Part 4The Chief Executive of Skills Funding

Chapter 1Establishment and main duties

Education and training for persons aged 19 or over etc.

87Learning aims for persons aged 19 or over: provision of facilities

1

The Chief Executive must secure the provision of proper facilities for relevant education or training for persons falling within subsection (3) which is suitable to their requirements.

2

Relevant education or training is education or vocational training provided by means of a course of study for a qualification to which paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 applies.

3

The persons falling within this subsection are persons who—

a

are aged 19 or over, and are not persons aged under 25 who are subject to learning difficulty assessment,

b

do not have the qualification in question or one (including one awarded by a person outside England) which appears to the Chief Executive to be at a comparable or higher level, and

c

satisfy such conditions as may be specified in regulations.

4

Facilities are proper if they are—

a

of a quantity sufficient to meet the reasonable needs of individuals, and

b

of a quality adequate to meet those needs.

5

In discharging the duty under subsection (1) the Chief Executive must—

a

take account of the places where facilities are provided, the character of facilities and the way they are equipped;

b

take account of the different abilities and aptitudes of different persons;

c

take account of the education and training required in different sectors of employment for employees and potential employees;

d

act with a view to encouraging diversity of education and training available to individuals;

e

act with a view to increasing opportunities for individuals to exercise choice;

f

make the best use of the Chief Executive’s resources.

6

For the purposes of this section—

  • “education” includes full-time and part-time education;

  • “training” includes full-time and part-time training.