The following provisions shall not apply to the governing bodies of the schools:
(a)section 30(1) of the Education Act 2002 (requirement for governing bodies to produce the governors' annual report);
(b)section 17(7) of the School Inspections Act 1996 (requirement for governing bodies to include in their annual report a statement as to compliance with special measures action plan);
(c)paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 4 to that Act (requirement for governing bodies of voluntary or foundation schools with religious character to include in their annual report a statement as to compliance with special measures action plan); and
(d)regulation 6 of and Schedule 2 to the Education (School Performance Targets) (England) Regulations 1998 (requirement for governing bodies to include their attainment targets in their annual report).
Section 317 of the Education Act 1996 shall, as it applies to the governing bodies of the schools, be modified to the extent provided:
(a)subsection (5) (information as to the implementation of the governing body’s policy for pupils with special educational needs to be included in the governors' annual report) as if the words “The governing body shall produce” were substituted for the words “Each governors' report shall include”; and
(b)subsection (6) (information relating to provision for disabled pupils to be included in the governors' annual report) as if the words “Once in every school year the governing body shall produce a report containing” were substituted for the words “Each governors' report shall also include”.