Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure 2009 Explanatory Notes

Section 29 Delivery of local curriculum entitlements (section 33H of the Learning and Skills Act 2002)

90.This section sets out the duty placed upon schools and further education institutions to deliver local curriculum entitlements for students aged 16 to 18.

91.The section provides that the course of study must be made available to a student by, or on behalf of the governing body of his or her relevant school or institution. This means courses of study in a local curriculum may be offered at a different learning setting to a pupil’s relevant school or institution, for example a student who attends a school with a sixth form may follow certain courses of study provided at a local Further Education Institution.

Back to top