Learning and Skills Act 2000
Part I
Learning and Skills Council for England
The Council
1
The Council.
Main duties
2
Education and training for persons aged 16 to 19.
3
Education and training for persons over 19.
4
Encouragement of education and training.
4A
Learning aims for persons over 19: provision of facilities
4B
Learning aims for persons over 19: payment of tuition fees
4C
Sections 4A and 4B: supplementary
Main powers
5
Provision of financial resources.
6
Financial resources: conditions.
7
Funding of school sixth-forms.
8
Links between education and training and employment.
9
Assessments and means tests.
10
Qualifying accounts and arrangements.
11
Further education: governors.
Other functions
11A
Support schemes relating to education and training for persons aged 10 to 15
12
Research and information.
13
Persons with learning difficulties.
14
Equality of opportunity.
14A
Consultation
15
Plans.
16
Strategy.
17
Use of information by Council.
18
Supplementary functions.
Regional councils
18A
Regional councils
18B
Functions of regional councils
18C
Guidance to regional councils
Local councils
19
Local councils.
20
Functions of local councils.
21
Guidance to local councils.
22
Plans of local councils.
23
Duty of local education authorities.
24
Guidance and plans: timing.
Miscellaneous
24A
Strategies for functions of Council
24B
Strategy for functions of Council: Greater London
24C
Duty of Council
25
Directions.
26
Committees.
27
Grants to Council.
28
Annual report.
29
Council’s financial year.
Part II
Further Education and Sixth Form Education: Wales
...
30
The Council.
Main duties
31
Education and training for persons aged 16 to 19.
32
Education and training for persons over 19.
33
Encouragement of education and training.
The local curricula
33A
Formation of local curricula for students aged 16 to 18
33B
Local curricula: Welsh language
33C
Areas with more than one local curriculum
33D
Determination of a pupil's “relevant school or institution”
33E
Pupils' choices of local curriculum courses
33F
Students' local curriculum entitlements
33G
Head teacher's or principal's decision as to entitlement
33H
Delivery of local curriculum entitlements
33I
Head teacher's or principal's decision to remove entitlement
33J
Planning the local curriculum
33K
Delivery of local curriculum entitlements: joint-working
33L
Joint-working: guidance and directions
33M
Power to amend learning domains
33N
The local curriculum: interpretation
33O
Local curriculum: directions
33P
Application of local curriculum provisions to students who are registered pupils of special schools or who have learning difficulties
33Q
Application of local curriculum provisions to institutions within the higher education sector
Main powers
34
Provision of financial resources.
35
Financial resources: conditions.
36
Funding of school sixth-forms.
37
Assessments and means tests.
38
Qualifying accounts and arrangements.
39
Further education: governors.
Other functions
40
Research and information.
41
Persons with learning difficulties.
42
Equality of opportunity.
43
Plans.
44
Strategy.
45
Use of information by Council.
46
Supplementary functions.
Miscellaneous
47
Directions.
48
Committees.
49
Grants to Council.
50
Annual report.
51
Council’s financial year.
Part III
Inspections in England
...
Part IV
Inspections in Wales
New titles
73
Inspectors of Education and Training in Wales.
74
Some defined terms.
Extended remit
75
The extended remit of the Chief Inspector for Wales.
Additional functions
76
Additional functions of the Chief Inspector for Wales.
77
Inspections.
78
General powers.
79
Right of entry and offences.
80
Action plans.
81
Inspections of careers services etc.
82
Inspections of education and training provided under 1973 Act arrangements.
83
Area inspections.
84
Action plans following section 83 inspections.
85
Studies across Wales or of provision made outside Wales.
86
Annual reports.
87
Annual plan of the Chief Inspector for Wales.
88
Defamation.
Part V
Miscellaneous and general
Further Education Funding Councils
89
Dissolution of FEFC for England.
90
Preliminary transfers: FEFC for England.
91
Dissolution of FEFC for Wales.
Other transfers
92
Transfers: England.
93
Transfers: Wales.
Transfers: further provision
94
Stamp duty.
94A
Stamp duty land tax
95
Contracts of employment.
External qualifications
96
Persons under 19.
97
Persons over 19.
98
Approved qualifications: England.
99
Approved qualifications: Wales.
100
Authorised bodies.
