SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 30 Minor and consequential amendments

Education Act 1996 (c.56)

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1

Section 394 (determination of cases in which requirement for Christian worship is not to apply) shall be amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

a

in paragraph (a), for “county school” substitute “ community school ”;

b

for paragraph (b) substitute—

b

any foundation school which has not been designated under section 69(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 by the Secretary of State as having a religious character,

c

for “section 386(2)” substitute “ paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 20 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (requirement for Christian collective worship) ”.

3

In subsection (4), for “section 387” substitute “ paragraph 4 of Schedule 20 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (disapplication of requirement for Christian collective worship) ”.

4

In subsection (8), for “a school which becomes a grant-maintained school” substitute “ a community school which becomes a foundation school (by virtue of section 35 of, and Schedule 8 to, the School Standards and Framework Act 1998) ”.