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##### 114

- (1) The Secretary of State may provide or secure the provision of services which he thinks will encourage, enable or assist (directly or indirectly) effective participation by young persons in education or training.

- (2) In securing the provision of those services the Secretary of State may, in particular—

- (a) make arrangements with local authorities and other persons for the provision of services;

- (b) direct local education authorities to provide services, to secure the provision of services or to participate in the provision of services.

- (3) Arrangements and directions under subsection (2) may include provision—

- (a) for grants, loans and other kinds of financial assistance to be provided by the Secretary of State (whether or not on conditions);

- (b) requiring persons with whom arrangements are made or to whom directions are given to have regard to guidance issued by the Secretary of State.

- (4) In this section “*young persons*” means persons who have attained the age of 13 but not the age of 20.

- (5) A direction under this section may be revoked or varied by a later direction.

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#### Consultation and coordination

##### 115

- (1) Before providing or securing the provision of services of the kind mentioned in section 114(1) for residents of a particular place or area, the Secretary of State shall consult each of the following with responsibility for all or part of the place or area—

- (a) a local authority,

- (b) a Strategic Health Authority,

- (c) a chief officer of police,

- (d) a police authority,

- (e) a local probation board,

- (ea) a provider of probation services,

- (f) a youth offending team, and

- (g) a Primary Care Trust.

- (2) The Secretary of State shall also consult—

- (a) any voluntary body which provides services for young persons in the place or area concerned and which the Secretary of State thinks it appropriate to consult, and

- (b) such other persons as he thinks appropriate.

- (3) Subsection (4) applies where the Secretary of State—

- (a) provides or proposes to provide, or

- (b) secures or proposes to secure the provision of,

services of the kind mentioned in section 114(1) for the residents of a particular place or area.

- (4) Where this subsection applies, persons and bodies listed in subsection (1) with responsibility for all or part of that place or area shall—

- (a) exercise their functions so as to support and assist the services provided, secured or proposed by the Secretary of State, and

- (b) coordinate the exercise of their functions, so far as seems reasonable, with persons providing those services.

- (5) Subsection (4) shall not require persons or bodies to take action which would significantly interfere with the efficient or effective exercise of their functions.

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#### Local education authorities

##### 116

- (1) A local education authority—

- (a) may enter into arrangements under section 114(2)(a) for the provision of services of the kind mentioned in section 114(1),

- (b) shall comply with a direction given to it under section 114(2)(b), and

- (c) may provide, secure the provision of or participate in the provision of services of the kind mentioned in section 114(1) otherwise than in accordance with paragraph (a) or (b).

- (2) Action which a local education authority takes in pursuance of subsection (1) may relate to services for a person from another area.

- (3) For the purpose of subsection (1) a local education authority may—

- (a) incur expenditure;

- (b) form companies;

- (c) employ officers;

- (d) enter into agreements for the supply of goods or services;

- (e) do anything else which they consider necessary or expedient.

- (4) Nothing in or done under section 114 shall prejudice any power of a local education authority to provide services or incur expenditure.

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#### Educational institutions: information and access

##### 117

- (1) Where a person is involved in the provision of services in pursuance of section 114(1), an educational institution to which this section applies shall, for the purpose of the provision of those services—

- (a) provide him on request with the name and address of a pupil or student;

- (b) provide him on request with the name and address of a parent of a pupil or student;

- (c) provide him on request with information in the institution’s possession about a pupil or student;

- (d) permit him to have access to a pupil or student on the institution’s premises at reasonable times;

- (e) make available to him, so far as is reasonably convenient, facilities on the institution’s premises for providing services to individual pupils or students or groups of pupils or students.

- (2) Information shall not be provided under subsection (1)(c)—

- (a) in the case of a pupil or student who has not attained the age of 16, if a parent of his has instructed the institution not to provide information of that kind under this section, or

- (b) in the case of a pupil or student who has attained the age of 16, if he has instructed the institution not to provide information of that kind under this section.

- (3) This section applies to the following institutions—

- (a) community, foundation and voluntary schools,

- (b) community or foundation special schools (other than those established in hospitals),

- (c) city technology colleges, city colleges for the technology of the arts and city academies,

- (d) pupil referral units,

- (e) institutions within the further education sector, and

- (f) institutions in receipt of funding from the Learning and Skills Council for England.

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#### Inspection

##### 118

- (1) Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills—

- (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

- (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

- (c) shall, when requested to do so by the Secretary of State, inspect and report on the provision of services in pursuance of section 114(1), and

- (d) may undertake such other inspections of the provision of those services as he thinks fit.

- (2) A request under subsection (1)(c)—

- (a) may be general or in relation to specific matters,

- (b) may relate to a specific person or institution providing services, or to a specific class of person or institution, and

- (c) may relate to a specific area.

- (3) A reference in subsection (1) to the provision of services includes a reference to the management and use of resources in providing services.

