Regulation 8 New schools wishing to federateI1

England and Wales

(1)

Where it is proposed that a new school should federate with one or more schools or a federation, paragraph (2) or (3) applies as appropriate.

(2)

Where a temporary governing body has been established, regulations 5 to 7 have effect as if references to a governing body proposing to federate were references to a temporary governing body proposing to federate.

(3)

Where a temporary governing body is yet to be established, regulations 5 to 7 have effect as if—

(a)

references to the governing body proposing to federate were references to the local authority or, where proposals are to establish a voluntary school proposals for the establishment of which were published by promoters, the promoters;

(b)

regulation 5(2) were omitted; and

(c)

in regulation 6(2)(a) for “the governing body propose to federate” there were substituted “the local authority or the promoters propose that the temporary governing body of the new school should federate”.

(4)

Parts 1 to 3 and 5 to 7 of the New Maintained Schools Regulations are to apply to a temporary governing body constituted pursuant to this regulation.

(5)

Where it is proposed that two or more new schools should federate, with or without one or more other schools or other federation, the local authority may make arrangements providing for the constitution of a single temporary governing body for those new schools.

(6)

Where the proposed federation includes schools which are maintained by two or more local authorities, those local authorities must agree amongst themselves which local authority may make arrangements providing for the constitution of a single temporary governing body for those new schools.

(7)

Where one or more of the new schools referred to in paragraph (2) is to be a voluntary school proposals for the establishment of which were published by promoters, the local authority must consult the promoters—

(a)

as to whether the power given to the local authority in paragraph (2) should be exercised; and

(b)

if the local authority proposes to exercise it, as to the date on which the arrangements should be made.

(8)

Schedule 1 applies to a temporary governing body constituted pursuant to this regulation.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 8 in force at 22.5.2014, see reg. 1(1)