Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010: guidance

Footnotes

¹ http://www.gov.scot/publications/commission-delivery-rural-education-report/

² The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 2, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2014 ( SSI No. 165) sets out the amendments which come into force on 1 August 2014 and transitional and transitory provisions regarding these.

³ The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 8 and Saving Provision) Order 2015 ( SSI No. 104) brought Part 15 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 fully into force and included a saving provision in relation to closure proposals called in before 30 March 2015.

⁴ The Rural Schools List is published at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Education/Schools/Buildings/changestoschoolestate/Ruralschoollist

and an explanation of how the list is compiled and maintained is provided at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Education/Schools/Buildings/changestoschoolestate/RuralGuidance

⁵ The timeline is available at: http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0047/00474417.pdf

⁶ Education Scotland guidance to local authorities: http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/Images/SchoolsConsultationActAdvice2014_tcm4-837294.pdf

⁷ Education Scotland school consultation reports: http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/inspectionandreview/reports/schoolconsultations/index.asp

⁸ Report of the Commission on the Delivery of Rural Education, paragraph 90.

⁹ Groups and individuals who may have additional support needs arising from, for example, the learning environment, family circumstances, disability or health needs, or social and emotional factors.

¹⁰ The financial template and technical note are available at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Education/Schools/Buildings/changestoschoolestate/financialtrackguidance and http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0045/00456682.pdf

¹¹ Determining Primary School Capacity – Guidance http://www.gov.scot/publications/determining-primary-school-capacity-guidance/

¹² Building Better Schools http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2009/09/22154600/0

¹³ As set out in The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 2, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2014 ( SSI No. 165)

¹⁴ The transitional and transitory provisions regarding the amendments of the 2010 Act to insert new sections 11A, 12A and a substituted section 13 are set out in The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 2, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2014 ( SSI No. 165).

¹⁵ As set out in The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 2, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2014 ( SSI No. 165)

¹⁶ Section 5(5)(a) to the 2010 Act, as inserted by section 79(4) to the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014

¹⁷ Section 9(1) and (2) to the 2010 Act

¹⁸ Section 15(2A)(b) of the 2010 Act

¹⁹ Section 17(2) of the 2010 Act

²⁰ Section 15(3), (4) and (6) of the 2010 Act, as amended by section 81(1)(c) of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.

²¹ Section 17B(1) of the 2010 Act

²² Between 1 August 2014 and 30 March 2015, a decision by the Scottish Ministers to refuse consent would have triggered a restriction under Article 4 of The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 2, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2014 ( SSI No. 165). However, no decision to refuse consent was taken by the Scottish Ministers in this period.