- (4) Subsections (5) to (7) apply to an inspection under subsection (1)(c) or (d) of services provided by a person or institution in pursuance of section 114(1).

- (5) A person carrying out or participating in the inspection shall have the same powers as the Chief Inspector has under the following provisions of the Education Act 2005—

- (a) section 10(1)(a) and (d) (right of access), and

- (b) section 58 (computer records).

- (6) Section 11 of the Education Act 2005 (publication of reports) shall apply.

- (7) A person who wilfully obstructs a person in carrying out or participating in the inspection—

- (a) shall be guilty of an offence, and

- (b) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

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#### Information: supply by Secretary of State

##### 119

- (1) The Secretary of State may supply information, including social security information, to any civil servant or other person for the purpose of the provision of services of the kind mentioned in section 114(1).

- (2) In this section “*social security information*” means personal information about a young person which is obtained by the Secretary of State in the course of the exercise of a function under—

- (a) the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, or

- (b) the Social Security Administration Act 1992.

- (3) For the purposes of subsection (2) “*personal information*” means, in relation to a young person—

- (a) his name, address and date of birth, and

- (b) the name and address of a parent of his.

- (4) A person commits an offence if he discloses information supplied to him under subsection (1) unless the disclosure is made—

- (a) for the purpose of the provision of services in pursuance of section 114(1),

- (b) in accordance with an enactment or an order of a court,

- (c) for the purpose of actual or contemplated proceedings before a court,

- (d) with consent given by or on behalf of the person to whom the information relates, or

- (e) in such a way as to prevent the identification of the person to whom it relates.

- (5) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that he reasonably believed that his disclosure was lawful.

- (6) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—

- (a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, to a fine or to both, or

- (b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.

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#### Information: supply by public bodies

##### 120

- (1) For the purpose of the provision of services in pursuance of section 114(1), any of the persons or bodies mentioned in subsection (2) may supply information about a young person—

- (a) to the Secretary of State;

- (b) to any other person or body involved in the provision of those services.

- (2) Those persons and bodies are—

- (a) a local authority,

- (b) a Strategic Health Authority,

- (c) the Learning and Skills Council for England,

- (d) a chief officer of police,

- (e) a local probation board,

- (ea) a probation trust,

- (eb) a provider of probation services (other than a probation trust or the Secretary of State), in carrying out its statutory functions or activities of a public nature in pursuance of arrangements made under section 3 of the Offender Management Act 2007,

- (f) a youth offending team, and

- (g) a Primary Care Trust.

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#### Supplementary

##### 121

- (1) In sections 114 to 120—

- “*local authority*” has the meaning given by section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996 (interpretation),

- “ *local probation board* ” means a local probation board established under section 4 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000,

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- “*parent*”, in relation to a child, means a person who has parental responsibility for him within the meaning of section 3 of the Children Act 1989,

- . . .

- “*police authority*” has the meaning given by section 101 of the Police Act 1996,

- “Strategic Health Authority” means a Strategic Health Authority established under section 13 of the National Health Service Act 2006,

- “*young person*” has the meaning given by section 114(4), and

- “*youth offending team*” means a team established under section 39 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

- (2) The power under section 114 shall not be used to provide or secure the provision of services outside England.

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#### Careers services

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[^c13164961]: [1998 c. 31](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/31).

[^c17969031]: S. 115(1)(b) substituted (1.10.2002) by [The National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (Supplementary, Consequential etc. Provisions) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2469)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2469), [reg. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2469/regulation/4), [Sch. 1 para. 28(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2469/schedule/1/paragraph/28/2)

[^c13164971]: Words in s. 115(1)(e) substituted (1.4.2001) by [2000 c. 43](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/43), [s. 74](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/43/section/74), [Sch. 7 Pt. II para. 209](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/43/schedule/7/part/II/paragraph/209); [S.I. 2001/919](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/919), [art. 2(f)(ii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/919/article/2/f/ii)

[^c17969221]: By [Education Act 2002 (c. 32)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32), [ss. 65(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/section/65/3), [216](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/section/216), [Sch. 7 Pt. 2 para. 10](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/schedule/7/part/2/paragraph/10) (with [ss. 210(8)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/section/210/8), [214(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/section/214/4)) it is provided that, in s. 117(3)(b) for "city academies" there is substituted "Academies"; the said s. 65, Sch. 7 Pt. 2 para. 10 were brought into force (26.7.2002) by [S.I. 2002/2002](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2002), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2002/article/2)

[^c13164991]: [1992 c. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/4).

[^c13165001]: [1992 c. 5](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/5).