101
Enforcement: England.
102
Enforcement: Wales.
103
Amendments relating to external qualifications.
Qualifying accounts and arrangements
104
Qualifying accounts.
105
Qualifying arrangements.
106
Qualifying arrangements: Northern Ireland.
107
Qualifying arrangements: further provision.
108
Grants.
109
Grants: Northern Ireland.
Sixth-form education
110
Secondary education.
111
Further education corporations.
112
Further education institutions: designation.
113
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
113A
Restructuring of sixth-form education
Support for 13 to 19 year olds: England
114
Provision of services.
115
Consultation and coordination.
116
Local education authorities.
117
Educational institutions: information and access.
118
Inspection.
119
Information: supply by Secretary of State.
120
Information: supply by public bodies.
121
Supplementary.
122
Careers services.
Support for 11 to 25 year olds: Wales
123
Provision of services.
124
Local authority: duty and powers.
125
Consultation and coordination.
126
Educational institutions: information and access.
127
Inspection.
128
Conduct and effect of inspections.
129
Supplementary.
City colleges and academies
130
City academies.
131
City academies: land.
132
City academies: financial provisions.
133
City colleges and academies: special educational needs.
Pensions
134
Pensions.
135
Pensions: interpretation.
136
Pensions: delegation.
Other miscellaneous provisions
137
Recreation and social and physical training.
138
Wales: provision of information by public bodies.
139
Induction periods for teachers.
139A
Assessments relating to learning difficulties: England
139B
Assessments under section 139A: interpretation
139C
Assessments under section 139A: persons educated at home
140
Assessments relating to learning difficulties: Wales
141
Training programmes: cessation of funding.
142
Further and higher education corporations: secondary education.
143
Further education sector: designated institutions.
144
Designated institutions: disposal of land, &c.
145
Further education colleges: governors’ liability.
146
Financial support for students.
147
Financial support for students: Northern Ireland.
148
Sex education.
149
Amendments.
General
150
Wales.
151
Transitional provisions.
152
Orders and regulations.
153
Repeals.
154
Commencement.
155
Extent.
156
Citation.
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
Learning and Skills Council for England
Chief executive
1
Learning and Skills Council for England
Tenure of members
2
Learning and Skills Council for England
3
Learning and Skills Council for England
Salaries, pensions, Et ceteralaetc
4
Learning and Skills Council for England
Staff
5
Learning and Skills Council for England
6
Learning and Skills Council for England
Delegation of functions
7
Learning and Skills Council for England
Members’ interests
8
Learning and Skills Council for England
Proceedings
9
Learning and Skills Council for England
10
Learning and Skills Council for England
11
Learning and Skills Council for England
Seal and proof of instruments
12
Learning and Skills Council for England
13
Learning and Skills Council for England
Accounts
14
Learning and Skills Council for England
Council’s status
15
Learning and Skills Council for England
SCHEDULE 1A
Learning aims for persons aged 19 and over
Part 1
Qualifications to which this Schedule applies
1
Learning aims for persons aged 19 and over
2
Learning aims for persons aged 19 and over
Part 2
Power to specify
3
Learning aims for persons aged 19 and over
Level 1 literacy
4
Learning aims for persons aged 19 and over
Entry level 3 numeracy
5
Learning aims for persons aged 19 and over
Level 2
6
Learning aims for persons aged 19 and over
Level 3
7
Learning aims for persons aged 19 and over
Advice and information
8
Learning aims for persons aged 19 and over
Power to amend
9
Learning aims for persons aged 19 and over
SCHEDULE 2
Local councils
Director
1
Local councils
Tenure of members
2
Local councils
3
Local councils
Salaries, allowances
4
Local councils
Staff
5
Local councils
Delegation of functions
6
Local councils
Proceedings
7
Local councils
8
Local councils
SCHEDULE 3
Committees (England)
General
1
Committees (England)
Young people’s learning committee
2
Committees (England)
Adult learning committee
3
Committees (England)
Functions and members of committees
4
Committees (England)
Tenure of members
5
Committees (England)
6
Committees (England)
Allowances
7
Committees (England)
Proceedings
8
Committees (England)
9
Committees (England)
10
Committees (England)
SCHEDULE 4
National Council for Education and Training for Wales
Chief executive
1
National Council for Education and Training for Wales
Tenure of members
2
National Council for Education and Training for Wales
3
National Council for Education and Training for Wales
Salaries, pensions, Et ceteralaetc
4
National Council for Education and Training for Wales
Staff
5
National Council for Education and Training for Wales
6
National Council for Education and Training for Wales
Delegation of functions
7
National Council for Education and Training for Wales
Members’ interests
8
National Council for Education and Training for Wales
Proceedings
9
National Council for Education and Training for Wales
10
National Council for Education and Training for Wales
11
National Council for Education and Training for Wales
Seal and proof of instruments
12
National Council for Education and Training for Wales
13
National Council for Education and Training for Wales
Accounts
14
National Council for Education and Training for Wales
Council’s status
