Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000
Provision of school education: right of child and duty of education authority
1 Right of child to school education
2 Duty of education authority in providing school education
Health promotion
2ADuties in relation to promotion of health
Raising standards
3 Raising standards
3APupils experiencing inequalities of outcome: Scottish Ministers' duty
3BPupils experiencing inequalities of outcome: education authority's duties
3CNational Improvement Framework
3DCarrying out of education authority's duty under section 3(2)
3EAnnual plan: Scottish Ministers
3FAnnual plan: education authority
3GAnnual report: Scottish Ministers
3HAnnual report: education authority
3IEqual opportunities
4 National priorities in education
5 Education authority’s annual statement of improvement objectives
6 School improvement plans
7 Review of school performance
Delegation schemes
8 Delegation schemes
Inspections
9 Inspection of education authority
10 Code of practice as regards inspection of education authority
10ADuty of Her Majesty’s Inspectors to make reference to Scottish Ministers
10BPreliminary notice
10CEnforcement direction
11 Inspection of educational establishment
12 Code of practice as regards inspection of educational establishment
Guidance
13 Guidance to education authorities: raising standards and delegation schemes
14 Guidance to education authorities as to home education
Requirement for mainstream education
15 Requirement that education be provided in mainstream schools
Ending of corporal punishment in schools
16 No justification for corporal punishment
Ending of self-governing status of schools
17 Ending of self-governing status of school
18 Order supplementary to ending of self-governing status
19 Transfer of staff of self-governing school
20 Provision of information in relation to self-governing school
21 Educational endowments in relation to self-governing school
22 Interruption of process of transition to self-governing status
23 Purported disposal of property of self-governing school
Independent schools
24 Registration of independent school
25 Welfare of pupil attending independent school
School Boards
26 Role of School Board in raising standards and improving quality of education
27 Election to School Board after school ceases to be self-governing
28 Vacancies for parent members of School Board
29 Restriction on councillor’s membership of School Board
30 Involvement of School Board in preparing short leet for appointment of headteacher etc.
31 Delegation of education authority’s functions to School Board
Pre-school children
32 Provision of education for pre-school children etc.
33 Fees
34 Guidance to education authorities as respects discharge of certain functions
35 Provision of school education by persons other than education authorities
36 Inspection of establishments other than schools
37 Provision of transport etc. by education authority
38 Admission of children under school age to primary school
39 Repeal of Part II of Education (Scotland) Act 1996
Education outwith school
40 Education outwith school
Exclusion from school
41 Rights of appeal against exclusion from school
Grants
42 Grants in respect of activities relating to school education
Placing requests
43 Placing requests: extent of education authority’s duty
44 Further provision as respects placing requests
The General Teaching Council
45 Functions of the Council
46 Constitution of the Council
47Further provision as to keeping of register of teachers
48Provision of information by Council
49Provision of information to Council
50Professional Conduct Committee and Investigating and Disciplinary Sub-committees
51Appeals
52Amendment of section 17 of 1965 Act
53Power of Council to borrow money
54 Power of Scottish Ministers to require Council to establish committees
Abolition of SJNC
55 Abolition of Scottish Joint Negotiating Committee for School Education
Sex education and medical matters
56 Guidance to education authorities as to manner of conducting sex education
57 Consent of child to medical procedures
General
58 Interpretation
59 Regulations
60 Amendments and repeals
61 Short title, commencement, transitional provisions and savings
SCHEDULE 1 AMENDMENTS OF 1988 ACT CONSEQUENTIAL ON RESTRICTING BY-ELECTIONS FOR PARENT MEMBERS OF SCHOOL BOARDS
1The 1988 Act shall be amended in accordance with the...
2In section 2 (composition of School Board)—
3In section 2A (elections)— (a) for subsections (4) and (5)...
4In section 2B (co-option), for subsections (3) and (4) substitute—...
5In section 3 (terms of office)— (a) after subsection (4)...
6In section 20 (schools without a Board and disestablishment of...
7In section 22(2) (interpretation), the definition of “co-opted parent member”...
SCHEDULE 2 MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS
1Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965 (c.19)
2Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c.65)
3Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c.44)
4School Boards (Scotland) Act 1988 (c.47)
SCHEDULE 3 FURTHER REPEALS

Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000

2000 asp 6

An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make further provision as respects school education, the welfare of pupils attending independent schools and corporal punishment of pupils for whom school education is provided; to make further provision as respects School Boards; to make further provision as respects the functions, constitution and structure of the General Teaching Council for Scotland; to abolish the committee known as the Scottish Joint Negotiating Committee for School Education; to make further provision relating to the inspection of institutions within the higher education sector which educate and train persons to be, or persons who are, teachers in schools; and for connected purposes.