[^c17969121]: S. 120(2)(b) substituted (1.10.2002) by [The National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (Supplementary, Consequential etc. Provisions) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2469)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2469), [reg. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2469/regulation/4), [Sch. 1 para. 28(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2469/schedule/1/paragraph/28/3)

[^c13165011]: Words in s. 120(2)(e) substituted (1.4.2001) by [2000 c. 43](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/43), [s. 74](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/43/section/74), [Sch. 7 Pt. II para. 209](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/43/schedule/7/part/II/paragraph/209); [S.I. 2001/919](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/919), [art. 2(f)(ii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/919/article/2/f/ii)

[^c13165081]: [1996 c. 56](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56).

[^c13165091]: Definition of “*local probation board*” in s. 121(1) inserted (1.4.2001) by [2000 c. 43](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/43), [s. 74](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/43/section/74), [Sch. 7 Pt. II para. 210](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/43/schedule/7/part/II/paragraph/210); [S.I. 2001/919](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/919), [art. 2(f)(ii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/919/article/2/f/ii)

[^c17970031]: Definition of "Health Authority" in s. 121(1) omitted (1.10.2002) by virtue of [The National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (Supplementary, Consequential etc. Provisions) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2469)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2469), [reg. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2469/regulation/4), [Sch. 1 para. 28(4)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2469/schedule/1/paragraph/28/4/a)

[^c13165111]: [1989 c. 41](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/41).

[^c13165121]: Definition of “*probation committee*” in s. 121(1) repealed (1.4.2001) by [2000 c. 43](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/43), [s. 74](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/43/section/74), [75](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/43/section/75), [Sch. 7 Pt. II para. 210](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/43/schedule/7/part/II/paragraph/210), [Sch. 8](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/43/schedule/8); [S.I. 2001/919](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/919), [art. 2(f)(ii)(g)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/919/article/2/f/ii/g)

[^c13165131]: [1996 c. 16](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/16).

[^c17970841]: Definition of "Strategic Health Authority" in s. 121(1) inserted (1.10.2002) by [The National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (Supplementary, Consequential etc. Provisions) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2469)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2469), [reg. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2469/regulation/4), [Sch. 1 para. 28(4)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2469/schedule/1/paragraph/28/4/b)

[^c13165141]: [1998 c. 37](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/37).

[^c13165151]: [1973 c. 50](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/50).

[^c13165161]: S. 123 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 154; s. 123 in force for W. at 1.4.2001 by [S.I. 2001/1274](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1274), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1274/article/2), [Sch. Pt. I](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1274/schedule/part/I)

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[^key-7f34dfcc2602908aa971356fc3eee3e3]: Act applied (1.4.2005) by [Central Sussex College (Government) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/397)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/397), [Sch. 2 para. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/397/schedule/2/paragraph/2)

[^key-d15b51ae7318cdb472c0c9c4a6e9b6f7]: S. 118(7) applied (1.9.2005) by [Children Act 2004 (Joint Area Reviews) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1973)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1973) , [reg. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1973/regulation/1/1) , [Sch. para. 4(2)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1973/schedule/paragraph/4/2/a)

[^key-0e6e74a758e1bbb684e0f970af248c0c]: S. 96 restricted (with effect in accordance with art. 2 of the affecting S.I.) by [Coventry City Council and the North West Federation of Schools (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1739)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1739), [arts. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1739/article/1/1), [2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1739/article/2)

[^key-0512719cf43c17a896db4ed29dc2a74e]: S. 118(5) substituted (1.9.2005) by [Education Act 2005 (c. 18)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/18) , [s. 125(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/18/section/125/4) , [Sch. 9 para. 26(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/18/schedule/9/paragraph/26/2) ; [S.I. 2005/2034](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2034) , [art. 5](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2034/article/5)

[^key-cad309e60fe4bbbcab4c75b81c0f4001]: Words in s. 118(6) substituted (1.9.2005) by [Education Act 2005 (c. 18)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/18) , [s. 125(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/18/section/125/4) , [Sch. 9 para. 26(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/18/schedule/9/paragraph/26/3) ; [S.I. 2005/2034](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2034) , [art. 5](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2034/article/5)

[^key-521d9f21288364ce3342e96641939e95]: [Sch. 9 para. 48](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/21/schedule/9/paragraph/48) repealed (1.9.2005) by [Education Act 2005 (c. 18)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/18), [s. 125(3)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/18/section/125/3/b), [Sch. 19 Pt. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/18/schedule/19/part/3)

[^key-d00486a761212d7155ddea5e1321f82e]: Sch. 9 para. 8 repealed (1.10.2005) by [Employment Equality (Sex Discrimination) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2467)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2467), [regs. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2467/regulation/1/1), [23(2)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2467/regulation/23/2/a)

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[^key-56b1f59530450db6480409278eb639bb]: Words in s. 36(3) substituted (4.12.2003 for W.) by [Education Act 2002 (c. 32)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32), [s. 216(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/section/216/4), [Sch. 21 para. 125(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/schedule/21/paragraph/125/3) (with [ss. 210(8)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/section/210/8), [214(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/section/214/4); [S.I. 2003/2959](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2959), [regs. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2959/regulation/1/1), [5](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2959/regulation/5)); [S.I. 2003/2961](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2961), [art. 5](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2961/article/5), [Sch. Pt. II](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2961/schedule/part/II); S.I. 2006/2895, art. 2

