32[F1Responsibility for fixing dates of terms and holidays and times of sessions: England]E+W

(1)In the case of a community, voluntary controlled or community special school [F2in England ] or a maintained nursery school [F2in England ]—

(a)the [F3local authority] shall determine the dates when the school terms and holidays are to begin and end, and

(b)F4...the governing body shall determine the times of the school sessions.

(2)In the case of a foundation, voluntary aided or foundation special school [F5in England] the governing body shall determine—

(a)the dates and times when the school terms and holidays are to begin and end, and

(b)F6... the times of the school sessions.

(3)Regulations may make provision—

(a)as to the procedure to be followed where the governing body of a school within subsection (1) propose to make any change in the time of the school sessions;

(b)as to the implementation of any such proposal;

(c)for enabling the [F3local authority] to determine, for any purposes of the regulations, whether any person is to be treated as a parent of a registered pupil at the school.

(4)In this section “the times of the school sessions” means the times at which each of the school sessions (or, if there is only one, the school session) is to begin and end on any day.

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