- academic year
means a period beginning with 1st August and ending with the next 31st July.
- allowance
means an allowance under section 181;
- appeal period
has the meaning given by section 165;
- appropriate authority
means—
- assess
includes... test, and related expressions shall be construed accordingly;
- authorised person
means— a in relation to an offence committed on premises of an institution such as is mentioned in subsection (2)(a), a local authority, and b in relation to an offence committed on premises of an institution within the further education sector, a person whom the governing body have authorised to bring such proceedings.”
- budget share
has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31);
- Chief Inspector
means— (a)...
- child
means a person under the age of eighteen;
- children
means persons under the age of nineteen;
- community purposes
means the purposes of the provision of facilities or services under section 27;
- company
means a company registered under the Companies Act 2006 as a company limited by shares or a company limited by guarantee;
- contract of employment
has the meaning given by section 230(2) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18);
- course of study
means a course of education or training which leads to a qualification approved under section 98 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 for the purposes of section 96 of that Act;
- delegated supplementary provisions
means such provisions (other than provisions conferring or imposing functions as mentioned in subsection (7)(a) or (b)) as appear to the authorised person to be expedient for giving full effect to, or otherwise supplementing, the provisions made by the order.
- disabled person
has the same meaning as in the Disability Discrimination Act 1995;
- education
includes— (a) vocational training (including the preparation of young people for employment in general), and (b) social and physical training (including the promotion of the development of young children), but, except in subsection (2ZA)(a), does not include higher education, and “educational” shall be construed accordingly;
- education legislation
means— (a) the Education Acts (as defined by section 578 of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56)), (b) the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21), and (c) any subordinate legislation made under any of those Acts;
- educational services
includes administrative, advisory, organisational, training or information services related to education;
- eligible school
means— a a maintained school;
- establishment
means an establishment of any kind, including a school or institution;
- facilities
includes the provision of (or of the use of) premises, goods, materials, vehicles, plant or apparatus;
- federated school
means a school forming part of a federation.
- federation
means a group of schools in England that are federated by virtue of this section, and “federated school” means a school forming part of a federation.
- foreign language
means –
- funding period
has the meaning given by section 45(1B) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
- further education institution
means an institution which— (a) provides further education and is maintained by a local authority, or (b) is within the further education sector, and • “higher education institution” means an institution which— (a) is within the higher education sector, and (b) receives financial support under section 65 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13) (administration of funds by higher education funding councils).
- higher education institution
means an institution which— (a) is within the higher education sector, and (b) receives financial support under section 65 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13) (administration of funds by higher education funding councils).
- independent school
means any school at which full-time education is provided for— a five or more pupils of compulsory school age, or b at least one pupil of that age for whom a statement is maintained under section 324, or who is looked after by a local authority (within the meaning of section 22 of the Children Act 1989), and which is not a school maintained by a local authority or a special school not so maintained. 2 For the purposes of subsection (1)(a) and (b) it is immaterial if full-time education is also provided at the school for pupils under or over compulsory school age.”
- independent school standards
means—
- interim prohibition order
means an order made by virtue of paragraph 3 of Schedule 11A.
- local authority
has the same meaning as in the Education Act 1996 (see section 579(1) of that Act);
- low-performing school
means a school at which the standards of performance of pupils are unacceptably low.
- maintained nursery school
means a nursery school which is maintained by a local authority and is not a special school;
- maintained school
means— (a) a community, foundation or voluntary school, (b) a community or foundation special school, or (c) a maintained nursery school;
- modern foreign language
means –
- new school
has the meaning given in section 72(3).”
- non-teaching staff
means persons who are not teachers but who— (a) are employed at, or otherwise engaged to work at, a school or an institution within the further education sector, (b) are employed by, or engaged to provide services for, a local authorityfor purposes connected with the authority’s education function, or (c) are employed by any person in connection with the provision of education or childcare;
- nursery education
means full-time or part-time education suitable for children who have not attained compulsory school age (whether provided at schools or elsewhere).
- Offending material
means material the publication of which constitutes an offence under section 141G.
- officer
means a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body, or a person purporting to act in any such capacity.
- parent governor
means a governor elected or appointed as a parent governor under regulations made under section 19 of the Education Act 2002 (governing bodies).”
- prescribed
means prescribed by regulations;
- primary education
means— a full-time or part-time education suitable to the requirements of children who have attained the age of two but are under compulsory school age;
- prohibition order
means an order prohibiting the person to whom it relates from carrying out teaching work;
- proprietor
has the same meaning as in the Education Act 1996.
