. 13(1)-(3A) substituted (1.10.1993) for s. 13(1)-(3) by 1993 c. 35, s. 259(2); S.I. 1993/1975, art. 9, Sch.1
- F2
S. 13(7) substituted (1.10.1993) by 1993 c. 35, s. 259(3); S.I. 1993/1975, art. 9, Sch.1
Modifications
- C1
S. 13(3)(c) modified (1.10.1993) by S.I. 1993/1975, art. 10, Sch. 2 para.3
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Act (except ss. 16, 17, 21(5) and Sch. 4 paras. 1, 4-6) repealed (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 57, ss. 47(2), 48(2), Sch. 7