The Education (Abolition of Corporal Punishment) (Independent Schools) Regulations 1987

Made7th July 1987

Laid before Parliament22nd July 1987

Coming into force15th August 1987

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 47(5)(a)(iii) of the Education (No. 2) Act 19861, the Secretary of State for Education and Science, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, hereby make the following Regulations:—

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Abolition of Corporal Punishment) (Independent Schools) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 15th August 1987.

2

Each of the following classes of independent schools is hereby prescribed as a prescribed class for the purposes of section 47(5)(a)(iii) of the Education (No. 2) Act 1986, namely:—

a

any independent school in receipt of grant under regulation 4(1) or 5(1) of the Direct Grant Schools Regulations 19592, and

b

a school maintained by the Ministry of Defence.

Kenneth BakerSecretary of State for Education and Science7th July 1987

Peter WalkerSecretary of State for Wales7th July 1987

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe the classes of independent schools where corporal punishment may not be lawfully administered. They comprise the existing direct grant schools and any Ministry of Defence school. The schools concerned are the Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, Suffolk; St Edwards College, Liverpool; TS Indefatigable, Anglesey; and the Duke of York’s Royal Military School, Dover.