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The School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2007

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and application

    2. 2.Revocation

    3. 3.Interpretation

  3. PART 2 ESTABLISHING OR JOINING A FEDERATION

    1. 4.Prescribed cases

    2. 5.Procedure for schools wishing to federate

    3. 6.(1) Where a governing body are considering federation, they must...

    4. 7.(1) Where a governing body propose that they should federate...

    5. 8.(1) Where a governing body decide that they should federate...

    6. 9.(1) The governing bodies proposing to federate must jointly consider...

    7. 10.New schools wishing to federate

    8. 11.(1) Parts 1 to 3 and 5 to 7 of...

    9. 12.Incorporation of governing bodies of federations and dissolution of former governing bodies

  4. PART 3 CATEGORIES OF GOVERNOR

    1. 13.Parent governors

    2. 14.Staff governors

    3. 15.LEA governors

    4. 16.Community governors

    5. 17.Foundation governors

    6. 18.Partnership governors

    7. 19.Sponsor governors

    8. 20.Associate members

  5. PART 4 COMPOSITION OF GOVERNING BODIES OF A FEDERATION

    1. 21.General principles

    2. 22.Federation comprising community, community special and maintained nursery schools

    3. 23.Federation comprising only foundation or foundation special schools without foundations

    4. 24.Federation comprising only foundation or foundation special schools which have a foundation but which are not qualifying foundation schools

    5. 25.Federation comprising qualifying foundation schools only

    6. 26.Federation comprising voluntary controlled schools only

    7. 27.Federation comprising voluntary aided schools only

    8. 28.Federation comprising voluntary controlled schools and community, community special or maintained nursery schools

    9. 29.Federation comprising more than one category of school including at least one foundation or foundation special or voluntary aided school

  6. PART 5 INSTRUMENTS OF GOVERNMENT, PROCEDURES, STAFFING AND CHARITABLE STATUS

    1. 30.Qualifications, tenure of office and instruments of government

    2. 31.Procedures of governing bodies of federations

    3. 32.Staffing of federations

    4. 33.Charitable status of federations

  7. PART 6 INFORMATION AND FUNDING

    1. 34.Information for the governing body of a federation

    2. 35.Financing of federations

    3. 36.(1) In its application to a federated school in England,...

  8. PART 7 FEDERATED SCHOOLS LEAVING FEDERATIONS

    1. 37.Procedure for a school to leave a federation

    2. 38.Decision to permit federated school to leave a federation

    3. 39.Availability of amounts representing budget share

    4. 40.Incorporation of governing body of a school leaving a federation

    5. 41.Transfer of property

  9. PART 8 DISSOLUTION OF FEDERATIONS

    1. 42.Dissolution of federations

    2. 43.Upon receipt of the notice issued under regulation 42, the...

    3. 44.Availability of amounts representing budget share

    4. 45.Incorporation of governing body of a school leaving a federation

    5. 46.Transfer of property

  10. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Temporary governing bodies of new schools intending to federate

      1. 1.General principles

      2. 2.In determining the size of the temporary governing body, the...

      3. 3.Where application of paragraphs 6 to 11 produces a number...

      4. 4.In calculating the number of temporary staff governors required, the...

      5. 5.Temporary governing body for new community, community special or maintained nursery schools

      6. 6.Temporary governing body for new foundation or foundation special schools without foundations

      7. 7.Temporary governing body for new foundation or foundation special schools with foundations but which are not to be qualifying foundation schools

      8. 8.Temporary governing body for new qualifying foundation schools

      9. 9.Temporary governing body for new voluntary controlled schools

      10. 10.Temporary governing body for new voluntary aided schools

      11. 11.Temporary governing body for new voluntary controlled schools and community, community special or maintained nursery schools

      12. 12.Temporary governing body for proposed federation comprising more than one category of school including at least one new foundation or foundation special or voluntary aided school

      13. 13.Temporary sponsor governors

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Election and appointment of parent governors

      1. 1.Subject to paragraph 2(2), in this Schedule “appropriate body” means—...

      2. 2.(1) Where an authority is the appropriate body in relation...

      3. 3.Subject to paragraphs 4 to 7, the appropriate body must...

      4. 4.The duty conferred by paragraph 3 does not include power...

      5. 5.Any election which is contested must be held by ballot....

      6. 6.(1) The arrangements made under paragraph 3 must provide for...

