# The Education (Small Schools) (Wales) Order 2014, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order identifies a small maintained school for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Education (Wales) Measure 2011 (“the 2011 Measure”). That chapter sets out the statutory framework for the federation of maintained schools. Section 11 of the 2011 Measure provides that a local authority may make proposals to federate schools and that certain provisions relating to publication and consultation do not apply to a proposal to federate only small schools.
Article 2 provides that a small maintained school is one with fewer than 91 registered pupils on the third Tuesday in the January immediately preceding the date on which a proposal is made under section 11 of the 2011 Measure.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2014/1133/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-small-schools-wales-order-2014/note
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