15
National Council for Education and Training for Wales
SCHEDULE 5
Committees (Wales)
General
1
Committees (Wales)
Regional committees
2
Committees (Wales)
3
Committees (Wales)
Other committees
4
Committees (Wales)
Tenure of members
5
Committees (Wales)
Allowances
6
Committees (Wales)
Delegation of functions
7
Committees (Wales)
Proceedings
8
Committees (Wales)
9
Committees (Wales)
10
Committees (Wales)
SCHEDULE 6
The Adult Learning Inspectorate
Tenure of members
1
The Adult Learning Inspectorate
2
The Adult Learning Inspectorate
Salaries, pensions, Et ceteralaetc
3
The Adult Learning Inspectorate
Staff
4
The Adult Learning Inspectorate
5
The Adult Learning Inspectorate
6
The Adult Learning Inspectorate
Committees
7
The Adult Learning Inspectorate
Supplementary powers
8
The Adult Learning Inspectorate
Delegation of functions
9
The Adult Learning Inspectorate
Members’ interests
10
The Adult Learning Inspectorate
Proceedings
11
The Adult Learning Inspectorate
Seal and proof of instruments
12
The Adult Learning Inspectorate
13
The Adult Learning Inspectorate
Accounts
14
The Adult Learning Inspectorate
Financial year of the Inspectorate
15
The Adult Learning Inspectorate
Inspectorate’s status
16
The Adult Learning Inspectorate
House of Commons disqualification
17
The Adult Learning Inspectorate
SCHEDULE 7
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
Part I
Power to publish proposals
Secondary schools
1
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
2
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
3
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
4
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
5
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
6
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
7
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
Institutions for 16-19 year olds
8
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
9
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
10
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
11
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
12
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
13
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
14
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
Part II
Publication of proposals
Closure of sixth form: England
15
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
16
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
17
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
18
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
Closure of sixth form: Wales
19
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
20
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
21
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
22
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
Closure of institution for 16-19 year olds: England
23
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
24
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
25
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
26
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
Closure of institution for 16-19 year olds: Wales
27
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
28
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
29
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
30
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
Schools maintained by local authority outside its area
31
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
Part III
Implementation of proposals
England
32
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
33
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
34
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
35
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
36
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
37
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
38
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
Wales
39
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
40
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
41
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
42
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
43
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
44
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
Schools maintained by local authority outside its area
45
Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
SCHEDULE 7A
Implementation of proposals for restructuring sixth-form education
1
Introductory
2
Proposals to establish a school
3
Proposals to make a prescribed alteration
4
Proposals to discontinue a school
5
Supplementary
6
Implementation of proposals for restructuring sixth-form education
7
Implementation of proposals for restructuring sixth-form education
...SCHEDULE 8
City academies: land
SCHEDULE 9
Amendments
Introduction
1
The amendments specified in this Schedule shall have effect.
Public Records Act 1958 (c.51)
2
Amendments
Superannuation Act 1972 (c.11)
3
Amendments
House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c.24)
4
Amendments
Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c.65)
5
Amendments
6
After section 25 of that Act insert— General duty: post-16...
7
(1) Section 26 of that Act (exception for single-sex establishments)...
8
Amendments
Race Relations Act 1976 (c.74)
9
Amendments
10
Amendments
Education (Fees and Awards) Act 1983 (c.40)
11
In section 1 of the Education (Fees and Awards) Act...
Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 (c.33)
12
Amendments
Local Government Act 1988 (c.9)
13
In paragraph 8(3)(a)(i) of Schedule 1 to the Local Government...
