The Federation of Maintained Schools (Wales) Regulations 2014

Dissolution by local authority of local authority federations

87.—(1) Where—

(a) a maintaining local authority of a local authority federation determines that the federation should be dissolved; or

(b) a maintaining local authority of a local authority federation determines that one of only two federated schools should leave the federation,

the local authority must give notice of the fact and the propose date of dissolution to the persons mentioned in paragraph (2) within fourteen clear working days of making that determination.

(2) The persons to be notified are—

(a) all relevant local authorities;

(b) the head teacher of the federation or (if there is no head teacher of the federation) each head teacher of a federated school;

(c) every member of staff paid to work at the federation or a federated school;

(d) every person known by the governing body to be a parent of a registered pupil at a federated school;

(e) where a federated school is a foundation or voluntary school with a religious foundation, the foundation governors, any trustees of a trust relating to the federated school and, in the case of a Church in Wales or Roman Catholic Church school, the appropriate diocesan authority, or the appropriate religious body in the case of all other such schools;

(f) a body entitled to appoint foundation governors to the governing body of the federation;

(g) the trustees of a trust of any federated school of the federation;

(h) every trade union known to them to have members paid to work at any of the schools; and

(i) such other persons as the local authority considers appropriate.

(3) Not less than fourteen clear working days after the local authority has given notice of the determination in accordance with paragraph (2), the local authority must consider the determination and all responses received from the persons to whom notification of the determination was sent and must decide whether—

(a) the federation should be dissolved and, if so, on what date;

(b) that one of only two federated schools should leave the federation, and if so, on what date; or

(c) the federation should not be dissolved.

(4) The local authority must give notice in writing of its decision under paragraph (2) within five clear working days to those persons referred to in paragraph (4).