Part V Miscellaneous and general
Sixth-form education
I1110 Secondary education.
1
After section 2(2) of the M1Education Act 1996 (definition of secondary education) there shall be inserted—
2A
Education is also secondary education for the purposes of this Act (subject to subsection (5)) if it is provided by an institution which—
a
is maintained by a F1local authority , and
b
is principally concerned with the provision of full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils who are over compulsory school age but under the age of 19.
2B
Where—
a
a person is in full-time education,
b
he receives his education partly at a school and, by virtue of arrangements made by the school, partly at another institution, and
c
the education which he receives at the school would be secondary education if it was full-time education at the school,
the person’s education, both at the school and at the other institution, is secondary education for the purposes of this Act (subject to subsection (5)).
2
Subsections (3) to (5) apply to an institution which would become a school on the coming into force of subsection (1) (by virtue of section 4(1) of the M2Education Act 1996 (schools)).
3
An institution to which this subsection applies shall not be treated as being a school by virtue of section 4(1) of that Act unless it has been established as a new school in accordance with section 28(1)(a) or (2)(a) or 31(1)(a) of the M3School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (community or foundation mainstream or special school).
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In this section “local authority” has the same meaning as in the Education Act 1996 (see section 579(1) of that Act).