Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 2212
education, england
The Hadley Learning Community (School Governance) Order 2006
Made
9th August 2006
Laid before Parliament
16th August 2006
Coming into force
8th September 2006
The Borough of Telford and Wrekin acting in their capacity as a local education authority (“the authority”) are to establish the Hadley Learning Community, a federation comprising two new community schools: the Hadley Learning Community Primary School( 1 ) and the Hadley Learning Community Secondary School( 2 ), both of Waterloo Road, Hadley, Telford, Shropshire TF1 5NU;
The authority wish to provide for the constitution of the governing body of the Hadley Learning Community (“the governing body”) to be otherwise than as provided by education legislation;
The authority has, in accordance with section 4(2) of the Education Act 2002( 3 ) (“the Act”), consulted such persons as appear to them to be appropriate;
It is the opinion of the Secretary of State, having regard to the matters set out in section 1(2) of the Act, that the implementation by the authority of the provisions of this Order may contribute to the raising of educational standards achieved by children in England;
In exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of State by section 2(1) of the Act, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, on the application of the authority, makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Hadley Learning Community (School Governance) Order 2006 and comes into force on 8th September 2006.
Relaxation of the Federation Regulations
2. In respect of the constitution of the governing body, the requirements of the School Governance (Federations) (England) Regulations 2004( 4 ) are relaxed as follows:
(a) for the purposes of regulation 14(1)(a) and 14(2) the term “head teacher” means both the head teacher and the deputy head teachers of the federated schools; and
(b) for the purposes of regulation 21(1) the maximum size of the governing body shall be 24.
Time period
3. This Order shall have effect until 7th September 2009.
Jim Knight
Minister of State
Department for Education and Skills
9th August 2006