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Education Act 1996

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4 Schools: general.

(1) In this Act (subject to subsections (1A) to (1C)) “school” means an educational institution which is outside the further education sector and the wider higher education sector and is an institution for providing— (a) primary education, (b) secondary education, or (c) both primary and secondary education, whether or not the institution also provides part-time education suitable to the requirements of junior pupils or further education. (1A) An institution which— (a) provides only early years provision (as defined by section 96(2) of the Childcare Act 2006), and (b) is not a maintained nursery school, is not a school. (1B) A 16 to 19 Academy is not a school. (1C) An alternative provision Academy is a school. (2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall be taken to preclude the making of arrangements under section 19(1) (exceptional educational provision) under which part-time education is to be provided at a school; and for the purposes of this Act an educational institution that would fall within subsection (1) but for the fact that it provides part-time rather than full-time education shall nevertheless be treated as a school if that part-time education is provided under arrangements made under section 19(1) . . .. (3) For the purposes of this Act an institution is outside the further education sector if it is not— (a) an institution conducted by a further education corporation established under section 15 or 16 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, or (b) a designated institution for the purposes of Part I of that Act (defined in section 28(4) of that Act ) , or (c) a sixth form college and references to institutions within that sector shall be construed accordingly. (4) For the purposes of this Act an institution is outside the wider higher education sector if — (a) in relation to England, it is not a registered higher education provider within the meaning given by section 3(10) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, or (b) in relation to Wales, it is not an institution within the higher education sector within the meaning given by section 91(5) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992; and references to institutions within the wider higher education sector are to be construed accordingly.

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4 Schools: general.

(1) In this Act (subject to subsections (1A) to (1C)) “school” means an educational institution which is outside the further education sector and the wider higher education sector and is an institution for providing— (a) primary education, (b) secondary education, or (c) both primary and secondary education, whether or not the institution also provides part-time education suitable to the requirements of junior pupils or further education. (1A) An institution which— (a) provides only early years provision (as defined by section 96(2) of the Childcare Act 2006), and (b) is not a maintained nursery school, is not a school. (1B) A 16 to 19 Academy is not a school. (1C) An alternative provision Academy is a school. (2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall be taken to preclude the making of arrangements under section 19(1) (exceptional educational provision) under which part-time education is to be provided at a school; and for the purposes of this Act an educational institution that would fall within subsection (1) but for the fact that it provides part-time rather than full-time education shall nevertheless be treated as a school if that part-time education is provided under arrangements made under section 19(1) . . .. (3) For the purposes of this Act an institution is outside the further education sector if it is not— (a) an institution conducted by a further education corporation established under section 15 or 16 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, or (b) a designated institution for the purposes of Part I of that Act (defined in section 28(4) of that Act ) , or (c) a sixth form college and references to institutions within that sector shall be construed accordingly. (4) For the purposes of this Act an institution is outside the wider higher education sector if — (a) in relation to England, it is not a registered higher education provider within the meaning given by section 3(10) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, or (b) in relation to Wales, it is not an institution within the higher education sector within the meaning given by section 91(5) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992; and references to institutions within the wider higher education sector are to be construed accordingly.

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