SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Inadequate Sixth Forms

Part IPower to publish proposals

Secondary schools

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1

Paragraphs 2 to 7 apply to a maintained school (within the meaning given by section 20(7) of the [1998 c. 31.] School Standards and Framework Act 1998) which—

a

provides full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils over compulsory school age, and

b

provides full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils of compulsory school age.

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For the purposes of those paragraphs a school has an inadequate sixth-form if—

a

the school is failing or likely to fail to give pupils over compulsory school-age an acceptable standard of education, or

b

the school has significant weaknesses in one or more areas of its activities for pupils over compulsory school age.