The Toot Hill School (School Day and School Year Regulations) Order 2007

Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 2921

Education, England

The Toot Hill School (School Day and School Year Regulations) Order 2007

Made

8th October 2007

Laid before Parliament

15th October 2007

Coming into force

1st December 2007

The governing body of the Toot Hill School(1) (“the School”), a qualifying body for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Education Act 2002(2) (“the Act”) have, in accordance with section 4(2) of the Act, consulted the local education authority and such persons as appear to them to be appropriate, including the parents of the registered pupils at the School and the staff working at the School.

It is the opinion of the Secretary of State pursuant to section 1(1)(a) of the Act, having regard to the matters set out in section 1(2), that the implementation by the governing body of the School of the provisions of this Order may contribute to the raising of educational standards in England.

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 2(1) of the Act, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on the application of the governing body of the School, makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Toot Hill School (School Day and School Year Regulations) Order 2007 and comes into force on 1st December 2007.

Relaxation of the Education (School Day and School Year) (England) Regulations 1999

2.  In respect of the application of regulation 3(2) of the Education (School Day and School Year) (England) Regulations 1999(3), to the governing body of the School, in relation to the school years(4) 2007-2008, 2008-2009 and 2009-2010, for the number “380” substitute “378”.

Time period

3.  This Order has effect up to and including 31st August 2010.

Jim Knight

Minister of State

Department for Children, Schools and Families

8th October 2007

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is made under section 2 of the Education Act 2002. Article 2 provides for the number of school sessions required at Toot Hill School to be reduced from 380 to 378 in the school years 2007-2008, 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 in order to facilitate the governing body’s innovative project of restructuring the school, increasing the length of the learning week and introducing a new tiering structure for pupils.

Article 3 specifies that the Order has effect up to and including 31st August 2010.

(1)

Toot Hill School, The Banks, Bingham, Nottinghamshire NG13 8BL. DCSF number 891/4404.

(2)

2002 c.32 as amended by section 161 of and Schedule 16 to the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c.40).

(3)

SI 1999/3181 as amended by SI 2001/1429.

(4)

“school year” is defined in regulation 2 of SI 1999/3181.