School Governance (Constitution) (England) Regulations 2003

Other requirements relating to instruments of government

32.—(1) The local education authority must ensure that the persons set out in paragraph (2) are provided (free of charge) with—

(a) a copy of the school’s instrument of government, and

(b) where any variation is made to the school’s instrument of government, a consolidated version of the instrument of government incorporating all variations made by order of the local education authority (other than any variations which have ceased to have effect).

(2) The persons who are to be provided with the information referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a) every member of the governing body of the school;

(b) the head teacher, whether or not the head teacher is a member of the governing body;

(c) the trustees of any trust relating to the school;

(d) in the case of a Church of England school or Roman Catholic Church school, the appropriate diocesan authority; and

(e) in the case of any other school designated under section 69(3) of the 1998 Act as having a religious character, the appropriate religious body.