Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017
sec.19Procedural requirements for application
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sec.19 Procedural requirements for application
An application for the accreditation of a school must— be made to the board; and be in the approved form; and be accompanied by— the fee prescribed by regulation; and copies of the working with children cards for all the directors of the school’s governing body. The approved form must require the inclusion of— the types of education proposed to be provided by the school; and the student-intake day for each type of education proposed to be provided by the school; and if, on the student-intake day for a type of education, the school will be an establishment phase school for a year of schooling for the type of education proposed to be provided by the school—the student-intake day for the year of schooling. An applicant applies to have a school accredited to provide primary education from 1 January 2018. The school proposes to offer the preparatory year and years 1 to 3 from 1 January 2018, year 4 from 1 January 2019, year 5 from 1 January 2020 and year 6 from 1 January 2021. The applicant must provide the school’s student-intake day for primary education (1 January 2018), and the school’s student intake days for year 4 (1 January 2019), year 5 (1 January 2020) and year 6 (1 January 2021). The student-intake day for a type of education must be within 4 years after the day the application is made. Also, the approved form must require the inclusion of details of each of the following attributes for each type of education proposed to be provided by the school that the school must have if the board decides to grant the application— the school’s proposed governing body; the location of the sites at which the school is to operate, other than sporting fields or camping grounds used by the school; for each site at which the school is to operate— the mode of delivery of education to be used at the site; and the years of schooling the school is to offer at the site; and whether the site is a coeducational or single-sex site; if the school is to include boarding facilities— the sites at which the boarding facilities are to be provided; and the years of schooling for which boarding will be offered; and whether the boarding facilities to be offered are to be coeducational or single-sex facilities; if the school is to provide special assistance—the sites at which special assistance is to be provided. A special assistance school may temporarily provide special assistance at other sites—see part 4 . A site must not be an attribute for subsection (4) (e) if the school is to provide education other than special assistance at the site. In addition, the approved form must require the inclusion of an indication about whether or not the applicant seeks to be eligible for government funding for the school. s 19 amd 2019 No. 18 s 86 (2) sch 2 (sec.19-ssec.1) An application for the accreditation of a school must— be made to the board; and be in the approved form; and be accompanied by— the fee prescribed by regulation; and copies of the working with children cards for all the directors of the school’s governing body. (sec.19-ssec.2) The approved form must require the inclusion of— the types of education proposed to be provided by the school; and the student-intake day for each type of education proposed to be provided by the school; and if, on the student-intake day for a type of education, the school will be an establishment phase school for a year of schooling for the type of education proposed to be provided by the school—the student-intake day for the year of schooling. An applicant applies to have a school accredited to provide primary education from 1 January 2018. The school proposes to offer the preparatory year and years 1 to 3 from 1 January 2018, year 4 from 1 January 2019, year 5 from 1 January 2020 and year 6 from 1 January 2021. The applicant must provide the school’s student-intake day for primary education (1 January 2018), and the school’s student intake days for year 4 (1 January 2019), year 5 (1 January 2020) and year 6 (1 January 2021). (sec.19-ssec.3) The student-intake day for a type of education must be within 4 years after the day the application is made. (sec.19-ssec.4) Also, the approved form must require the inclusion of details of each of the following attributes for each type of education proposed to be provided by the school that the school must have if the board decides to grant the application— the school’s proposed governing body; the location of the sites at which the school is to operate, other than sporting fields or camping grounds used by the school; for each site at which the school is to operate— the mode of delivery of education to be used at the site; and the years of schooling the school is to offer at the site; and whether the site is a coeducational or single-sex site; if the school is to include boarding facilities— the sites at which the boarding facilities are to be provided; and the years of schooling for which boarding will be offered; and whether the boarding facilities to be offered are to be coeducational or single-sex facilities; if the school is to provide special assistance—the sites at which special assistance is to be provided. A special assistance school may temporarily provide special assistance at other sites—see part 4 . (sec.19-ssec.5) A site must not be an attribute for subsection (4) (e) if the school is to provide education other than special assistance at the site. (sec.19-ssec.6) In addition, the approved form must require the inclusion of an indication about whether or not the applicant seeks to be eligible for government funding for the school.