{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-constitution-england-regulations-2003/regulation-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-constitution-england-regulations-2003/regulation-29.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/348",
  "legislation_title": "School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-constitution-england-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/29",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Contents and form of instrument of government",
  "text": "(1) The instrument of government for a maintained school must set out—\n(a) the name of the school;\n(b) the category of school to which the school belongs;\n(c) the name of the governing body of the school;\n(d) the manner in which the governing body is to be constituted in accordance with Part 3, specifying—\n(i) the number of governors in each category of governor, and\n(ii) the total membership of the governing body, including any sponsor governors and additional foundation governors appointed in accordance with regulation 16(2)(b);\n(e) where the term of office for a category of governor is to be less than four years, the length of that term of office;\n(f) where the school has foundation governors—\n(i) the name of any person who is entitled to appoint such governors and, if there is more than one such person, the basis upon which such appointments are made,\n(ii) details of any foundation governorship to be held ex officio by the holder of a named office, and\n(iii) the name of any person who is entitled to request the removal of any ex officio foundation governor and to appoint any substitute governor;\n(g) where the school has sponsor governors, the name of any sponsor who is entitled to nominate persons for appointment as such governors under Schedule 5;\n(h) where the school is a maintained special school, the name of any body entitled to nominate a person for appointment as a community governor under Schedule 3;\n(i) where there is a trust relating to the school, that fact;\n(j) where the school is a foundation or a voluntary school which has a religious character, a description of the religious ethos of the school; and\n(k) the date when the instrument of government takes effect, which must not be earlier than 1st September 2003.\n(2) The manner in which the governing body is to be constituted, as set out in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) (d), must accord with the provisions of these Regulations as they apply to a school of the category to which the school belongs.\n(3) The instrument of government must (subject to any statutory provision) comply with any trust relating to the school.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/1730",
      "affecting_title": "The School Governance (Constitution, Federations and New Schools) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "appl (mods)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/2136",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Change of Category of Maintained Schools) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/348/regulation/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:32:01.476142+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}