The Law The Education Act (NI) 1923 The Education and Libraries (NI) Order 1986 – Article 10 (Management of Controlled Schools) The Education and Libraries (NI) Order 1986 – Article 11 (Management of Voluntary Schools) The Education and Libraries (NI) Order 1986 – Article 12 (Limitation on Membership of Boards of Governors) as amended by Article 37 of the 1993 Order The Education and Libraries (NI) Order 1986 – Article 13 (Miscellaneous provisions relating to Boards of Governors) The Education and Libraries (NI) Order 1986 – Schedule 4 (Membership of Board of Governors of Controlled Schools) The Education and Libraries (NI) Order 1986 – Schedule 5 (Membership of Board of Governors of Maintained School) The Education and Libraries (NI) Order 1986 – Schedule 6 (Membership of Board of Governors of Voluntary Grammar School entering into agreement with the Department or Board) The Education and Libraries (NI) Order 1986 – Schedule 7 (Membership of Board of Governors of Voluntary Grammar School not entering into agreement with Department or Board) The Education and Libraries (NI) Order 1993 – Article 37 (Limitation on membership of Boards of Governors) The Education and Libraries (NI) Order 2003 – Article 23 (Removal of members of Boards of Governors) The Education Reform (NI) Order 1989 – Article 89 (Constitution of Boards of Governors for controlled integrated schools) The Education Reform (NI) Order 1989 – Article 122 (Co-option of persons to Boards of Governors of grant-aided schools) The Education Reform (NI) Order 1989 – Article 123 (Schemes of Management) The Education Reform (NI) Order 1989 – Schedule 5 (Membership of Board of Governors of Grant-Maintained Integrated Schools) Guidance DE Circular 2006/06 Child Protection: Recruitment of people to work with children and young people in educational settings
The Curriculum and Curriculum Policy 7.10. The Board of Governors has a duty to determine and keep under review its policy in relation to the curriculum for the school and to make, and keep up to date, a written statement of that policy. The policy determined by a Board of Governors must be compatible with: the Minimum Content specified under Article 7(1)of the Education (NI) Order 2006 any specification for a course of study which forms part of that curriculum and leads to an examination for an approved qualification the statutory provisions relating to education, including in particular those relating to children with special educational needs 7.11. In discharging this duty, the Board of Governors has to consider in particular the range of the curriculum, and the balance between, and coherence of, its different components. The Board of Governors has a duty to: take account of the findings of any inspection of the school by the Education and Training Inspectorate under Article 102 of the 1986 Order consider any representations made to it regarding the curriculum by the EA, the CCMS and any other body or person connected with the community served by the school consult the Principal of the school before making or varying its curriculum policy statement 7.12. The Board of Governors is required to ensure that the Principal: is allocated such functions under the scheme of management for the school as will, subject to the resources available, enable the Principal to determine and organise the curriculum and ensure it is followed within the school send a copy of every such statement made by it to the relevant EA and the CCMS in the case of a Catholic maintained school 7.13. School Boards of Governors may establish a Curriculum Committee to deal with aspects of their Curriculum responsibilities. The Role of the Principal in Relation to the Curriculum 7.14. The Principal is in charge of the day-to-day management of the school and is responsible for the delivery of the curriculum policy. They will keep the Board of Governors fully informed about: statutory requirements in relation to curriculum and assessment any directions of temporary exception from the curriculum that the principal has made the policies of the school the organisation of the school the progress of the school
Employment Rights (NI) Order 1996 Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (NI) 2003 Employment Equality (Age) Regulations (NI) 2006 Equal Pay Act (NI) Order 1970 as amended (EPA) Equality (Disability, etc.) (NI) Order 2000 Fair Employment and Treatment (NI) Order 1998 as amended (FETO) (exemption from non-discrimination religion and belief provisions in the recruitment of teachers in schools in NI) NI Act 1998 Race Relations (NI) Order 1997 as amended (RRO) Sex Discrimination (NI) Order 1976 as amended (SDO) Anti-Discrimination Statutory Codes Age Discrimination in NI – The Law and Good Practice for Employers A Step by Step Guide to Monitoring – Monitoring your workforce and applicants in line with fair employment regulations A Unified Guide to Promoting Equal Opportunities in Employment (A comprehensive statement on good employment practice) Code of Practice on Equal Pay 1999 (ECNI) Code of Practice for Employers for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Promotion of Equality of in Employment Code of Practice for all Employers on the avoidance of Race Discrimination in recruitment while seeking to prevent illegal working (published by the Home Office) Disability Code of Practice – Employment and Occupation (2005) Disability Discrimination Code of Practice for Schools (2006) Disability Discrimination Code of Practice – rights of access goods, facilities, services and premises [2003] Eliminating Sexual Orientation Discrimination in NI– A Guide on the provision of goods, facilities, services and premises Fair Employment in NI – Code of Practice 1989