
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Publication of Proposals for Reduction in Standard Number) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st October 1988.
2 
Any proposals which are required to be published by section 28(1) of the Education Reform Act 1988 in its application to secondary schools (proposals for reducing any standard number applying to such a school under section 27 of that Act) shall be published—
(a) in at least one newspaper circulating in the area served by the school to which the proposals relate;
(b) by being posted in at least one conspicuous place within that area; and
(c) by being posted at or near any main entrance to the school concerned.
Kenneth Baker
Secretary of State for Education and Science
19th August 1988Peter Walker
Secretary of State for Wales
24th August 1988