Education Reform Act 1988 — United Kingdom law | Esheria

Education Reform Act 1988

This provision sets curriculum, religious education, and collective worship rules for maintained schools, and gives the Secretary of State and school authorities powers and duties to administer them.

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Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Instrument
Act or statute
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
en
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About this statute

This provision sets curriculum, religious education, and collective worship rules for maintained schools, and gives the Secretary of State and school authorities powers and duties to administer them. This provision lets the Secretary of State and local education authorities make rules and arrangements about school information, complaints, admissions, and school funding, with consultation requirements and limits on how pupil assessment results may be shared. This provision sets rules for school funding schemes, publication and reporting duties, staff governance in delegated-budget schools, and limits on charges for maintained schools. This provision changes school governance rules, including who decides school term/session times, how exam entries are handled, and several powers of the Secretary of State and higher education corporations. This provision sets out consultation, approval, transfer, reporting, and information-sharing rules for education bodies and related public authorities, and gives several bodies powers to make payments, issue directions, and manage transfers.