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1 OECD "Rural Policy Reviews: Scotland, UK - Assessment and Recommendations", available on-line at www.scotland.gov.uk .
2 The letter is available on the Scottish Parliament website. Please see page 7 of the Education Committee's papers for its meeting of 27 February 2007, on-line at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/education/papers-07/edp07-06.pdf
3 Available on-line at http://www.rdc.org.uk/rdc. Alternatively, a free copy of the report can be ordered from the Rural Development Council by email ( info@rdc.org.uk) or telephone 028 867 66980.
4 This figure does not include site changes, mergers or special school figures (the latter can be difficult to categorise as they often include examples where a special unit administratively becomes part of a mainstream school, without any change in provision). If all of these categories were included, the total would be 219 of which 65 would be rural.
5 "Closing a Maintained Mainstream School: A Guide for Local Authorities and Governing Bodies", available on line at www.dfes.gov.uk/schoolorg/guidance.cfm?id=3
6 The matters are set out in Section 29 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, as amended by section 70 of the Education Act 2005 (which came into force in September 2006).
7 Paragraph 1.11 of "School Organisation Proposals" National Assembly for Wales Circular No. 23/02, available on-line at http://new.wales.gov.uk/publications/circular/circulars2002/NAFWC232002?lang=en
8 Most recently in the "Consultation Document on the Rural Schools (Scotland) Bill", issued by Murdo Fraser MSP on 21 January 2008.
9 Section 3(2) of the Standards in Scotland's Schools etc Act 2000 sets out authorities' responsibilities to endeavour to secure improvement in the quality of education in their schools, and exercise their functions with a view to raising standards of education.
10 See sections 8 (4), (5) and (6) of the Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006
11 Please see sections 22C(3) and 22D(5) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 for the exact wording of the current provisions.
12 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations
13 The 1981 Regulations have been amended on four occasions by Statutory Instruments: 1987 No. 2076; 1988 No. 107; and 1989 No. 1739 and by Scottish Statutory Instrument 2007 No. 315.
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