SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 11Schools: exceptions

Part 1Sex discrimination

Admission to single-sex schools

1

1

Section 85(1), so far as relating to sex, does not apply in relation to a single-sex school.

2

A single-sex school is a school which—

a

admits pupils of one sex only, or

b

on the basis of the assumption in sub-paragraph (3), would be taken to admit pupils of one sex only.

3

That assumption is that pupils of the opposite sex are to be disregarded if—

a

their admission to the school is exceptional, or

b

their numbers are comparatively small and their admission is confined to particular courses or classes.

4

In the case of a school which is a single-sex school by virtue of sub-paragraph (3)(b), section 85(2)(a) to (d), so far as relating to sex, does not prohibit confining pupils of the same sex to particular courses or classes.