- publication
includes any speech, writing, relevant programme or other communication in whatever form, which is addressed to the public at large or any section of the public (and for this purpose, every relevant programme shall be taken to be so addressed), but does not include— (a) an indictment or other document prepared for use in particular legal proceedings, or (b) a document published by the regulator of a profession of which the person who is the subject of the allegation is a member in connection with disciplinary proceedings in relation to the person;
- pupil
has the same meaning as in the Education Act 1996 (see sections 3 and 19(5) of that Act);
- pupil referral unit
has the same meaning as in section 19 of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56);
- qualifying body
means— (a) a local authority, (b) an Education Action Forum, (c) a qualifying foundation, (d) the governing body of a maintained school, (e) the head teacher of a maintained school, (f) the proprietor of an Academy, a city technology college or a city college for the technology of the arts, (g) the proprietor of any special school that is not maintained by a local authority but is for the time being approved by the Secretary of State... under section 342 of the Education Act 1996, or (h) the governing body of an institution within the further education sector;
- qualifying foundation
means the foundation, as defined by subsection (3)(a) of section 21 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, of any foundation or foundation special school that for the purposes of that section has a foundation established otherwise than under that Act;
- qualifying scheme
means a scheme that meets prescribed requirements. 89C 1 Regulations may make provision about the contents of schemes under section 89B(2), including provision about the duties that may be imposed by such schemes on— a local authorities, and b the admission authorities for maintained schools. 2 Regulations may provide that where a local authority or the governing body of a maintained school have, in such manner as may be prescribed, adopted a scheme formulated by a local authority for the purpose mentioned in section 89B(1)(a), sections 496 and 497 of the Education Act 1996 shall apply as if any obligations imposed on the local authority or governing body under the scheme
- registered
means entered in the register;
- registered inspector
means a person registered under section 25 of the Education Act 2005.
- registration
means full registration or provisional registration.”
- registration authority
means the Welsh Ministers.
- regulations
means regulations made under this Act by the Secretary of State (in relation to England) or by the National Assembly for Wales (in relation to Wales).
- relevant body
means such of the following as appear to the Review Body to be appropriate to consult about the matter—
- relevant education or training
means the education or training referred to in that section.
- relevant employer
means— (a) a local authority;
- relevant governing body
means the governing body of a foundation or voluntary aided school in Wales;
- relevant programme
means a programme included in a programme service, within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act 1990.
- relevant school
means a school maintained by a local authority or a special school not so maintained or Academies of a description specified by the Secretary of State in regulations under this section.
- relevant section 19 education
means education provided to a child by virtue of arrangements made by the local authority under section 19 of the Education Act 1996 (exceptional provision of education at schools or otherwise).”
- relevant standard
means any of the independent schools standards specified by the authority for the purposes of that subsection.
- school
means—
- school teacher
has the same meaning as in section 122.
- service provider
means a person providing an information society service.
- services
includes professional and voluntary services;
- statutory provision
means a provision contained in an Act or in subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30).
- subordinate legislation
has the same meaning as in the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30).
- teacher
means a person within section 141A(1).
- teaching work
means work of a kind specified in regulations under this section (and such regulations may make provision by reference to specified activities or by reference to the circumstances in which activities are carried out).
- term dates
means the dates on which the school terms and holidays are to begin and end.
- the 1998 Act
means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31);
- the 2000 Act
means the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22).
- the advisory services
means the services to be provided in pursuance of the direction under section 62A...;
- the appropriate authority
means— a in relation to premises of a foundation, voluntary aided or foundation special school, a local authority or the governing body, b in relation to— i premises of any other school maintained by a local authority, and ii premises provided by a local authority as mentioned in subsection (2A), a local authority, and c in relation to premises of a special school which is not so maintained or of an independent school, the proprietor of the school.”
- the appropriate body
means such person or body (including a local authority) as may be prescribed by, or determined by the Secretary of State in accordance with, regulations under this section (and such regulations may provide for an appropriate body which is not a local authority to include a representative of such an authority);
- the Chief Inspector
means— (a) in relation to England, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills, and (b) in relation to Wales, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales;
- the discontinuance date
means—
- the E-Commerce Directive
means Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market....
- the existing enactments
means sections 64(2) and (3) and 65 to 67 of, and Schedule 18 to, the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31).
- the foundation stage
has the meaning given by section 81;
- the governing body
means the governing body of a maintained school incorporated under section 19(1).
- the register
means— (a)...
- the relevant authority
means— a the responsible body as defined by subsection (5) of section 52 of the Education Act 2002, or b a panel constituted in accordance with regulations under subsection (3)(c) of that section.”
- the relevant person
means— (a) the person specified under section 62A(2)..., or (b) where the direction specifies a class of persons, the person with whom the local authority enter into the contract or other arrangement required by the direction, and includes any person assisting that person in the provision of the advisory services.
- the relevant school organisation provisions
means—
- the relevant time
means— a in relation to an applicant for provisional registration or an applicant for full registration who is already registered with provisional registration, the time of provisional registration, or b in the case of an applicant for full registration who is not already registered with provisional registration, the time of full registration. 3D Regulations may provide that any prescribed description of person is, or is not, to be taken to be suitable to be a teacher.”
- the responsible body
means— and, in relation to any time when no responsible body is prescribed in relation to permanent exclusion from a pupil referral unit, subsection (3) shall have effect in relation to such an exclusion with the omission of paragraph (b) and as if the decision referred to in paragraph (c) were the decision of the teacher in charge of the unit permanently to exclude the pupil.
- the responsible person
means the head teacher or the appropriate governor (that is, the chairman of the governing body or, where the governing body have designated another governor for the purposes of this subsection, that other governor).”
- the specified person
means— a in relation to directions under section 497A(4), the person specified in the directions, and b in relation to directions under section 497A(4A), the Secretary of State or the person nominated by him.”
- the times of the school sessions
means the times at which each of the school sessions (or, if there is only one, the school session) is to begin and end on any day.
- training for teachers or for non-teaching staff
includes—