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Education (Scotland) Act 1981

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Placing in schools

    1. 1.Duty of education authority to comply with parents' requests as to schools

    2. 2.Provisions supplementary to section 1

  3. Special educational needs

    1. 3.Special educational needs

    2. 4.Children and young persons with certain special educational needs

  4. Assisted places scheme

    1. 5.Assisted places at grant-aided and independent schools

  5. Miscellaneous

    1. 6.Consultation on, and consent for, charges in certain educational matters

    2. 7.Removal of certain controls in connection with denominational schools

    3. 8.Restriction and abolition of educational schemes

    4. 9.Registration of independent schools: former grant-aided schools

    5. 10.Registration of independent schools: offences

    6. 11.Constitution of Independent Schools Tribunals

    7. 12.Education in social work establishments

    8. 13.Provisions relating to Examination Board

    9. 14.Remuneration of teaching staff

    10. 15.Educational endowments

    11. 16.Inspection of religious instruction

    12. 17.Extension of power to make conditions as to qualifications for admission to teacher training courses and for recommendations for registration

    13. 18.Transfer to University Courts of certain Universities of power to appoint Principals

    14. 19.Expenses

    15. 20.Meaning of " principal Act"

    16. 21.Amendment of enactments, transitional provisions and repeals

    17. 22.Short title, commencement and extent

    1. Schedule 1

      Appeal Committees

    2. Schedule 2

      Amendments of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980

    3. Schedule 3

      Application of certain provisions of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 to recorded children and recorded young persons

    4. Schedule 4

      Revocation of determinations for the purposes of the Assisted Places Scheme

    5. Schedule 5

      Remuneration of teaching staff: the Committee

    6. Schedule 6

      Educational endowments

    7. Schedule 7

      Minor and consequential amendments

    8. Schedule 8

      Transitional provisions

    9. Schedule 9

      Repeals

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