http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/section/10Education Act 1996An Act to consolidate the Education Act 1944 and certain other enactments relating to education, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission.1996-07-24texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-07-20Expert Participation2026-07-15 Education Act 1996s. 17AThe Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority Order 2014Sch. 2 para. 4art. 1Education Act 1996s. 17AThe Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral Combined Authority Order 2014Sch. 2 para. 3art. 8(4)art. 1Education Act 1996s. 17AThe Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority Order 2014art. 12(1) Sch. 2 para. 3art. 1Education Act 1996s. 537AAEducation and Skills Act 2008Sch. 1 para. 8s. 173(4)Education Act 1996s. 548(7A)(7B)Education and Skills Act 2008Sch. 1 para. 9(5)s. 173(4)Education Act 1996s. 17A-17DApprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009s. 45s. 269(4)Education Act 1996s. 17B-17DApprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009s. 86(8)s. 269(4)art. 3Sch. 2Education Act 1996s. 512ZB(4D)Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026s. 32(b)s. 78(5)reg. 4Education Act 1996s. 551ZAChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026s. 35(3)s. 78(5)reg. 5(b)Education Act 1996s. 436U and cross-headingChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026s. 41s. 78(3)(5)Education Act 1996s. 447A and cross-headingChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026Sch. 2 para. 2(6)s. 78(3)(5)Education Act 1996s. 578(1)Education Act 2005Sch. 19 Pt. 1s. 125(4)art. 4art. 3Sch. 1Sch. 4 para. 6Education Act 1996s. 457(4)(i)-(iia)Welfare Reform Act 2012Sch. 14 Pt. 1s. 150(3)Education Act 1996s. 457(4)(iii)Welfare Reform Act 2012Sch. 14 Pt. 1s. 150(3)Education Act 1996s. 17AThe West Midlands Combined Authority Order 2016Sch. 3 para. 3art. 1(2) Part IChapter II10The Secretary of State shall promote the education of the people of England and Wales.S. 10 amended (1.11.1996) by 1994 c. 30, s. 11A, as inserted by 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(1)(3), 583(2), Sch. 37 Pt. I para.126 (with ss. 1(4), 561, 562, Sch. 39)