SCHEDULE 19 Required Provision for Religious Education[: England]

SCHEDULE 19 Required Provision for Religious Education[: England]

Section 69

Introductory

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(1)     In this Schedule “the required provision for religious educationâ€, in relation to a school, means the provision for pupils at the school which is required by [section 80(1)(a) or 101(1)(a) of the Education Act 2002] to be included in the school's basic curriculum.

(2)     In this Schedule “agreed syllabus†has the meaning given by section 375(2) of [the Education Act 1996].

Community schools and foundation and voluntary schools without a religious character

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(1)     This paragraph applies to—

(a)     any community school [in England]; and

(b)     any foundation or voluntary school [in England] which does not have a religious character.

(2)     Subject to sub-paragraph (4), the required provision for religious education in the case of pupils at the school is provision for religious education in accordance with an agreed syllabus adopted for the school or for those pupils.

(3)     If the school is a secondary school so situated that arrangements cannot conveniently be made for the withdrawal of pupils from it in accordance with section 71 to receive religious education elsewhere and the [local authority] are satisfied—

(a)     that the parents

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