Government Schools & Law CL

HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 3
COPYRIGHT......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 5
PREFACE......Page 7
TABLE OF CASES......Page 8
TABLE OF STATUTES......Page 11
TABLE OF STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS......Page 12
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 14
SCOPE AND AIMS OF THE BOOK......Page 15
THE PROMINENCE OF THE EDUCATION DEBATE......Page 17
INTERESTS IN EDUCATION......Page 18
THE LOCATION OF INDIVIDUAL INTERESTS IN EDUCATION—CHILDREN OR PARENTS?......Page 20
THE RATIONALE FOR INDIVIDUAL INTERESTS IN EDUCATION......Page 21
Within domestic English law......Page 24
By virtue of international recognition......Page 26
INTRODUCTION......Page 31
THE RATIONALE FOR PARENTAL CHOICE OF SCHOOL......Page 33
PARENTAL CHOICE OF SCHOOL AS AN INTEREST WORTHY OF FUNDAMENTAL PROTECTION: THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 35
The Education Act 1944......Page 38
Section 6:  the right to express a reasoned preference......Page 42
Section 7:  education appeal tribunals......Page 48
Open enrolment under the Education Reform Act 198887......Page 52
CONCLUSIONS......Page 55
INTRODUCTION......Page 56
THE EDUCATION ACT 1944 AND RELATIVE CONSENSUS IN THE EARLY POST-WAR PERIOD......Page 57
PRESSURE FOR CHANGE UP TO 1979......Page 58
Increasing consumerism......Page 61
Curbing political indoctrination......Page 64
Sex education48 and the promotion of traditional family values......Page 67
The establishment of the national curriculum and the massive centralisation of power in the hands of the Secretary of State......Page 78
CONCLUSIONS......Page 85
INTRODUCTION......Page 88
EVIDENCE OF INSUFFICIENT PROVISION......Page 89
LEGAL BASIS FOR CHALLENGING SUFFICIENCY OF EDUCATION......Page 94
Complaint to the Secretary of State......Page 96
Challenge in the courts......Page 99
CONCLUSIONS......Page 106
INTRODUCTION......Page 109
STATISTICAL BACKGROUND TO FALLING ROLLS......Page 110
DEVELOPMENT OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT POLICY: GOVERNMENT BY CIRCULAR......Page 111
REORGANISATION PROPOSALS: THE PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS......Page 116
Challenge on the ground of failure to consult interested parties while the proposals were at a formative stage......Page 119
Challenge on the ground of failure by the LEA to consider a report from its education committee......Page 123
Challenge on the ground of sexual discrimination......Page 127
Challenge on the ground of failure to have proper regard to parental wishes......Page 130
CONCLUSIONS......Page 132
INTRODUCTION......Page 134
RATIONALE FOR GRANT-MAINTAINED SCHOOLS......Page 135
Composition and functions of the governing body......Page 136
Financial position......Page 138
Independence from LEA control......Page 140
THE ACQUISITION OF GRANT-MAINTAINED STATUS......Page 141
LEGAL CHALLENGE TO THE ACQUISITION OF GRANT-MAINTAINED STATUS......Page 144
The Birmingham Small Heath case......Page 145
Consultation......Page 146
The pecuniary-interest issue......Page 148
The parental challenges......Page 149
The outcome of the challenges: discretion to refuse a remedy......Page 151
City of Bath case—Beechen Cliff School......Page 154
Particular considerations relating to governors, especially of voluntary schools......Page 160
CONCLUSIONS......Page 165
7  EVALUATION AND OUTLOOK......Page 167
NOTES......Page 172
INDEX......Page 192