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Education Act 1996

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13A Duty to promote high standards and fulfilment of potential

(1) A local education authority in England must ensure that their relevant education functions and their relevant training functions are (so far as they are capable of being so exercised) exercised by the authority with a view to— (a) promoting high standards, (b) ensuring fair access to opportunity for education and training, and (c) promoting the fulfilment of learning potential by every person to whom this subsection applies. (2) Subsection (1) applies to the following— (a) persons under the age of 20; (b) persons aged 20 or over and for whom an EHC plan is maintained. (3) A local education authority in Wales must ensure that their relevant education functions and their relevant training functions are (so far as they are capable of being so exercised) exercised by the authority with a view to— (a) promoting high standards, and (b) promoting the fulfilment of learning potential by every person to whom this subsection applies. (4) Subsection (3) applies to persons under the age of 20. (5) In this section— “education” and “training” have the same meanings as in section 15ZA; “relevant education function”, in relation to a local education authority in England, means a function relating to the provision of education for— persons of compulsory school age (whether at school or otherwise); persons (whether at school or otherwise) who are over compulsory school age and to whom subsection (1) applies; persons who are under compulsory school age and are registered as pupils at schools maintained by the authority; “relevant education function”, in relation to a local education authority in Wales, means a function relating to the provision of education for— persons of compulsory school age (whether at school or otherwise); persons (whether at school or otherwise) who are over compulsory school age but under the age of 20; persons who are under compulsory school age and are registered as pupils at schools maintained by the authority; “relevant training function” means a function relating to the provision of training.

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13A Duty to promote high standards and fulfilment of potential

(1) A local education authority in England must ensure that their relevant education functions and their relevant training functions are (so far as they are capable of being so exercised) exercised by the authority with a view to— (a) promoting high standards, (b) ensuring fair access to opportunity for education and training, and (c) promoting the fulfilment of learning potential by every person to whom this subsection applies. (2) Subsection (1) applies to the following— (a) persons under the age of 20; (b) persons aged 20 or over and for whom an EHC plan is maintained. (3) A local education authority in Wales must ensure that their relevant education functions and their relevant training functions are (so far as they are capable of being so exercised) exercised by the authority with a view to— (a) promoting high standards, and (b) promoting the fulfilment of learning potential by every person to whom this subsection applies. (4) Subsection (3) applies to persons under the age of 20. (5) In this section— “education” and “training” have the same meanings as in section 15ZA; “relevant education function”, in relation to a local education authority in England, means a function relating to the provision of education for— persons of compulsory school age (whether at school or otherwise); persons (whether at school or otherwise) who are over compulsory school age and to whom subsection (1) applies; persons who are under compulsory school age and are registered as pupils at schools maintained by the authority; “relevant education function”, in relation to a local education authority in Wales, means a function relating to the provision of education for— persons of compulsory school age (whether at school or otherwise); persons (whether at school or otherwise) who are over compulsory school age but under the age of 20; persons who are under compulsory school age and are registered as pupils at schools maintained by the authority; “relevant training function” means a function relating to the provision of training.

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