Part VII

Protection of children and vulnerable adults

Restrictions on working with children in independent schools

Additional ground of complaint
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1
In subsection (1) of section 469 (notice of complaint) of the Education Act 1996, for paragraph (d) there shall be substituted—
d
the proprietor of the school or any teacher or other employee employed in the school—
i
is unsuitable to work with children; or
ii
is for any other reason not a proper person to be the proprietor of an independent school or (as the case may be) to be a teacher or other employee in any school;
.
2
In subsection (2) of section 470 of that Act (determination of complaint by an Independent Schools Tribunal), for paragraph (f) there shall be substituted—
f
if satisfied that any person alleged by the notice of complaint to be a person who—
i
is unsuitable to work with children; or
ii
is for any other reason not a proper person to be the proprietor of an independent school or to be a teacher or other employee in any school,
is in fact such a person, by order disqualify that person from being the proprietor of any independent school or (as the case may be) from being a teacher or other employee in any school.
1996 c. 56.