Part VE+W The Curriculum

Chapter IIIE+W Religious education and worship

MiscellaneousE+W

398 No requirement of attendance at Sunday school etc.E+W

[F1(1)]It shall not be required, as a condition of—

(a)a pupil attending a maintained school, or

(b)a person attending such a school to receive further education or [F2any training for members of the school workforce] ,

that he must attend or abstain from attending a Sunday school or a place of religious worship.

[F3(2)In subsection (1)(b), the reference to training for members of the school workforce is to be read in accordance with sections [F496(1) and 100] of the Education Act 2005.]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 398(1): s. 398 renumbered as s. 398(1) (1.9.2005) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 125(3)(a), Sch. 14 para. 16(3)

F2Words in s. 398(b) substituted (1.9.2005) by Education Act 2005 (c. 18), s. 125(3)(a), Sch. 14 para. 16(2)