Learning and Skills Act 2000
Learning and Skills Act 2000 (2000 c. 21)
- Learning and Skills Act 2000 (2000 c. 21)
- Part I Learning and Skills Council for England
- The Council
- 1 The Council.
- Main duties
- 2 Education and training for persons aged 16 to 19.
- 3 Education and training for persons over 19.
- 4 Encouragement of education and training.
- 4A Learning aims for persons over 19: provision of facilities
- 4B Learning aims for persons over 19: payment of tuition fees
- 4C Sections 4A and 4B: supplementary
- Main powers
- 5 Provision of financial resources.
- 6 Financial resources: conditions.
- 7 Funding of school sixth-forms.
- 8 Links between education and training and employment.
- 9 Assessments and means tests.
- 10 Qualifying accounts and arrangements.
- 11 Further education: governors.
- Other functions
- 11A Support schemes relating to education and training for persons aged 10 to 15
- 12 Research and information.
- 13 Persons with learning difficulties.
- 14 Equality of opportunity.
- 14A Consultation
- 15 Plans.
- 16 Strategy.
- 17 Use of information by Council.
- 18 Supplementary functions.
- Regional councils
- 18A Regional councils
- 18B Functions of regional councils
- 18C Guidance to regional councils
- Local councils
- 19 Local councils.
- 20 Functions of local councils.
- 21 Guidance to local councils.
- 22 Plans of local councils.
- 23 Duty of local education authorities.
- 24 Guidance and plans: timing.
- Miscellaneous
- 24A Strategies for functions of Council
- 24B Strategy for functions of Council: Greater London
- 24C Duty of Council
- 25 Directions.
- 26 Committees.
- 27 Grants to Council.
- 28 Annual report.
- 29 Council’s financial year.
- Part II Further Education and Sixth Form Education: Wales
- ...
- 30 The Council.
- Main duties
- 31 Education and training for persons aged 16 to 19.
- 32 Education and training for persons over 19.
- 33 Encouragement of education and training.
- The local curricula
- 33A Formation of local curricula for students aged 16 to 18
- 33B Local curricula: Welsh language
- 33C Areas with more than one local curriculum
- 33D Determination of a pupil's “relevant school or institution”
- 33E Pupils' choices of local curriculum courses
- 33F Students' local curriculum entitlements
- 33G Head teacher's or principal's decision as to entitlement
- 33H Delivery of local curriculum entitlements
- 33I Head teacher's or principal's decision to remove entitlement
- 33J Planning the local curriculum
- 33K Delivery of local curriculum entitlements: joint-working
- 33L Joint-working: guidance and directions
- 33M Power to amend learning domains
- 33N The local curriculum: interpretation
- 33O Local curriculum: directions
- 33P Application of local curriculum provisions to students who are registered pupils of special schools or who have learning difficultiesadditional learning needs
- 33Q Application of local curriculum provisions to institutions within the higher education sector
- Main powers
- 34 Provision of financial resources.
- 35 Financial resources: conditions.
- 36 Funding of school sixth-forms.
- 37 Assessments and means tests.
- 38 Qualifying accounts and arrangements.
- 39 Further education: governors.
- Other functions
- 40 Research and information.
- 41 Persons with learning difficultiesadditional learning needs.
- 42 Equality of opportunity.
- 43 Plans.
- 44 Strategy.
- 45 Use of information by Council.
- 46 Supplementary functions.
- Miscellaneous
- 47 Directions.
- 48 Committees.
- 49 Grants to Council.
- 50 Annual report.
- 51 Council’s financial year.
- Part III Inspections in England
- Chapter 1 The Adult Learning Inspectorate
- The Inspectorate
- 52 The Inspectorate.
- 53 The Inspectorate’s remit.
- Functions of the Inspectorate and the Chief Inspector
- 54 Functions of the Inspectorate and Chief Inspector.
- 55 Inspections under section 54.
- 56 General powers.
- 57 Right of entry and offences.
