§ 48 After Clause 38, insert the following new clause—
§ REVIEW OF GROUPING
§ (".—(1) Where subsection (2) applies in relation to a school which is grouped with one or more other schools under section (Grouping of community, voluntary aided, voluntary controlled and community special schools under a single governing body), the local education authority shall review the grouping of those schools and consider whether or not it should be brought to an end.
§ (2) This subsection applies in relation to a school if proposals relating to it are made under any provision of Chapter II.
§ (3) Where on a review under this section a local education authority consider that any grouping of schools should be continued, and the Secretary of State's consent to the grouping, or to the continued grouping, of the schools was at any time required by section (Consent of Secretary of State as to grouping), the authority shall—
- (a) report to the Secretary of State on the results of their review; and
- (b) provide him with such information as he may reasonably require with a view to enabling him to consider whether or not the grouping should be brought to an end.").
§ The Commons disagreed to this amendment for the following reason—
§ 48A Because each of the schools concerned should have its own dedicated governing body to oversee standards at the school.