[^key-1959d89656b0e43ad075de0f89961e84]: Words in s. 121 substituted (1.3.2007) by [National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/43), [s. 8(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/43/section/8/2), [Sch. 1 para. 202](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/43/schedule/1/paragraph/202) (with [Sch. 3 Pt. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/43/schedule/3/part/1))

[^key-e9f0cb53ab1da24af7a7b8f9f0e3375f]: Definition of “Health Authority” in s. 129(1) omitted (1.3.2007) by virtue of [National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/43), [s. 8(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/43/section/8/2), [Sch. 1 para. 203](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/43/schedule/1/paragraph/203) (with [Sch. 3 Pt. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/43/schedule/3/part/1))

[^key-c6f46176b1fbb54f5808ed93c69f666a]: [Sch. 6](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/21/schedule/6) repealed (1.4.2007) by [Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40), [s. 188(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40/section/188/3), [Sch. 14 para. 65](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40/schedule/14/paragraph/65), [Sch. 18 Pt. 5](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40/schedule/18/part/5); [S.I. 2007/935](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/935), [art. 5(gg)(ii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/935/article/5/gg/ii)

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[^key-c41f9004d8fd6eb812139d4edb0b1376]: Words in s. 113A(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2007) by [Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40), [s. 188(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40/section/188/3), [Sch. 14 para. 61](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40/schedule/14/paragraph/61); [S.I. 2007/935](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/935), [art. 5(gg)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/935/article/5/gg)

[^key-d291da370997df516732fabddb53abde]: Words in [s. 118(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/21/section/118/1) substituted (1.4.2007) by [Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40), [s. 188(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40/section/188/3), [Sch. 14 para. 62(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40/schedule/14/paragraph/62/a); [S.I. 2007/935](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/935), [art. 5(gg)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/935/article/5/gg)

[^key-c76cd63ac11daaad1ac25a488ce360f2]: [S. 118(1)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/21/section/118/1/a) repealed (1.4.2007) by [Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40), [s. 188(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40/section/188/3), [Sch. 14 para. 62(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40/schedule/14/paragraph/62/b), [Sch. 18 Pt. 5](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40/schedule/18/part/5); [S.I. 2007/935](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/935), [art. 5(gg)(ii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/935/article/5/gg/ii)

[^key-6bd3a715dc40f50a50691ae171cd09bf]: [S. 118(1)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/21/section/118/1/b) repealed (1.4.2007) by [Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40), [s. 188(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40/section/188/3), [Sch. 14 para. 62(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40/schedule/14/paragraph/62/b), [Sch. 18 Pt. 5](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40/schedule/18/part/5); [S.I. 2007/935](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/935), [art. 5(gg)(ii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/935/article/5/gg/ii)

[^key-a48f30feaf5c719116dfca7e99262b5e]: Words in [s. 118(1)(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/21/section/118/1/c) substituted (1.4.2007) by [Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40), [s. 188(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40/section/188/3), [Sch. 14 para. 62(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40/schedule/14/paragraph/62/c); [S.I. 2007/935](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/935), [art. 5(gg)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/935/article/5/gg)

[^key-d0aabe474abf4cccc4aa830dee653301]: Words in s. 125(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2007) by [References to Health Authorities Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/961)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/961), [art. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/961/article/1/1), [Sch. para. 31(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/961/schedule/paragraph/31/2)

[^key-161897ce829ca6c15f3e5823f65193d6]: Definition of "Local Health Board" in s. 129(1) inserted (1.4.2007) by [References to Health Authorities Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/961)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/961), [art. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/961/article/1/1), [Sch. para. 31(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/961/schedule/paragraph/31/3)

@@ -6533,10 +6271,6 @@

[^key-997186a2c0cee44ffc3f9c2aa008dea6]: [Sch. 3 para. 5(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/21/schedule/3/paragraph/5/3) repealed (21.2.2008) by [Further Education and Training Act 2007 (c. 25)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/25), [s. 32(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/25/section/32/5), [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/25/schedule/2); [S.I. 2008/313](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/313), [art. 2(i)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/313/article/2/i)

[^key-d723bbb508aabcbdb5f8490ad515b489]: [S. 115(1)(ea)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/21/section/115/1/ea) inserted (1.4.2008) by [The Offender Management Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/912)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/912), [art. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/912/article/1), [Sch. 1 para. 16(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/912/schedule/1/paragraph/16/2)

[^key-de674204963e18657a8de343b180b03c]: S. 120(2)(ea)(eb) inserted (1.4.2008) by [The Offender Management Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/912)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/912), [art. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/912/article/1), [Sch. 1 para. 16(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/912/schedule/1/paragraph/16/3)

