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259 Inspection of religious education.
(1) Section 13 of the Education (Schools) Act 1992 (religious education) is amended as follows.
(2) For subsections (1) to (3) there is substituted—
(1) It shall be the duty of the governing body of—
(a) any voluntary school, or
(b) any grant-maintained school,
in which denominational education is given to any pupils to secure that that education is inspected under this section.
(2) It shall be the duty of the governing body of—
(a) any voluntary school, or
(b) any grant-maintained school falling within subsection (3) below,
to secure that the content of the school’s collective worship is inspected under this section.
(3) A grant-maintained school falls within this subsection if—
(a) it was a voluntary school immediately before it became grant-maintained,
(b) it was established in pursuance of proposals published under section 49 of the Education Act 1993 and either any trust deed relating to the school or the statement required by paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to that Act makes provision as to the religious education for pupils at the school, or
(c) it is a school in respect of which proposals for the required provision for religious education to be provision for religious education in accordance with the tenets of a particular religion or religious denomination are approved under section 98 of that Act.
(3A) In this section—
(a) “denominational education”, in relation to a school, means any religious education which—
(i) is required by section 2(1)(a) of the Education Reform Act 1988 to be included in the school’s basic curriculum, but
(ii) is not required by any enactment to be given in accordance with an agreed syllabus,
(b) “the required provision for religious education” means the provision for religious education for pupils at the school which is required as mentioned in paragraph (a)(i) above, and
(c) references to collective worship are references to collective worship required by section 6 of that Act.
(3) For subsection (7) there is substituted—
(7) It shall be the general duty of a person conducting an inspection under this section—
(a) if the inspection is conducted by virtue of subsection (1) above, to report on the quality of the denominational education provided by the school for pupils to whom denominational education is given by the school, or
(b) if the inspection is conducted by virtue of subsection (2) above, to report on the content of the school’s collective worship,
and any such person may report on the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils at the school.
Your change, as a redline
259 Inspection of religious education.
(1) Section 13 of the Education (Schools) Act 1992 (religious education) is amended as follows.
(2) For subsections (1) to (3) there is substituted—
(1) It shall be the duty of the governing body of—
(a) any voluntary school, or
(b) any grant-maintained school,
in which denominational education is given to any pupils to secure that that education is inspected under this section.
(2) It shall be the duty of the governing body of—
(a) any voluntary school, or
(b) any grant-maintained school falling within subsection (3) below,
to secure that the content of the school’s collective worship is inspected under this section.
(3) A grant-maintained school falls within this subsection if—
(a) it was a voluntary school immediately before it became grant-maintained,
(b) it was established in pursuance of proposals published under section 49 of the Education Act 1993 and either any trust deed relating to the school or the statement required by paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to that Act makes provision as to the religious education for pupils at the school, or
(c) it is a school in respect of which proposals for the required provision for religious education to be provision for religious education in accordance with the tenets of a particular religion or religious denomination are approved under section 98 of that Act.
(3A) In this section—
(a) “denominational education”, in relation to a school, means any religious education which—
(i) is required by section 2(1)(a) of the Education Reform Act 1988 to be included in the school’s basic curriculum, but
(ii) is not required by any enactment to be given in accordance with an agreed syllabus,
(b) “the required provision for religious education” means the provision for religious education for pupils at the school which is required as mentioned in paragraph (a)(i) above, and
(c) references to collective worship are references to collective worship required by section 6 of that Act.
(3) For subsection (7) there is substituted—
(7) It shall be the general duty of a person conducting an inspection under this section—
(a) if the inspection is conducted by virtue of subsection (1) above, to report on the quality of the denominational education provided by the school for pupils to whom denominational education is given by the school, or
(b) if the inspection is conducted by virtue of subsection (2) above, to report on the content of the school’s collective worship,
and any such person may report on the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils at the school.
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