Dissolution of federations following decision by the governing body of a federation
34.—(1) Where—
(a)the governing body of a federation decide that the federation should be dissolved; or
(b)the governing body of a federation decides that one of only two federated schools should leave a federation,
the governing body of the federation must give notice of the decision and of the date of dissolution to the persons mentioned in paragraph (2) within one week of making the decision.
(2) The persons to be notified are—
(a)the Secretary of State;
(b)all relevant local authorities;
(c)the head teacher of the federation and each head teacher of a federated school;
(d)all staff paid to work at the federation or a federated school;
(e)every person known by the governing body to be a parent of a registered pupil at a federated school;
(f)where a federated school is a foundation or voluntary school with a religious foundation, the foundation governors, the trustees of any trust relating to the federated school and, in the case of a Church of England or Roman Catholic Church school, the appropriate diocesan authority, or the appropriate religious body in the case of all other such schools; and
(g)such other persons as the governing body of the federation consider appropriate.