PART 2STANDARDS
CHAPTER 1C3C2C5C1C4C7C6INTERVENTION IN CONDUCT OF MAINTAINED SCHOOLS
Pt. 2 Ch. 1 modified by 2002 c. 32, s. 34(7) (as amended) (20.2.2014) by School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), s. 100(4), Sch. 5 para. 6(2); S.I. 2014/178, art. 2(f) (with art. 3)
Pt. 2 Ch. 1 excluded by 2010 c. 15, s. 87(4) (as inserted (20.2.2014) by School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), s. 100(4), Sch. 5 para. 11(3); S.I. 2014/178, art. 2(f) (with art. 3))
Pt. 2 Ch. 1 modified by 1998 c. 30, s. 19(12) (as substituted (20.2.2014) by School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), s. 100(4), Sch. 5 para. 3; S.I. 2014/178, art. 2(f) (with art. 3))
Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (with modifications) by 2010 c. 15, s. 87(3)(a) (as inserted (20.2.2014) by School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), s. 100(4), Sch. 5 para. 11(3); S.I. 2014/178, art. 2(f) (with art. 3))
Pt. 2 Ch. 1 modified by 1988 c. 40, s. 219(3A) (as inserted (W.) (20.2.2014) by School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), s. 100(4), Sch. 5 para. 1(3); S.I. 2014/178, art. 2(f) (with art. 3))
Pt. 2 Ch. 1 applied (with modifications) by 1998 c. 31, s. 89C(2)(a) (as substituted (20.2.2014) by School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), s. 100(4), Sch. 5 para. 4(5); S.I. 2014/178, art. 2(f) (with art. 3))
Intervention by the Welsh Ministers
I1C3C2C5C1C4C715C3C2C5C1C4C7Power of Welsh Ministers to direct federation of schools
1
This section applies if the Welsh Ministers have the power to intervene in the conduct of a maintained school (“the school causing concern”).
2
The Welsh Ministers may direct any of the following persons to provide for one or more of the arrangements set out in subsection (3)—
a
a local authority;
b
a governing body of a maintained school;
c
a governing body of a federation.
3
The arrangements are—
a
the federation of the school causing concern and one or more maintained schools;
b
the federation of the school causing concern and an existing federation;
c
the federation of the school causing concern and an existing federation and one or more maintained schools;
d
where the school causing concern is part of a federation, the federation of that federation and one or more maintained schools;
e
where the school causing concern is part of a federation, the federation of that federation and another existing federation;
f
where the school causing concern is part of a federation, the federation of that federation and an existing federation and one or more maintained schools;
g
where the school causing concern is part of a federation, for the school to leave that federation.
4
Before giving a direction under subsection (2), the Welsh Ministers must consult—
a
the local authority,
b
the governing bodies concerned, and
c
in the case of a foundation or voluntary school—
i
the person who appoints the foundation governors, and
ii
if the school has a religious character, the appropriate religious body.
5
In this section “federation” has the meaning given by section 21(1) of the Education (Wales) Measure 2011.
Pt. 2 Ch. 1 power to modify conferred by 2011 nawm 7 s. 18(1)(a) (as substituted (20.2.2014) by School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), s. 100(4), Sch. 5 para. 13(3)(a); S.I. 2014/178, art. 2(f) (with art. 3))