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What does Maintained school mean? In legal practice, a maintained school is a state school provided and financed by the local authority (or equivalent education authority), as opposed to an academy/free school or an independent school. In England and Wales, “maintained school” is a statutory term (notably in the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 and related Education Acts). It covers community, foundation, voluntary controlled and voluntary aided schools, plus maintained nursery and special schools. Key features include local authority funding, national curriculum and assessment duties, Ofsted/Estyn inspection, and public law obligations. The admissions authority is either the local authority (community and voluntary...

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Legal Framework for Maintained Schools: Curriculum, Collective Worship, RE, RSE, Political Impartiality, National Curriculum and Qualifications (England and Wales)

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The basic curriculum in England

In England, the Basic Curriculum consists of three components:

Collective worship

Each school day—though not always at the outset—pupils in maintained schools, including special schools, should take part in collective worship, either as a whole or in groups by age or school, and this is to happen on the school premises. On special occasions, the governing body, following consultation with the headteacher, may arrange for it to be held elsewhere...

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Nicholas Hancox
Nicholas Hancox

Nicholas qualified in 1977. He specialises in Education Law, Local Government Law and Highways Law and has been authoring and editing for LexisNexis since 2000....

Hayley O'Sullivan
Hayley O'Sullivan

Hayley has extensive experience in advising schools and trusts on a broad range of education law issues with particular expertise in exclusions and equality issues. She frequently advises schools on SEND, admissions and attendance, policies, safeguarding, Ofsted challenges, complex parental complaints and the challenges social media poses for schools.  Hayley regularly delivers training to senior leaders and governing boards on an array of topics. Her approachable, straight-talking style and the way in which she brings topics to life through case studies and her own experiences has led to numerous testimonials from schools, who value her insights into various topics. Experience• Successfully defended the first nationally known case of its kind in respect of a schoolgirl who was seeking to bring an injunction in the High Court to force the school to abandon its policy relating to the use of masks in...

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