      7. 7.Where a vacancy for a parent governor arises, the authority...

      8. 8.The number of parent governors required must be made up...

      9. 9.(1) Except where paragraph 10 applies, in appointing a parent...

      10. 10.(1) Where the school is a community special school or...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Election of staff governors

      1. 1.Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, the governing body of...

      2. 2.The power conferred by paragraph 1— (a) includes the power...

      3. 3.Any election which is contested must be held by ballot....

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Appointment of community governors in federations which include community special schools

      1. 1.Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, the governing body of...

      2. 2.(1) In relation to a community special school or a...

      3. 3.The governing body of a federation which includes a community...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Partnership Governors

      1. 1.Where a partnership governor is required, the governing body of...

      2. 2.No person may nominate for appointment, or appoint, a person...

      3. 3.Subject to paragraph 4(2), no governor may nominate a person...

      4. 4.(1) The governing body of a federation must appoint such...

      5. 5.(1) Where the governing body of a federation makes an...

      6. 6.The governing body of a federation must make all necessary...

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      Appointment of sponsor governors

      1. 1.In this Schedule, “sponsor” in relation to a federation means—...

      2. 2.For the purposes of paragraph 1, a person is connected...

      3. 3.Where the federation has one or more sponsors, the governing...

      4. 4.The governing body of a federation must seek nominations for...

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      Modification of the Constitution Regulations

      1. 1.Inregulation 22(2) for “head teacher of the school” substitute “head...

      2. 2.In regulation 26 for “paragraphs 9 to 11 of Schedule...

      3. 3.In regulation 28 for “school” substitute “federated school”.

      4. 4.In regulation 30— (a) in paragraph (1) for “maintained school”...

      5. 5.For regulation 31, substitute— (1) In this regulation, where reference is made to the...

      6. 6.In regulation 32— (a) in paragraphs (4) to (7)—

      7. 7.In regulation 33— (a) in paragraphs (1) and (2)(a) for...

      8. 8.In paragraph 1 of Schedule 6— (a) in sub-paragraph (1)...

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      Modification of the Procedures Regulations

      1. 1.In regulation 3— (a) in paragraph (1) for “regulation 11...

      2. 2.In regulation 5 for paragraph (3) substitute the following paragraph—...

      3. 3.In regulations 5(5)(b), 6(2)(a), 6(2)(c), 8(3)(c), 11(5)(d), 12A, 13(3)(a), 14(1)(b),...

      4. 4.In regulations 10(1)(b), 21(1) and 23(1)(b) for “head teacher of...

      5. 5.In regulation 8(6) for “If at any time the school...

      6. 6.In regulations 6(2)(b), 11(5)(c), 12(4), 13(3)(b), 17(3) and 24(9)(b) for...

      7. 7.In regulations 8(4), 11(4)(b), 14(1)(a), 16(1)(c), 18(1)(b), 21(2) and 24(2)...

      8. 8.In regulation 15(1) for sub-paragraph (c) substitute the following sub-paragraph—...

      9. 9.In regulation 19 for “school staff” substitute “staff of the...

      10. 10.In paragraph 2(1)(c) of the Schedule for “Schedule 5 to...

    9. SCHEDULE 9

      Modification of the Staffing Regulations

      1. 1.In regulation 3, after paragraph (4) insert the following paragraph—...

      2. 2.In regulation 5, after “sending a copy to the” insert...

      3. 3.In regulations 4(4), 6(1)(a) and (b), 7, 11(12), 18A, 20(12),...

      4. 4.In regulation 10 after the words “This Part applies to”...

      5. 5.In regulations 11(4), 11A(a), 15A(1), (2) and (5), 17, 20(4)...

      6. 6.In regulation 11(11), 15A(3) and (4), 18(3), 20(11) and 24A(2),...

      7. 7.In regulations 11A(b) and 18(1) for “work at a school”...

      8. 8.In regulation 16 for paragraph (1) substitute the following paragraph—...

      9. 9.In regulation 19 after the words “This Part applies to”...

      10. 10.In regulation 22, after paragraph (3) insert—

      11. 11.In regulation 27 after the words “voluntary aided school” insert...

      12. 12.In regulation 28(2) for “school or schools” substitute “school, federated...

      13. 13.In regulations 30(1) and 31(2) for sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and...

      14. 14.In regulation 33 after the words “school” insert the words...

  12. Explanatory Note

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