{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-new-schools-england-regulations-2007/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-new-schools-england-regulations-2007/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/958",
  "legislation_title": "The School Governance (New Schools) (England) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-governance-new-schools-england-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "New community schools, new community special schools and new maintained nursery schools",
  "text": "(1) The temporary governing body of a proposed community school, proposed community special school or proposed maintained nursery school is to be composed as follows:\n(a) one third or more temporary parent governors;\n(b) at least two but no more than one third temporary staff governors;\n(c) one fifth temporary LEA governors; and\n(d) one fifth or more temporary community governors.\n(2) The temporary governing body may in addition appoint up to two temporary sponsor governors, or where the proposed school is to be a secondary school, up to four temporary sponsor governors.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Within the meaning of section 20 of and Schedule 2 to SSFA 1998."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Within the meaning of section 39(1) of EA 2002."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/1172",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) (Local and Subordinate Legislation) Order 2010"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/958/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:56:42.580809+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."
}