Part 3Maintained schools

Chapter 1Government of maintained schools

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In this Chapter—

  • “budget share” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31);

  • “federation” and “federated school” F2in relation to England have the meaning given by section 24;

  • “maintained school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school, a community or foundation special school or a maintained nursery school;

  • “maintained nursery school” means a nursery school which is maintained by a F1local authority and is not a special school;

  • “statutory provision” means a provision contained in an Act or in subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30).

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In this Chapter—

a

references to a school having a delegated budget are references to the governing body of the school being entitled to manage the school’s budget share, and

b

where a school has a delegated budget the governing body are accordingly said to have a right to a delegated budget.