§ 23. Mr. William Sheltonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a statement on the implementation of the various aspects of the parents' charter in the Education Act 1980.
§ Mr. Mark CarlisleThe provisions of the Education Act 1980 relating to the admission of pupils to schools and to parental appeals were brought into effect on 1 October 1980 and will first apply to admissions in the autumn term of 1982.
Regulations which my right hon. and learned Friend hopes to lay before the House by Easter 1981 will provide for the publication of information about schools including public examination results.
The provisions of the Act relating to school government, including the representation of parents and teachers on school governing bodies will be brought into effect in the early part of 1981. They will apply initially to new schools and to schools for which a new instrument of government is made after the appointed day As my right hon. and learned Friend explained on Second Reading of the Bill last year—[Vol. 973, c. 32.]—there will be no statutory requirement to change instruments of government already in force until he makes an order to that effect.