Now in its 5th edition, Running a School 2004/05: Legal Duties and Responsibilities is the plain English guide to all the law, rules and regulations governing the day-to-day administration of schools. Written and structured specifically for use by all busy education professionals, Running a School 2004/05 is full of practical know-how and advice on all the powers and obligations that you, your staff and your governors nned to know about. It takes you through any new changes which will affect your school, goes on to explain the fundamental legal obligations and provides practical advice on what must be done. The extensive hands-on experience of the authors makes this an essential reference for everyone involved in the management of a school. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated and contains new material including: new structures for governing bodies National Curriculum changes and 14-19 provision changes to the inspection process update on disability discrimination and accessibility plans coordinated admissions schemes new guidance and cases on discipline, drugs, anti-social behaviour, truancy and exclusions The National Workload Agreement delegation of staff discipline and dismissal powers update on cases relating to negligence including risk assessment and school visits complaints procedures School Uniform, including human rights and discrimination issues business activities Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosure of records REVIEWS OF PREVIOUS EDITIONS: "will become a standard reference book for heads, governors and others" Christopher Reynolds, Headteacher, St Benedicts School & Sixth Form Centre for ELAS Bulletin "probably the best general text available for use by a headteacher and any non-lawyer" Education and the Law "full of guidance, practical advice and common sense" Managing Schools Today "lucid, comprehensive . an excellent addition to the bookshelf" Times Educational Supplement "One of the best books I have ever read on the schooling system of this country and its many peculiarities" Robert Carstairs, Assistant General Secretary, SHA "very considerable coverage, a high level of reliability and realism, with very obvious knowledge and real experience informing the text" Journal of the Secondary Heads Association "I welcome this value for money volume to my office and my briefcase . I am certainly considering persuading all my governors to buy one" Education Law Association Bulletin.