[^key-8f9d1c39726c937862fa376df95f20db]: S. 125(1)(da) inserted (1.4.2008) by [The Offender Management Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/912)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/912), [art. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/912/article/1), [Sch. 1 para. 16(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/912/schedule/1/paragraph/16/4)

[^key-21fbbee03845e0438e08fd6526f5a885]: S. 138(3)(ea)(eb) inserted (1.4.2008) by [The Offender Management Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/912)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/912), [art. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/912/article/1), [Sch. 1 para. 16(5)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/912/schedule/1/paragraph/16/5)

@@ -6547,7 +6281,7 @@

[^key-cf313ea4b815993baec3c7c6910fae5c]: Words in [s. 6(3)(f)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/21/section/6/3/f) inserted (26.11.2008) by [Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25), [s. 173(1)(g)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25/section/173/1/g), [Sch. 1 para. 76(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25/schedule/1/paragraph/76/a)

[^key-5b8594e08e7fa6728355a429f49673cb]: Words in [s. 13(1)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/21/section/13/1/b) inserted (26.11.2008) by [Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25), [s. 173(1)(g)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25/section/173/1/g), [Sch. 1 para. 76(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25/schedule/1/paragraph/76/b)

[^key-5b8594e08e7fa6728355a429f49673cb]: Words in s. 13(1)(b) inserted (26.11.2008) by [Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25), [s. 173(1)(g)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25/section/173/1/g), [Sch. 1 para. 76(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25/schedule/1/paragraph/76/b)

[^key-e81e0bb118a0c5af1e025bfc4aad30f5]: Words in s. 35(3)(f) inserted (26.11.2008) by [Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25), [s. 173(1)(g)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25/section/173/1/g), [Sch. 1 para. 76(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25/schedule/1/paragraph/76/c)

@@ -6573,9 +6307,13 @@

[^key-b5c18814f0f938d54b7441305afd1d8d]: S. 140(6) repealed (26.11.2008) by [Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25), [s. 173(1)(g)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25/section/173/1/g), [Sch. 1 para. 77(g)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25/schedule/1/paragraph/77/g), [2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25/schedule/2)

[^key-2ebdfe4236bc058e9a770a2180f7d941]: S. 13(5)(6) applied (26.1.2009) by [Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25), [ss. 78(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25/section/78/1), [173(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25/section/173/4); [S.I. 2008/3077](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3077), [art. 4(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3077/article/4/a)

[^key-89ed8401bf5136493740d1c689c8361c]: Ss. 114-121 repealed (26.1.2009 for specified purposes, 12.1.2010 in so far as not already in force) by [Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25), [ss. 79](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25/section/79), [173(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25/section/173/4), [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/25/schedule/2); [S.I. 2008/3077](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3077), [art. 4(b)(h)(iii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3077/article/4/b/h/iii); S.I. 2009/3316, art. 2

[^M_F_4687ad2c-ff16-4a15-919c-588ae0023bbb]: S. 138(3)(ba) inserted (10.10.2002 for W., 1.3.2007 for E. immediately before the National Health Service Act 2006 comes into force) by [National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17), [ss. 6(2), 42(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/section/42/3), [Sch. 5 para. 47](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/17/schedule/5/paragraph/47); [S.I. 2002/2532](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2532), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2532/article/2), [Sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2532/schedule); [S.I. 2006/1407](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1407), [art. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1407/article/1/1), [Sch. 1 para. 12](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1407/schedule/1/paragraph/12) (with [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1407/article/4))

#### Provision of financial resources.

#### Encouragement of education and training.

#### Links between education and training and employment.

@@ -6775,7 +6513,7 @@

#### Provision of services.

#### Consultation

#### Equality of opportunity.

#### Strategy.

@@ -6807,7 +6545,7 @@

#### Restructuring of sixth-form education

#### Persons with learning difficulties.

#### Research and information.

#### Information: supply by Secretary of State.

@@ -6815,13 +6553,13 @@

#### Plans.

#### Use of information by Council.

#### Strategy.

#### Designated institutions: disposal of land, &c.

#### Financial support for students: Northern Ireland.

#### Functions of regional councils

#### Regional councils

#### Provision of services.

@@ -6937,502 +6675,520 @@

### Chapter IV — General

#### Financial resources: conditions.

#### Area inspections.

#### Action plans following section 83 inspections.

#### Consultation and coordination.

#### Further education corporations.

#### Provision of services.

#### Restructuring of sixth-form education

#### Induction periods for teachers.

#### Training programmes: cessation of funding.

#### Further education colleges: governors’ liability.

#### Financial support for students: Northern Ireland.

#### Sex education.

#### Wales.

#### Assessments relating to learning difficulties.

............

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

#### Restructuring of sixth-form education

#### Information: supply by Secretary of State.

#### Careers services.

#### Supplementary.

#### Wales: provision of information by public bodies.

#### Induction periods for teachers.

#### Assessments relating to learning difficulties.

#### Some defined terms.

#### Action plans following section 83 inspections.

#### Further education corporations.

#### Amendments.

#### Introductory

#### Wales: provision of information by public bodies.

............

