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Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 410

The Education (Variation of Standard Numbers for Primary Schools) Order 1991

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1991 No. 410

EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Education (Variation of Standard Numbers for Primary Schools) Order 1991

Made12th March 1991
Laid before Parliament13th March 1991
Coming into force1st May 1991

    In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 27(4) and 232(5) of the Education Reform Act 1988[1] the Secretary of State for Education and Science, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, hereby make the following Order:
        1.    This Order may be cited as the Education (Variation of Standard Numbers for Primary Schools) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st May 1991.
        2.    This Order applies to all county and voluntary primary schools in England and Wales which have not more than two relevant age groups.
        3.    Any standard number that would otherwise apply in relation to such a school by virtue of subsections (1) to (3) of section 27 of the Education Reform Act 1988 is varied so as to conform with the provisions of article 4 or article 5 of this Order, as the case may require.
        4.    If there is no more than one relevant age group in relation to the school, the standard number applying to the school for that age group shall be determined by—
       (a) the number of registered pupils, other than those receiving nursery education, at the school on I st May 1991 divided by the number of age groups in the school, disregarding any such age groups receiving such education, and rounded down to the nearest whole number; or
       (b) the number (rounded down to the nearest whole number) produced by the application of the formula, set out in paragraph I of the Schedule to this Order, to the school on I st May 1991; or
       (c) the number of pupils, published under section 8 of the Education Act 1980[2], intended for admission to the school in that age group in the school year beginning in 1990; or
       (d) (if applicable) the number of pupils in that age group stated in the most recent of proposals under section 12 of that Act (in accordance with subsection (2) of that section) or under section 13 of that Act (in accordance with that subsection as applied by section 13(2) of that Act) which have been wholly or partly implemented in relation to the school by 1st May 1991,
    whichever number is the greatest.
        5.    If there are two relevant age groups in relation to the school, the standard numbers applying to the school for those age groups shall be determined—
       (a) 
         (i) in respect of the lower relevant age group, by the number of registered pupils other than those receiving nursery education and those in the higher relevant age group or any age group higher than that age group, at the school on 1st May 1991 divided by the number of age groups in the school other than those containing registered pupils who are to be disregarded for the purposes of determining the number of registered pupils under this sub-paragraph, and rounded down to the nearest whole number; and
         (ii) in respect of the higher relevant age group, by the number of registered pupils in that and any higher age group at the school on Ist May 1991 divided by the number of age groups containing such registered pupils, and rounded down to the nearest whole number, less the number determined under sub-paragraph (i) above; or
       (b) the number (rounded down to the nearest whole number) produced by the application of the formula, set out in paragraph 2 of the Schedule to this Order, to the school on Ist May 1991; or
       (c) the number of pupils, published under section 8 of the Education Act 1980, intended for admission to the school in those age groups in the school year beginning in 1990; or
       (d) (if applicable) the number of pupils in those age groups stated in the most recent of proposals under section 12 of that Act (in accordance with subsection (2) of that section) or under section 13 of that Act (in accordance with that subsection as applied by section 13(2) of that Act) which have been wholly or partly implemented in relation to the school by 1st May 1991,
    whichever number is the greatest.

Notes:

[1] 1988 c. 40

[2] 1980 c. 20

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