Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 2406 (N.I. 20)

      The Education Reform(Northern Ireland) Order 1989

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1989 No. 2406 (N.I. 20)

NORTHERN IRELAND

The Education Reform(Northern Ireland) Order 1989

Made 19th December 1989
Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1


ARRANGEMENT OF ORDER

Article
PART I
INTRODUCTORY
1.  Title and commencement.
2.  Interpretation.
PART II
GENERAL DUTY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
3.  General duty of the Department.
PART III
THE CURRICULUM
Preliminary
4.  Duties with respect to the curriculum.
Principal provisions
5.  The curriculum.
6.  Compulsory contributory subjects and compulsory assessment.
7.  Attainment targets, programmes of study and assessment arrangements.
8.  Educational themes.
9.  Courses leading to external qualifications.
10.  Determination of curriculum policy and of curriculum.
11.  Duties with respect to requirements of this Part.
Religious education
12.  Religious education.
13.  Core syllabus for religious education.
Special cases
14.  Development work and experiments.
15.  Exceptions by regulations.
16.  Pupils with statements of special educational needs.
17.  Temporary exceptions for individual pupils.
The Northern Ireland Curriculum Council and the Northern Ireland Schools Examinations and Assessment Council
18.  The Northern Ireland Curriculum Council.
19.  Functions of the Northern Ireland Curriculum Council.
20.  The Northern Ireland Schools Examinations and Assessment Council.
21.  Duty to conduct examinations and assessments.
22.  Other functions of the Northern Ireland Schools Examinations and Assessment Council.
23.  Application of Articles 24 to 27 to both Councils.
24.  Work programmes.
25.  Grants to the Council.
26.  Accounts and audit.
27.  Transfer of property and staff to the Council.
28.  Abolition of Northern Ireland Schools Examinations Council.
Miscellaneous and supplementary
29.  Curriculum advice and support by boards.
30.  Duties of inspectors.
31.  Provision of information.
32.  Keeping, disclosure and transfer of educational records.
33.  Complaints.
34.  Extension of Articles 9 and 11(1)(d) to senior pupils.
35.  Interpretation of Part III.
PART IV
ADMISSION OF CHILDREN TO GRANT-AIDED SCHOOLS
36.  Parental preferences.
37.  Appeals against admission decisions.
38.  Criteria for admission to grant-aided schools.
39.  Restriction on number of registered pupils at a grant-aided school.
40.  Determination of admissions number for a school.
41.  Requirement to admit pupils in accordance with admissions number.
42.  Information as to schools and admission arrangements.
43.  Exceptions.
44.  Determination of school to be named in school attendance order.
45.  Interpretation of Part IV.
PART V
FINANCING SCHOOLS
Financing of controlled and maintained schools
46.  Schemes for financing controlled and maintained schools.
47.  Preparation and imposition of schemes.
48.  Replacement and variation of schemes.
49.  Schemes: determination of budget shares.
50.  Schemes: provision for financial delegation.
51.  Schemes: making a sum of money available to Boards of Governors which do not have a delegated budget.
52.  Provisions supplementary to Articles 50 and 51.
53.  Suspension of right of Board of Governors to delegated budget or to have sums of money made available to it.
54.  Publication of financial statements.
55.  Application of schemes to special schools.
56.  Duty on board to make a sum of money available to Board of Governors of special school not covered by a scheme.
57.  Financial statements in respect of special schools not covered by statements under Article 54.
58.  Financial delegation: staff.
59.  Salaries, etc., of teachers in maintained schools.
Financing of voluntary grammar schools
60.  Grants to voluntary grammar schools.
61.  Financial statements in respect of voluntary grammar schools.
Miscellaneous
62.  Charges for educational facilities and services.
63.  Interpretation of Part V.
PART VI
INTEGRATED EDUCATION
CHAPTER I
GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT AND BOARDS
64.  General functions of Department and boards in relation to integrated education.
CHAPTER II
GRANT-MAINTAINED INTEGRATED SCHOOLS
Duty of Department to maintain grant-maintained integrated schools
65.  Duty of Department to maintain grant-maintained integrated schools.
Management of grant-maintained integrated schools
66.  Management of grant-maintained integrated schools.
67.  Powers of Board of Governors.
Procedure for acquisition of grant-maintained integrated status
68.  Schools eligible for grant-maintained integrated status.
69.  Initiation of procedure for acquisition of grant-maintained integrated status by existing school.
70.  Ballot of parents.
71.  Proposals for acquisition of grant-maintained integrated status.
72.  Incorporation of Board of Governors.
73.  Effect of pending procedure for acquisition of grant-maintained integrated status.
Proposals for alteration, etc. of schools eligible for grant-maintained integrated status
74.  Proposals for alteration, etc. of schools eligible for grant-maintained integrated status.
Transfer of property and staff
75.  Transfer of property, etc. to Board of Governors of grant-maintained integrated school.
76.  Transfer of staff to grant-maintained integrated school.
Financing of grant-maintained integrated schools
77.  Maintenance grants and capital grants.
78.  Financial statements.
Making of significant change to grant-maintained integrated schools
79.  Significant changes to grant-maintained integrated schools.
Discontinuance of grant-maintained integrated schools
80.  Discontinuance by Board of Governors.
81.  Withdrawal of grant by Department.
Winding up and disposal of property
82.  Winding up.
83.  Transfer of school property.
84.  Vesting of surplus assets.
Miscellaneous and supplementary
85.  Provision of benefits and services for pupils by boards.
86.  Variation of instrument of government relating to grant-maintained integrated school.
87.  Interpretation (grant-maintained integrated schools).9771/0—OIC[Educ. Reform 1989]
CHAPTER III
CONTROLLED INTEGRATED SCHOOLS
Management of controlled integrated schools
88.  Management of controlled integrated schools.