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

#### Links between education and training and employment.

#### Equality of opportunity.

#### Provision of services.

#### Information: supply by Secretary of State.

#### Careers services.

#### Wales: provision of information by public bodies.

#### Induction periods for teachers.

#### Assessments relating to learning difficulties.

#### Qualifying accounts.

#### Financial support for students: Northern Ireland.

#### Amendments.

#### Introductory

#### Proposals to discontinue a school

............

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

#### Education and training for persons over 19.

#### Encouragement of education and training.

#### Financial resources: conditions.

##### 14A

- (1) In exercising its functions the Council must have regard to any guidance given from time to time by the Secretary of State about consultation with—

- (a) persons receiving or proposing to receive post-16 education or training,

- (b) employers, or

- (c) such other persons as may be specified in such guidance, in connection with the taking of decisions affecting them.

- (2) Any guidance under this section about consultation with persons falling within paragraph (a) of subsection (1) must provide for the views of such a person to be considered in the light of his age and understanding.

#### Plans.

#### Strategy.

#### Some defined terms.

#### Area inspections.

#### Action plans following section 83 inspections.

#### Provision of services.

#### Careers services.

#### Provision of services.

#### Wales: provision of information by public bodies.

#### Induction periods for teachers.

#### Supplementary.

#### Designated institutions: disposal of land, &c.

#### Sex education.

#### Wales: provision of information by public bodies.

#### Introductory

#### Proposals to discontinue a school

............

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

#### Funding of school sixth-forms.

#### Research and information.

#### Area inspections.

#### Action plans following section 83 inspections.

#### Consultation and coordination.

#### Further education corporations.

#### Qualifying accounts.

#### Careers services.

#### Provision of services.

#### Induction periods for teachers.

#### Designated institutions: disposal of land, &c.

#### Induction periods for teachers.

#### Designated institutions: disposal of land, &c.

#### Amendments.

#### Proposals to discontinue a school

............

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

#### Research and information.

### Regional councils

##### 18A

- (1) The Council must establish a committee (to be called a regional learning and skills council) for each area of England specified by the Secretary of State.

- (2) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about regional councils

- (3) Regulations under subsection (2) may, in particular, make provision about—

- (a) the membership of a regional council;

- (b) the appointment of the members of a regional council;

- (c) the appointment of a member of a regional council as chairman;

- (d) the holding and vacation of office as a member or chairman of a regional council (including a person's re-appointment, resignation and removal from office);

- (e) the appointment by the Council of its employees as staff of a regional council;

- (f) the delegation of functions by a regional council to its chairman;

- (g) the delegation by the chairman of a regional council of functions that he is authorised to exercise to a member of the regional council;

- (h) the delegation of functions by a regional council, with the consent of the Council, to a member of staff of the regional council

- (i) the payment by the Council of such salaries and such travelling, subsistence and other allowances to the chairman and other members of a regional council as the Secretary of State may determine

- (j) the provision of information to the Secretary of State;

- (k) the attendance of a representative of the Secretary of State at, and the participation of such a representative in, any meeting of a regional council;

- (l) the validity of the proceedings of a regional council;

- (m) the regulation by a regional council of its own procedure.

- (4) Regulations made by virtue of subsection (3)(a) may provide for the membership of a regional council to include persons who are not members of the Council.

- (5) A consent given under subsection (3)(h) by the Council may relate to a particular function or to such descriptions of function as may be specified in the consent.

##### 18B

- (1) A regional council—

- (a) must perform in relation to its area such of the Council's duties as the Council specifies;

- (b) may exercise in relation to its area such of the Council's powers as the Council specifies.

- (2) A regional council—

- (a) must perform in relation to such places outside its area as the Council specifies such of the Council's duties as the Council specifies;

- (b) may exercise in relation to such places outside its area as the Council specifies such of the Council's powers as the Council specifies.

##### 18C

- (1) In relation to each financial year of the Council it must prepare guidance for each regional council.

- (2) The guidance must include objectives which a regional council should achieve in seeking to carry out its functions.

- (3) The guidance must set a regional council's budget for the financial year.

- (4) The Council must consult the regional development agencies and local authorities on the guidance.

- (5) After consulting under subsection (4) and (if appropriate) altering the guidance the Council must issue the guidance to the regional council.

- (6) The guidance in relation to the financial year of the Council in which section 2 of the Further Education and Training Act 2007 comes into force must be prepared as soon as reasonably practicable after that section comes into force.

- (7) The guidance in relation to any subsequent financial year of the Council must be prepared in time for the guidance to be issued before the financial year starts.

- (8) A regional development agency is a development agency established by section 1 of the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998.

