Equality Act 2010

Single-sex boarding at schoolsE+W+S

2(1)Section 85(1), so far as relating to sex, does not apply in relation to admission as a boarder to a school to which this paragraph applies.E+W+S

(2)Section 85(2)(a) to (d), so far as relating to sex, does not apply in relation to boarding facilities at a school to which this paragraph applies.

(3)This paragraph applies to a school (other than a single-sex school) which has some pupils as boarders and others as non-boarders and which—

(a)admits as boarders pupils of one sex only, or

(b)on the basis of the assumption in sub-paragraph (4), would be taken to admit as boarders pupils of one sex only.

(4)That assumption is that pupils of the opposite sex admitted as boarders are to be disregarded if their numbers are small compared to the numbers of other pupils admitted as boarders.