School Standards and Framework Act 1998

127Code of practice for securing effective relationships between LEAs and maintained schools

(1)The Secretary of State shall issue, and may from time to time revise, a code of practice containing such practical guidance as he thinks appropriate with a view to securing effective relationships between local education authorities and the schools maintained by them—

(a)in relation to promoting high standards of education in such schools; and

(b)in relation to the discharge of relevant functions of such authorities in relation to such schools.

(2)In discharging their functions in relation to any maintained school, it shall be the duty of—

(a)the local education authority,

(b)the governing body, and

(c)the head teacher,

to have regard to any relevant provisions of the code.

(3)Section 85 shall apply in relation to the code as it applies in relation to a code of practice under section 84.

(4)The Secretary of State shall publish the code as for the time being in force.

(5)The Secretary of State may under subsection (1) make different provision for England and Wales (whether or not by means of separate codes of practice); and references in this section to “the code” accordingly apply to any such separate code of practice.

(6)For the purposes of this section the relevant functions of a local education authority are the functions exercisable by or on behalf of such an authority under—

(a)sections 6 and 7 (so far as they relate to schools maintained by the authority),

(b)section 15(2),

(c)section 16(1),

(d)section 17(1),

(e)section 42(3) and (4),

(f)sections 54 and 55,

(g)section 62(1),

(h)Schedules 9 and 11 (so far as they relate to the appointment and removal of LEA governors),

(i)Schedule 13,

(j)paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 15,

(k)Schedules 16 and 17, and

(l)section 25 of the [1996 c. 57.] School Inspections Act 1996,

and such other functions exercisable by or on behalf of a local education authority as the Secretary of State may determine for the purposes of this subsection.