#### Area inspections.

#### Qualifying accounts.

#### Careers services.

#### Supplementary.

#### Financial support for students: Northern Ireland.

#### Sex education.

#### Amendments.

#### Introductory

#### Proposals to discontinue a school

............

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

#### Education and training for persons aged 16 to 19.

##### 24A

- (1) The Secretary of State may by order specify an area in England as an area for which a body specified in the order may formulate and keep under review a strategy setting out how such functions of the Council as are specified in the order are to be carried out in relation to the area.

- (2) An order under subsection (1) may specify an area comprising the whole of England.

- (3) An order under subsection (1) may not specify an area in England consisting only of Greater London or a part of Greater London.

- (4) The Secretary of State may give to a body specified in an order under subsection (1) directions and guidance in relation to the formulation and review of its strategy, in particular in relation to—

- (a) the form and content of the strategy;

- (b) the updating of the strategy;

- (c) the steps to be taken when the body is formulating or reviewing the strategy;

- (d) the matters to which the body is to have regard when formulating or reviewing the strategy;

- (e) the consultation to be carried out when the body is formulating or reviewing the strategy.

- (5) It is the duty of a body specified in an order under subsection (1) to comply with any directions given to it by the Secretary of State under subsection (4).

- (6) It is the duty of a body specified in an order under subsection (1) to have regard to any guidance given to it by the Secretary of State under subsection (4).

- (7) The Council may pay to a body specified in an order under subsection (1) such sums as appear to the Council appropriate for enabling the body to meet costs and expenses incurred, or to be incurred, by it in formulating its strategy or keeping it under review.

##### 24B

- (1) The Secretary of State must by regulations provide for the establishment of a body for the purposes of discharging the functions set out in subsection (2).

- (2) The body established under this section must—

- (a) formulate a strategy setting out how specified functions of the Council are to be carried out in Greater London, and

- (b) keep it under review.

- (3) Specified functions are functions of the Council specified for the purposes of this section by order of the Secretary of State.

- (4) The Secretary of State may give to the body established under this section directions and guidance in relation to the formulation and review of its strategy, in particular in relation to—

- (a) the form and content of the strategy;

- (b) the updating of the strategy;

- (c) the steps to be taken when the body is formulating or reviewing the strategy;

- (d) the matters to which the body is to have regard when formulating or reviewing the strategy;

- (e) the consultation to be carried out when the body is formulating or reviewing the strategy.

- (5) It is the duty of the body established under this section to comply with any directions given to it by the Secretary of State under subsection (4).

- (6) It is the duty of the body established under this section to have regard to any guidance given to it by the Secretary of State under subsection (4).

- (7) Where the body established under this section formulates a strategy under this section, or in consequence of a review of the strategy modifies it, the body must publish the strategy or modified strategy in such manner as it thinks fit .

- (8) Regulations under this section must include—

- (a) provision for the body to consist of the Mayor of London and such other persons as are appointed by the Mayor in accordance with the regulations;

- (b) provision for the Mayor to be the chairman of the body.

- (9) The Council may pay to the body established under this section such sums as appear to the Council appropriate for enabling the body to meet costs and expenses incurred, or to be incurred, by it in formulating its strategy or keeping it under review.

- (10) The Council may pay to the Greater London Authority such sums as appear to the Council appropriate for enabling the Authority to meet costs and expenses incurred, or to be incurred, by the Mayor in connection with the exercise of functions conferred on him by regulations under this section or as chairman of the body established under this section.

#### Duty of Council

##### 24C

- (1) The Council must carry out any function to which a strategy under section 24A or 24B relates in accordance with that strategy.

- (2) Subsection (1) is subject to the following provisions of this section.

- (3) The Council may not carry out a function in accordance with such a strategy if in doing so it would fail to comply with a duty imposed on it by or under any enactment other than subsection (1).

- (4) If provision in the Council’s strategy under section 16 conflicts with provision in a strategy under section 24A (or section 24B), the Council may disregard the provision in the strategy under section 24A (or section 24B) so far as it conflicts with the provision in the Council’s strategy under section 16.

- (5) If provision in a strategy under section 24A conflicts with provision in another strategy, being a strategy under section 24A or section 24B, the Council may disregard such conflicting provision in one of the strategies or in both of them.

- (6) The Council may disregard a strategy under section 24A (or section 24B) if the body whose strategy it is, in formulating or reviewing the strategy—

- (a) failed to comply with directions given under section 24A(4) (or section 24B(4)), or

- (b) failed to have regard to guidance given under section 24A(4) (or section 24B(4)).

- (7) Nothing in subsection (1) requires the Council to carry out any of its functions in a manner that it is satisfied—

- (a) would be unreasonable, or

- (b) might give rise to disproportionate expenditure.

- (8) If the Council proposes not to carry out, or does not carry out, a function to which a strategy under section 24A or 24B relates in accordance with the strategy—

- (a) the Council must refer the matter to the Secretary of State;

- (b) the body whose strategy it is may refer the matter to the Secretary of State.