- 58 Action plans.
- 59 Annual report.
- Chapter II Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in England
- The Chief Inspector’s extended remit
- 60 The extended remit.
- Additional functions
- 61 Additional functions of the Chief Inspector.
- 62 Inspection of further education institutions.
- 63 Right of entry and offences.
- 64 Action plans.
- 65 Area inspections.
- 66 Reports of area inspections.
- 67 Action plans following section 65 inspections.
- 68 Further powers of the Chief Inspector.
- Chapter III The Common Inspection Framework and Joint Inspections
- The Common Inspection Framework
- 69 The framework.
- 70 Preparation of the framework.
- Joint inspections
- 71 Joint inspections.
- Chapter IV General
- 72 Defamation.
- Part IV Inspections in Wales
- New titles
- 73 Inspectors of Education and Training in Wales.
- 74 Some defined terms.
- Extended remit
- 75 The extended remit of the Chief Inspector for Wales.
- Additional functions
- 76 Additional functions of the Chief Inspector for Wales.
- 77 Inspections.
- 78 General powers.
- 79 Right of entry and offences.
- 80 Action plans.
- 81 Inspections of careers services etc.
- 82 Inspections of education and training provided under 1973 Act arrangements.
- 83 Area inspections.
- 84 Action plans following section 83 inspections.
- 85 Studies across Wales or of provision made outside Wales.
- 86 Annual reports.
- 87 Annual plan of the Chief Inspector for Wales.
- 88 Defamation.
- Part V Miscellaneous and general
- Further Education Funding Councils
- 89 Dissolution of FEFC for England.
- 90 Preliminary transfers: FEFC for England.
- 91 Dissolution of FEFC for Wales.
- Other transfers
- 92 Transfers: England.
- 93 Transfers: Wales.
- Transfers: further provision
- 94 Stamp duty.
- 94A. Stamp duty land tax
- 95 Contracts of employment.
- External qualifications : England
- 96 Persons under 19.
- 97 Persons over 19.
- 98 Approved qualifications
- 99 Approved qualifications: Wales.
- 100 Authorised bodies.
- 101 Enforcement
- 102 Enforcement: Wales.
- 103 Amendments relating to external qualifications.
- Qualifying accounts and arrangements
- 104 Qualifying accounts.
- 105 Qualifying arrangements.
- 106 Qualifying arrangements: Northern Ireland.
- 107 Qualifying arrangements: further provision.
- 108 Grants.
- 109 Grants: Northern Ireland.
- Sixth-form education
- 110 Secondary education.
- 111 Further education corporations.
- 112 Further education institutions: designation.
- 113 Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
- 113A Restructuring of sixth-form education
- Support for 13 to 19 year olds: England
- 114 Provision of services.
- 115 Consultation and coordination.
- 116 Local education authorities.
- 117 Educational institutions: information and access.
- 118 Inspection.
- 119 Information: supply by Secretary of State.
- 120 Information: supply by public bodies.
- 121 Supplementary.
- 122 Careers services.
- Support for 11 to 25 year olds: Wales
- 123 Provision of services.
- 124 Local authority: duty and powers.
- 125 Consultation and coordination.
- 126 Educational institutions: information and access.
- 127 Inspection.
- 128 Conduct and effect of inspections.
- 129 Supplementary.
- City colleges and academies
- 130 City academies.
- 131 City academies: land.
- 132 City academies: financial provisions.
- 133 City colleges and academies: special educational needs.
- Pensions
- 134 Pensions.
- 135 Pensions: interpretation.
- 136 Pensions: delegation.
- Other miscellaneous provisions
- 137 Recreation and social and physical training.
- 138 Wales: provision of information by public bodies.
- 139 Induction periods for teachers.
- 139A Assessments relating to learning difficulties: England
- 139B Assessments under section 139A: interpretation
- 139C Assessments under section 139A: persons educated at home
- 140 Assessments relating to learning difficulties: Wales
- 141 Training programmes: cessation of funding.