89.  Constitution of Board of Governors for controlled integrated schools.
Procedure for acquisition of controlled integrated status
90.  Schools eligible for controlled integrated status.
91.  Initiation of procedure for acquisition of controlled integrated status.
92.  Proposals for acquisition of controlled integrated status.
93.  Effect of pending procedure for acquisition of controlled integrated status.
Proposals for alteration, etc. of schools eligible for controlled integrated status
94.  Proposals for alteration, etc. of schools eligible for controlled integrated status.
Transfer of property and staff
95.  Transfer of property of voluntary school acquiring controlled integrated status.
96.  Transfer of staff.
Significant changes to controlled integrated schools
97.  Significant changes to controlled integrated schools.
Miscellaneous and supplementary
98.  Variation of instrument of government relating to controlled integrated school.
99.  Interpretation (controlled integrated schools).
PART VII
FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION
Functions of boards with respect to further and higher education
100.  Duty of boards with respect to further education.
101.  Powers of boards with respect to higher education.
Management of institutions of further education
102.  Management of institutions of further education.
103.  Provisions required in instrument of government.
104.  Provisions required in articles of government.
105.  Planning of, and publication of information with respect to, educational provision in institutions of further education.
Further and higher education funding schemes
106.  Schemes for financing by boards of further and higher education.
107.  Preparation and imposition of further and higher education funding schemes.
108.  Replacement and variation of further and higher education funding schemes.
109.  Delegation to governing body of management of institution's budget share.
110.  Further and higher education funding schemes: determination of budget shares.
111.  Further and higher education funding schemes: provision for financial delegation.
112.  Publication of further and higher education funding schemes.
113.  Publication of financial statements.
Provisions relating to staff during financial delegation
114.  Delegation of certain powers as to staff.
115.  Costs of dismissal, premature retirement or voluntary severance.
116.  Application of employment law during financial delegation.
Withdrawal of delegated powers
117.  Withdrawal of delegated powers for mismanagement, etc.
Miscellaneous
118.  Regulations as to carrying on of institutions of further education.
119.  Supply of goods and services through institutions of further education.
Interpretation
120.  Interpretation of Part VII.
PART VIII
SCHOOLS—GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER I
MANAGEMENT OF GRANT-AIDED SCHOOLS
121.  Appointment of parent governors.
122.  Co-option of persons to Board of Governors of grant-aided school.
123.  Schemes of management.
124.  Discipline in grant-aided schools.
125.  Annual report of Board of Governors.
126.  Annual parents' meeting.
CHAPTER II
CHARGES IN GRANT-AIDED SCHOOLS
127.  Application of Articles 128 to 131.
128.  Prohibition of charges, etc., in certain grant-aided schools.
129.  Provision for cases where education is provided partly during and partly outside school hours.
130.  Permitted charges.
131.  Charges and remissions policies.
132.  Capital charges in voluntary grammar schools to which Articles 128 to 131 apply.
133.  Charges in voluntary grammar schools to which Articles 128 to 131 do not apply.
134.  Charges in respect of excepted pupils.
135.  Charges for board and lodging at boarding schools.
136.  Obligation to enter pupils for approved public examinations.
137.  General and supplementary provisions relating to charges.
138.  Interpretation of Chapter II.
CHAPTER III
COMMUNITY USE OF SCHOOL PREMISES
139.  Community schools.
140.  Community use of school premises.
PART IX
THE COUNCIL FOR CATHOLIC MAINTAINED SCHOOLS
141.  The Council for Catholic Maintained Schools.
142.  Functions of the Council.
143.  Employment of teachers by the Council.
144.  Transfer of teachers to employment of Council.
145.  Functions of the Council in relation to development proposals.
146.  Miscellaneous functions of the Council under the principal Order.
PART X
MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY
Training
147.  Further training of teachers in institutions of further education.
148.  Information and training for Boards of Governors, governing bodies, etc.
149.  Programmes of training by boards.
Miscellaneous
150.  Procedures for carrying out by certain bodies of their activities.
151.  Review of performance of teachers.
152.  Educational projects by Department.
153.  Appointment of teachers.
Miscellaneous amendments to the principal Order
154.  Repeal of provisions relating to direct grant voluntary intermediate schools.
155.  Definition of "child" for purposes of special education.
156.  Compulsory school age.
157.  Payment of medical expenses incurred by teachers.
158.  Power of Department to give directions.
159.  Grants for provision of educational or library services, etc.
160.  Filling of certain casual vacancies in boards.
161.  Loans to officers of Staff Commission for purchase of motor cars.
Supplementary
162.  Temporary exclusion of section 5 of Data Protection Act 1984.
163.  Stamp duty.
164.  Regulations and orders.
165.  Transitional provisions.
166.  Amendments.
167.  Repeals.

SCHEDULES:

  Schedule 1—  Areas of study and listed contributory subjects.

  Schedule 2—  Compulsory contributory subjects.

  Schedule 3—  The Northern Ireland Curriculum Council and the Northern Ireland Schools Examinations and Assessment Council.

  Schedule 4—  Provisions relating to the staff of schools with delegated budgets.

  Schedule 5—  Membership of Board of Governors of Grant-Maintained Integrated Schools.

  Schedule 6—  Transition to Grant-Maintained Integrated Status.

  Schedule 7—  Courses of higher education.

  Schedule 8—  The Council for Catholic Maintained Schools.

  Schedule 9—  Amendments.

  Schedule 10—  Repeals.

 

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