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The School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2007

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and application

    2. 2.Revocation

    3. 3.Interpretation

  3. PART 2 ESTABLISHING OR JOINING A FEDERATION

    1. 4.Prescribed cases

    2. 5-9.Procedure for schools wishing to federate

    3. 10-11.New schools wishing to federate

    4. 12.Incorporation of governing bodies of federations and dissolution of former governing bodies

  4. PART 3 CATEGORIES OF GOVERNOR

    1. 13.Parent governors

    2. 14.Staff governors

    3. 15.LEA governors

    4. 16.Community governors

    5. 17.Foundation governors

    6. 18.Partnership governors

    7. 19.Sponsor governors

    8. 20.Associate members

  5. PART 4 COMPOSITION OF GOVERNING BODIES OF A FEDERATION

    1. 21.General principles

    2. 22.Federation comprising community, community special and maintained nursery schools

    3. 23.Federation comprising only foundation or foundation special schools without foundations

    4. 24.Federation comprising only foundation or foundation special schools which have a foundation but which are not qualifying foundation schools

    5. 25.Federation comprising qualifying foundation schools only

    6. 26.Federation comprising voluntary controlled schools only

    7. 27.Federation comprising voluntary aided schools only

    8. 28.Federation comprising voluntary controlled schools and community, community special or maintained nursery schools

    9. 29.Federation comprising more than one category of school including at least one foundation or foundation special or voluntary aided school

  6. PART 5 INSTRUMENTS OF GOVERNMENT, PROCEDURES, STAFFING AND CHARITABLE STATUS

    1. 30.Qualifications, tenure of office and instruments of government

    2. 31.Procedures of governing bodies of federations

    3. 32.Staffing of federations

    4. 33.Charitable status of federations

  7. PART 6 INFORMATION AND FUNDING

    1. 34.Information for the governing body of a federation

    2. 35-36.Financing of federations

  8. PART 7 FEDERATED SCHOOLS LEAVING FEDERATIONS

    1. 37.Procedure for a school to leave a federation

    2. 38.Decision to permit federated school to leave a federation

    3. 39.Availability of amounts representing budget share

    4. 40.Incorporation of governing body of a school leaving a federation

    5. 41.Transfer of property

  9. PART 8 DISSOLUTION OF FEDERATIONS

    1. 42-43.Dissolution of federations

    2. 44.Availability of amounts representing budget share

    3. 45.Incorporation of governing body of a school leaving a federation

    4. 46.Transfer of property

  10. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Temporary governing bodies of new schools intending to federate

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Election and appointment of parent governors

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Election of staff governors

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Appointment of community governors in federations which include community special schools

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Partnership Governors

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      Appointment of sponsor governors

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      Modification of the Constitution Regulations

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      Modification of the Procedures Regulations

    9. SCHEDULE 9

      Modification of the Staffing Regulations

  12. Explanatory Note

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