The Deregulation Act 2015 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2015

Explanatory note

Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.

This Order brings into force a provision of the Deregulation Act 2015 (“the Act”) that relates to the reduction of burdens on schools.

Article 2 brings into force paragraph 2 of Schedule 16 to the Act on 1st January 2016. That paragraph removes the requirement (in sections 110 and 111 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 ) for the governing bodies of certain schools in England and Wales to adopt home-school agreements setting out the school’s aims, values, responsibilities, and expectations of pupils and parents. It also removes the requirement for those governing bodies to take steps to ensure that parents give their written acknowledgement and acceptance of such agreements.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on businesses and civil society organisations.