{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-organisation-prescribed-alterations-to-maintained-schools-england-regulations-2007/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-organisation-prescribed-alterations-to-maintained-schools-england-regulations-2007/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1289",
  "legislation_title": "The School Organisation (Prescribed Alterations to Maintained Schools) (England) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/school-organisation-prescribed-alterations-to-maintained-schools-england-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Alterations to maintained schools by governing bodies: foundation proposals",
  "text": "(1) The alterations specified in paragraph (2), are to be known as foundation proposals and are—\n(a) prescribed under section 18 as alterations that may be implemented in respect of a community, foundation, voluntary aided, voluntary controlled, community special or foundation special school in pursuance of proposals published by the governing body; and\n(b) in the case of a community or community special school, are designated under section 19(3) as alterations capable of being proposed by the governing body.\n(2) The prescribed alterations are—\n(a) a change of category ( a “change of category to foundation”)—\n(i) from a community school to a foundation school;\n(ii) from a voluntary aided school to a foundation school;\n(iii) from a voluntary controlled school to a foundation school;\n(iv) from a community special school to a foundation special school;\n(b) in relation to foundation and foundation special schools only, the acquisition of a foundation established otherwise than under SSFA 1998;\n(c) in relation to foundation and foundation special schools only, where the instrument of government of the school does not provide for a majority of the governing body to be foundation governors, any change in the instrument of government which results in the majority of governors being foundation governors (“a relevant change”).\n(3) Part 1 of Schedule 1 provides for the information to be included in, or provided in relation to, foundation proposals.\n(4) Part 2 of Schedule 1 provides for the publication, determination and implementation of foundation proposals.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 25.5.2007, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1289/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:54:49.330293+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."
}