Regulation 20 Amendments to the School Organisation (Prescribed Alterations to Maintained Schools) (England) Regulations 2007

In Schedule 1—

(a)

in sub-paragraph 1(c) after “explaining” insert “that any person may object to, or comment on, the proposals and”, and after “making” insert “such”;

(b)

for sub-paragraph 5(1)(b) substitute—

“families of pupils at the school”;

(c)

after sub-paragraph 5(1)(b) insert—

“(bb)
teachers and other staff at the school”;

(d)

in sub-paragraph 5(1)(d)—

(i)

after “families” insert “of pupils”; and

(ii)

for “parents” substitute “families”;

(e)

in sub-paragraph 6(2)(b) after “one” insert “local”;

(f)

omit sub-paragraph 6(3)(b);

(g)

in sub-paragraph 6(3)(c) for “the date” substitute “receipt”;

(h)

after paragraph 6(3) insert—

“(3A)
The governing body must send to the Secretary of State within 1 week of the date of publication—

(a)
a complete set of the proposals excluding the information relating to consultation prescribed in sub-paragraph 1(d); and

(b)
a copy of the information published under sub-paragraph (1).”;

(i)

omit sub-paragraph 21(3)(d);

(j)

in sub-paragraph 21(4)(b) after “one” insert “local”;

(k)

after paragraph 22(2) insert—

“(3)
The governing body must send the Secretary of State details of any modifications made to the proposals, within 1 week of modifying them.”

(l)

after paragraph 32 insert—

“Transitional admission arrangements

33.

Where a community or voluntary controlled school changes category to become a foundation school, anything done before the implementation date by the local education authority as admission authority under any provision in Chapter 1 of Part 3 of SSFA 1998 (admission arrangements) will, from the implementation date, have effect as if done by the governing body.”