Education (No. 2) Act 1986

17 Duty of local education authority to state policy

(1) It shall be the duty of every local education authority—

(a) to determine, and keep under review, their policy in relation to the secular curriculum for the county, voluntary and special schools maintained by them ;

(b) to make, and keep up to date, a written statement of that policy; and

(c) to furnish the governing body and head teacher of every such school with a copy of the statement and publish it in such other manner as the authority consider appropriate.

(2) In discharging their duty under subsection (1) above, an authority shall consider, in particular—

(a) the range of the secular curriculum ; and

(b) the balance between its different components.

(3) In carrying out their functions under this Act or any other enactment, a local education authority shall have regard to their policy in relation to the secular curriculum for their schools, as expressed in their statement.

(4) Every head teacher to whom any copy of a statement is furnished under this section shall make it available, at all reasonable times, to persons wishing to inspect it.