The Foundation Body Regulations 1999

Foundation bodies and groups

2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below–

(a) a school may only form part of a group; and

(b) the governing body of a school may only apply to the Secretary of State for the establishment of a foundation body,

if that school is a foundation or voluntary school or if it is a grant-maintained or community school(1) which the governing body propose should become a foundation or voluntary school.

(2) A school which has a foundation, other than a foundation body, may not form part of a group and its governing body may not propose the establishment of a foundation body.

(3) A foundation body may be established under section 21 of the 1998 Act before 1st September 1999 in relation to three or more grant-maintained schools which do not have foundations for the purpose of carrying out the functions set out in regulation 4.

(1)

A community school may not become a foundation or voluntary school until after the end of the period prescribed for the purposes of section 35(2) of the 1998 Act. At the date these Regulations are made no such period has been prescribed.