PART 2 E+WSTANDARDS

CHAPTER 1 E+WINTERVENTION IN CONDUCT OF MAINTAINED SCHOOLS

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 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))

C2 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)

C3 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))

C4 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))

C5 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))

C6 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))

C7 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 E+W

15 Power of Welsh Ministers to direct federation of schools E+W

(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.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 15 in force at 20.2.2014 by S.I. 2014/178, art. 2(a) (with art. 3)