pupils Child Protection Statutory requirement for Article 18 of the schools to have a child Education and Libraries protection policy and to (NI) Order 2003 implement it Drugs Statutory requirement for Paragraph 20 of schools to publish a Schedule 3 to the statement of the Education (School school’s policy on education in Information and relation to the misuse of Prospectuses) drugs Regulations (NI) 2003 Relationships and Sexuality Education Non statutory. The Paragraph 5 of Circular (RSE) Department considers 2015/22 that every school should have a policy setting out how the school will address RSE within each curriculum pupil’s Open Enrolment Statutory Education (NI) Orders 1997, 1998 and 2006 and subordinate regulations Class Sizes Years 1-4 (maximum of Statutory Regulation 4 of the – 30 pupils) Class Sizes in Primary Schools Regulations (NI) 2000 and Article 5 of these Regulations set out the exceptions to the statutory limit on class size Class Sizes in Practical Subjects Statutory Regulation 15 of the Secondary Schools (Grant Conditions) Regulations (NI) 1973 and Circular 2004/5, 2013/07 and 2016/11 Schemes of Management for Statutory Article 123 of the schools Education Reform (NI) Order 1989 Exceptional closure days Non-statutory DE Circular 2017/14 Election of parents and teachers for Statutory Schedules 47 of the appointment to Boards of Education and Libraries schools’ Governors (NI) Order 1986 and Circular 2013/22
pupils Child Protection Statutory requirement for schools to have a child protection policy and to implement it Article 18 of the Education and Libraries (NI) Order 2003 Drugs Statutory requirement for schools to publish a statement of the school’s policy on education in relation to the misuse of drugs Paragraph 20 of Schedule 3 to the Education (School Information and Prospectuses) Regulations (NI) 2003 Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) Non statutory. The Department considers that every school should have a policy setting out how the school will address RSE within each pupil’s curriculum Paragraph 5 of Circular 2015/22 Open Enrolment Statutory Education (NI) Orders 1997, 1998 and 2006 and subordinate regulations Class Sizes – Years 1-4 (maximum of 30 pupils) Statutory Regulation 4 of the Class Sizes in Primary Schools Regulations (NI) 2000 and Article 5 of these Regulations set out the exceptions to the statutory limit on class size Class Sizes in Practical Subjects Statutory Regulation 15 of the Secondary Schools (Grant Conditions) Regulations (NI) 1973 and Circular 2004/5, 2013/07 and 2016/11 Schemes of Management for schools Statutory Article 123 of the Education Reform (NI) Order 1989 Exceptional closure days Non-statutory DE Circular 2017/14 Election of parents and teachers for appointment to schools’ Boards of Governors Statutory Schedules 47 of the Education and Libraries (NI) Order 1986 and Circular 2013/22