- (9) On a reference under subsection (8) the Secretary of State may give such direction to the Council as he thinks fit as to the carrying out of the function.

- (10) The Council must comply with any direction that the Secretary of State may give it under subsection (9).

#### Directions.

#### Area inspections.

#### Restructuring of sixth-form education

#### Provision of services.

#### Designated institutions: disposal of land, &c.

#### City academies.

#### Induction periods for teachers.

#### Training programmes: cessation of funding.

#### Further education colleges: governors’ liability.

#### Assessments relating to learning difficulties: England

#### Assessments relating to learning difficulties.

#### Designated institutions: disposal of land, &c.

#### Financial support for students: Northern Ireland.

#### Sex education.

#### Wales.

#### Assessments relating to learning difficulties.

#### Amendments.

#### Introductory

#### Proposals to discontinue a school

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#### Restructuring of sixth-form education

#### Information: supply by Secretary of State.

#### Careers services.

#### Designated institutions: disposal of land, &c.

#### Financial support for students: Northern Ireland.

#### Sex education.

#### Introductory

#### Proposals to discontinue a school

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##### 139A

- (1) Subsection (2) applies if a local education authority in England—

- (a) maintains a statement of special educational needs for a person, and

- (b) believes that the person will leave school, at the end of his last year of compulsory schooling, to receive post-16 education or training or higher education.

- (2) The authority must arrange for an assessment of the person to be conducted at some time during his last year of compulsory schooling.

- (3) Subsection (4) applies if a local education authority in England—

- (a) maintains a statement of special educational needs for a person who is over compulsory school age, and

- (b) believes that the person will leave school, during or at the end of the current school year, to receive post-16 education or training or higher education.

- (4) The authority must arrange for an assessment of the person to be conducted at some time during the current school year.

- (5) A local education authority in England may at any time arrange for an assessment to be conducted of a person—

- (a) who is within subsection (6), and

- (b) for whom the authority is responsible.

- (6) A person within this subsection is one who—

- (a) is in his last year of compulsory schooling, or is over compulsory school age but has not attained the age of 25,

- (b) appears to the authority to have a learning difficulty within the meaning of section 13, and

- (c) is receiving, or in the opinion of the authority is likely to receive, post-16 education or training or higher education.

- (7) In exercising its functions under this section an authority must have regard to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State.

##### 139B

- (1) This section applies for the purposes of section 139A.

- (2) A statement of special educational needs is a statement maintained under section 324 of the Education Act 1996.

- (3) An assessment of a person is an assessment, resulting in a written report, of—

- (a) the person's educational and training needs, and

- (b) the provision required to meet them.

- (4) A local education authority is responsible for—

- (a) a person who is receiving education or training in its area;

- (b) a person who is not receiving education or training, but who is normally resident in its area;

- (c) a person who is not receiving education or training, and who is not normally resident in its area or that of another authority, but who is otherwise within its area and, in its opinion, likely to receive post-16 education or training or higher education.

- (5) A person's last year of compulsory schooling is the last school year at his school during the whole or part of which he is of compulsory school age; and in the application of section 139A(6) to a person who is receiving education at an institution other than a school, that institution is to be treated for the purpose of determining his last year of compulsory schooling as though it were a school.

- (6) “Higher education” is education provided by means of a course of any description mentioned in Schedule 6 to the Education Reform Act 1988.

- (7) “*Post-16 education or training*” means post-16 education or post-16 training within the meaning of Part 1.

- (8) “*School year*” has the meaning given in section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996.

##### 139C

- (1) Section 139A applies in relation to a person who is receiving education at home, subject to the following modifications.

- (2) In section 139A(1)(b) and (3)(b), references to a person's leaving school to receive post-16 education or training or higher eduction are to be construed as references to a person's ceasing to receive education at home in order to receive, otherwise than in a school, post-16 education or training or higher education.

- (3) References to a person's last year of compulsory schooling are to be construed as references to the 12 month period ending when the person ceases to be of compulsory school age.

- (4) References to the current school year are to be construed as references to the period of 12 months beginning on the most recent 1st September.

#### Supplementary.

#### Wales: provision of information by public bodies.

#### Induction periods for teachers.

#### Assessments relating to learning difficulties.

#### The extended remit of the Chief Inspector for Wales.

#### Studies across Wales or of provision made outside Wales.

#### Further education institutions: designation.

#### Assessments relating to learning difficulties: England

#### Financial support for students: Northern Ireland.

#### Sex education.

#### Amendments.

#### Introductory

#### Information: supply by public bodies.

#### Proposals to discontinue a school

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#### Assessments and means tests.

#### Equality of opportunity.

#### Provision of services.

#### Information: supply by Secretary of State.

#### Careers services.

#### Wales: provision of information by public bodies.

#### Induction periods for teachers.

#### Assessments relating to learning difficulties.

#### Qualifying arrangements.