| 1 | Academies established under the Education Act 1996 ... A note outlining the key legislative and practical issues surrounding the establishment of academy schools in England under section 482 of the Education Act 1996, the previous government's Academy Delivery Programme. Note added: Section 482 has been repealed by the Education Act 2011, Schedule 14 paragraph 16 with effect from 1 February 2012. Under section 15 of the Academies Act 2010, the 1996 Education Act Academy agreements will be treated as academy arrangements under the Academies Act 2010 and such Academies may turn into 2010 Act Academies if they so agree. For information on Academies under the Academies Act 2010, see Practice notes, Academies under the Academies Act 2010: overview, Academies under the Academies Act 2010: the commercial transfer agreement, Academies under the Academies Act 2010: property issues and Academies under the Academies Act 2010: an overview of the funding agreement. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Academies under the Academies Act 2010: an overview of the ... An overview note on the funding agreement between the Secretary of State and Academy Trust for the establishment of an Academy under the Academies Act 2010. The funding agreement is based on the model funding agreement. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | Academies under the Academies Act 2010: overview A note setting out the key legislative and practical issues surrounding the establishment of an Academy school in England under the Academies Act 2010, as amended by the Education Act 2011. References to "Academy" in this note are to an Academy established under (or converted under) the Academies Act 2010. For information and guidance on the legal and practical issues arising in relation to the establishment of academies under the Education Act 1996 and the previous government's Academy Delivery Programme, see Practice note, Academies established under the Education Act 1996: overview. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 4 | Academies: toolkit A toolkit to guide users through key maintained PLC content on Academies. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 5 | Case study: converting to Academy status A case study detailing the materials available on PLC Public Sector that will assist schools considering converting to Academy status. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 6 | Children and litigation Where one or more of the parties to a dispute are aged under 18 years, special procedural rules apply. This Practice note summarises the relevant law and practice. For more information on children and the law generally, see Practice note, Children and the law. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 7 | Children and the law An overview of the law as it applies to children including contracting capacity, advertising to children and data protection. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 8 | Exempt charities: overview A practice note on charities that are exempt from registering with the Charity Commission. It describes the key features of exempt charities, which institutions are exempt charities, how exempt charities are regulated, and the identity and role of principal regulators. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 9 | Procurement route: structure of a Building Schools for the ... BSF used a PPP structure to deliver a long-term programme for investment in England's secondary schools. In July 2010, the government decided not to progress with individual BSF projects that had not reached financial close. Following the end of the new-build BSF programme, we no longer maintain this note. | Practice note: overview | 21-Feb-2012 |
| 10 | Types of school in England: a quick guide This quick guide outlines the different categories of school in England and the bodies responsible for school land, admissions, funding and appointing employees. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 11 | Academies Act 2010: property issues A note setting out the property issues relating to an Academy established under (or converted under) the Academies Act 2010, as amended by the Education Act 2011. Those sections of the note which deal with the land issues that arise where land is held on trust have been contributed to by Lee Bolton Monier-Williams Solicitors and have been informed by the firm's work with the Department for Education, on behalf of the Church of England in relation to church schools. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | Academies established under the Education Act 1996 ... A note considering the commercial issues that arise when negotiating the transfer agreement with the local authority on the establishment of an Academy under section 482 of the Education Act 1996, the previous government's Academy Delivery Programme. Note added: Section 482 has been repealed by the Education Act 2011, Schedule 14 paragraph 16 with effect from 1 February 2012. Under section 15 of the Academies Act 2010, the 1996 Education Act Academy agreements will be treated as academy arrangements under the Academies Act 2010 and Academies created under the EA 1996 may turn into 2010 Act Academies if they so agree. For information on Academies under the Academies Act 2010, see Practice notes, Academies under the Academies Act 2010: overview, Academies under the Academies Act 2010: the commercial transfer agreement, Academies under the Academies Act 2010: property issues andAcademies under the Academies Act 2010: an overview of the funding agreement. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | Academies established under the Education Act 1996 ... A note on the property and construction issues associated with the establishment of an academy school under section 482 of the Education Act 1996 and the previous government's Academy Delivery Programme. Note added: Section 482of the Education Act 1996 has been repealed by the Education Act 2011, Schedule 14 paragraph 16 with effect from 1 February 2012. Under section 15 of the Academies Act 2010, the 1996-Act Academy agreements will be treated as academy arrangements under the Academies Act 2010 and such Academies may turn into 2010 Act Academies if they so agree. For information on Academies under the Academies Act 2010, see Practice notes, Academies under the Academies Act 2010: overview , Academies under the Academies Act 2010: property issues, Academies under the Academies Act 2010: an overview of the funding agreement and Academies under the Academies Act 2010: the commercial transfer agreement. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 14 | Academies under the Academies Act 2010: the commercial ... A note considering the commercial issues arising when negotiating the transfer agreement entered into between the local authority, governing body of the predecessor school and the Academy Trust on the establishment of an Academy under the Academies Act 2010. The note approaches issues concerning the negotiation of the commercial transfer agreement from the perspective of the local authority. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 15 | Appointing school teachers and support staff This note sets out the procedures and law governing the appointment of staff working in maintained schools in England and Wales. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 16 | Building Schools for the Future (BSF) BSF was a long-term programme for investment in England's secondary schools. In July 2010, the government decided not to progress with individual BSF projects that had not reached financial close. Following the end of the new-build BSF programme, we no longer maintain this note. | Practice notes | 21-Feb-2012 |
| 17 | DBS checks and the children's barred list: a quick guide for ... A quick guide for local authorities and schools on the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 18 | Employment of children This practice note covers the main provisions governing the employment of children and the powers that local authorities have to regulate that employment. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 19 | Equality Act 2010: education providers The Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010) mostly came into force on 1 October 2010 and replaces the previous discrimination legislation in Great Britain relating to: Sex. Race. Disability. Sexual orientation. Religion or belief. Age. This note covers the provisions of the EqA 2010 relevant to education providers, including those relating to: Admissions and exclusions. The duty to make reasonable adjustments. Enforcement. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 20 | Parental responsibility for education This note outlines the rights of parents and individuals with parental responsibility in respect of a child's education. It explains how parental responsibility can arise and the principles to be followed by schools where more than one individual has parental responsibility for a child. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 21 | Pupil exclusion and discipline This note sets out the circumstances in which a maintained school, an academy or a pupil referral unit may discipline and/or exclude a pupil, the procedure to be followed after exclusion and the parents' right to appeal to an independent review panel if their child is permanently excluded. The note also explains the responsibilities of the head teacher, the principal of an Academy, the governing body and the school Discipline Committee in dealing with exclusions. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 22 | Pupil records and information This note sets out the various obligations that schools have in relation to the collection and dissemination of pupil information. It also gives details of the requirement on schools to keep curricular and educational records for pupils and to make these records available for inspection. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 23 | School admission appeals A note on school admission appeals.The note provides guidance on the legal and practical issues arising from a school appeal under the School Admission Appeals Code which came into force on 1 February 2012 and applies to all appeals lodged on or after that date. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 24 | School admissions This note on school admissions sets out the statutory framework and the main issues relating to school admissions. It considers the Schools Admissions Code; the powers and duties of local authorities and schools' own admission authorities in determining admission arrangements; the use of published admission numbers (PAN) and oversubscription criteria; the application and offer process for school places; and the timetable for school admissions. The note also considers the schools adjudicator, the use of Fair Access Protocols and government powers of direction to admit a child to a school. It includes an examination of the special provisions in place for offers to school children with special educational needs (SEN), looked after children, previously excluded children and in-year admissions. The note does not include school admission appeals, since these are covered in a separate note (see Practice note, School admission appeals). | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 25 | School employees: discipline, dismissals and claims This note sets out some of the key employment issues applicable to teachers and support staff in maintained schools in England and Wales. It also describes some of the legal issues arising from the duty of care owed by school staff to pupils. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 26 | School travel Local authorities in England and Wales are obliged to make free home-to-school travel arrangements for certain children. This note explains the nature and extent of that duty. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 27 | School uniform, discrimination and religious rights This practice note examines the rights of maintained schools to impose uniform policies and challenges to the uniform policies of maintained schools under the Equality Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 28 | Schools hotline FAQs This practice note addresses the questions regarding day-to-day school management that schools may commonly ask local authorities for help with and sets out the legal issues to consider when responding. The note covers queries about what a school can do about abusive parents, parents' access to educational records, administering medicines in schools, bullying and abuse via social media, parental responsibilities, property going missing at school, school uniform and school trips, sex education, witness statements by teachers and defective governing body procedures. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 29 | Sex education: schools' obligations A note on schools' obligations and parental rights in relation to teaching sex education to primary and secondary school pupils including the proposed reforms that were not included in the final version of the Children, Schools and Families Act 2010. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 30 | University spin-outs: overview An overview of the key considerations and steps required in commercialising the intellectual property rights in university research programmes. | Practice notes | Maintained |