Education (No. 2) Act 1986

22 Discipline: general duties. E+W

The articles of government for every county, voluntary and maintained special school shall provide—

(a) for it to be the duty of the head teacher to determine measures (which may include the making of rules and provision for enforcing them) to be taken with a view to—

(i) promoting, among pupils, self-discipline and proper regard for authority;

(ii) encouraging good behaviour on the part of pupils;

(iii) securing that the standard of behaviour of pupils is acceptable; and

(iv) otherwise regulating the conduct of pupils;

(b) for it to be the duty of the head teacher, in determining any such measures—

(i) to act in accordance with any written statement of general principles provided for him by the governing body; and

(ii) to have regard to any guidance that they may offer in relation to particular matters;

(c) for it to be the duty of the head teacher to make any such measures generally known within the school;

(d) for the standard of behaviour which is to be regarded as acceptable at the school to be determined by the head teacher, so far as it is not determined by the governing body;

(e) for it to be the duty of the governing body and the head teacher to consult the local education authority, before determining any such measures, on any matter arising from the proposed measures which can reasonably be expected—

(i) to lead to increased expenditure by the authority; or

(ii) to affect the responsibilities of the authority as an employer;

(f) for the power to exclude a pupil from the school (whether by suspension, expulsion or otherwise) to be exercisable only by the head teacher.