- 142 Further and higher education corporations: secondary education.
- 143 Further education sector: designated institutions.
- 144 Designated institutions: disposal of land, &c.
- 145 Further education colleges: governors’ liability.
- 146 Financial support for students.
- 147 Financial support for students: Northern Ireland.
- 148 Sex education.
- 149 Amendments.
- General
- 150 Wales.
- 151 Transitional provisions.
- 152 Orders and regulations.
- 153 Repeals.
- 154 Commencement.
- 155 Extent.
- 156 Citation.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Learning and Skills Council for England
- Chief executive
- Tenure of members
- Salaries, pensions, Et ceteralaetc
- Staff
- Delegation of functions
- Members’ interests
- Proceedings
- Seal and proof of instruments
- Accounts
- Council’s status
- SCHEDULE 1A Learning aims for persons aged 19 and over
- Qualifications to which this Schedule applies
- Power to specify
- Level 1 literacy
- Entry level 3 numeracy
- Level 2
- Level 3
- Advice and information
- Power to amend
- SCHEDULE 2 Local councils
- Director
- Tenure of members
- Salaries, allowances
- Staff
- Delegation of functions
- Proceedings
- SCHEDULE 3 Committees (England)
- ...
- SCHEDULE 4 National Council for Education and Training for Wales
- Chief executive
- Tenure of members
- Salaries, pensions, Et ceteralaetc
- Staff
- Delegation of functions
- Members’ interests
- Proceedings
- Seal and proof of instruments
- Accounts
- Council’s status
- SCHEDULE 5 Committees (Wales)
- General
- Regional committees
- Other committees
- Tenure of members
- Allowances
- Delegation of functions
- Proceedings
- SCHEDULE 6 The Adult Learning Inspectorate
- Tenure of members
- Salaries, pensions, Et ceteralaetc
- Staff
- Committees
- Supplementary powers
- Delegation of functions
- Members’ interests
- Proceedings
- Seal and proof of instruments
- Accounts
- Financial year of the Inspectorate
- Inspectorate’s status
- House of Commons disqualification
- SCHEDULE 7 Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
- Part I Power to publish proposals
- Secondary schools
- Institutions for 16-19 year olds
- Part II Publication of proposals
- Closure of sixth form: England
- Closure of sixth form: Wales
- Closure of institution for 16-19 year olds: England
- Closure of institution for 16-19 year olds: Wales
- Schools maintained by local authority outside its area
- Part III Implementation of proposals
- England
- Wales
- Schools maintained by local authority outside its area
- SCHEDULE 7A Implementation of proposals for restructuring sixth-form education
- Introductory
- Proposals to establish a school
- Proposals to make a prescribed alteration
- Proposals to discontinue a school
- Supplementary
- SCHEDULE 8 City academies: land
- SCHEDULE 9 Amendments
- Introduction
- Public Records Act 1958 (c.51)
- Superannuation Act 1972 (c.11)
- House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c.24)
- Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c. 65)
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- Education (Fees and Awards) Act 1983 (c.40)
- Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 (c.33)
- Local Government Act 1988 (c.9)
- Employment Act 1988 (c.19)
- Education Reform Act 1988 (c.40)
- Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.43)
- Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c.13)
- Welsh Language Act 1993 (c.38)
- Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c.23)
- Education Act 1994 (c.30)
- Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.50)
- Employment Rights Act 1996 (c.18)
- Education Act 1996 (c.56)
- School Inspections Act 1996 (c.57)
- Education Act 1997 (c.44)
- Audit Commission Act 1998 (c.18)
- Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c.30)
- School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c.31)
- Government of Wales Act 1998 (c.38)
- SCHEDULE 10 Transitional provisions
- Part I English Councils
- Introduction
- Transitional provisions
- Part II WELSH COUNCILS
- Part III Adult Learning Inspectorate
- Part IV Student loans
- SCHEDULE 11 Repeals
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