Employment Act 1988 (c.19)
14
In section 26 of the Employment Act 1988 (status of...
Education Reform Act 1988 (c.40)
15
In section 124 of the Education Reform Act 1988 (powers...
16
Amendments
17
For section 161(1)(b) of that Act (interpretation: further or higher...
18
Amendments
Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.43)
19
In section 98 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (definitions)...
Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c.13)
20
In the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, omit sections...
21
In section 18 of that Act (further education corporation: powers)—...
22
(1) Section 19 of that Act (supplementary powers of a...
23
(1) Section 22 of that Act (subsequent instruments and articles)...
24
(1) Section 29 of that Act (government and conduct of...
25
In section 31 of that Act (designated institutions conducted by...
26
Amendments
27
(1) Section 44 of that Act (collective worship) is amended...
28
(1) Section 45 of that Act (religious education) shall be...
29
In section 52 of that Act (duty to provide for...
30
Amendments
31
In section 54 of that Act (duty to give information)...
32
In section 55 of that Act (inspections etc of local...
33
Section 56 of that Act (directions) shall cease to have...
34
In that Act for section 57 substitute— Intervention. (1) This section applies if one or more of the...
35
Amendments
36
Section 60A of that Act (partnership arrangements: Wales) shall cease...
37
In that Act, after section 61 insert— References to councils....
38
In section 82 of that Act (joint exercise of functions)...
39
In section 83 of that Act (efficiency studies) in subsection...
40
In section 89(2) of that Act (orders and regulations)—
41
In section 90 of that Act (interpretation) after subsection (2)...
42
In section 91 of that Act (interpretation of Education Acts)...
43
In section 92 of that Act (index) in the table...
44
(1) Schedule 4 to that Act (instruments and articles of...
45
Schedule 5A to that Act (partnership arrangements: Wales) shall cease...
Welsh Language Act 1993 (c.38)
46
In section 6(1) of the Welsh Language Act 1993 (meaning...
Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c.23)
47
(1) In Schedule 9 to the Value Added Tax Act...
Education Act 1994 (c.30)
48
Amendments
Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c.50)
49
Amendments
Employment Rights Act 1996 (c.18)
50
In section 63A of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (right...
Education Act 1996 (c.56)
51
In section 1 of the Education Act 1996 (the stages...
52
(1) Section 13 of that Act (general responsibility for education)...
53
Section 15 of that Act (functions in respect of provision...
54
(1) Section 15A of that Act (functions of local education...
55
After section 15A of that Act insert— Functions in respect...
56
In section 312(2) of that Act (meaning of “learning difficulty”)...
57
(1) Section 408 of that Act (provision of information) is...
58
(1) Section 490 of that Act (grants in respect of...
59
Amendments
60
In section 537 of that Act (power of the Secretary...
61
In section 541 of that Act (distribution of information about...
62
In section 550B of that Act (detention outside school hours)...
63
In section 580 of that Act (index) in the table...
64
In Schedule 1 to that Act (pupil referral units) in...
School Inspections Act 1996 (c.57)
65
Amendments
66
Amendments
67
Amendments
68
Amendments
Education Act 1997 (c.44)
69
Amendments
70
In section 31 of that Act (other functions of the...
71
In section 43 of that Act (provision of careers education...
72
In section 44(3)(a) of that Act (co-operation with careers advisers)...
Audit Commission Act 1998 (c.18)
73
Amendments
Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c.30)
74
(1) Section 26 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act...
75
In section 28(1) of that Act (interpretation) in the definition...
76
Section 34 of that Act (inspection of vocational training in...
77
In section 35 of that Act (inspection of careers services...
School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c.31)
78
Amendments
79
Amendments
80
Amendments
81
Amendments
82
Amendments
83
In section 30(3) of that Act (notice by governing body...
84
In section 33(1) of that Act (establishment, alteration and discontinuance...
85
In section 110 of that Act (home-school agreements) in subsection...
86
Part VI of that Act (partnership arrangements in Wales) shall...
87
(1) Section 137 of that Act (Education Transfer Council: alteration...
88
In section 142(1) of that Act (general interpretation) omit the...
89
(1) Schedule 6 to that Act (statutory proposals: procedure and...
90
(1) Schedule 7 to that Act (rationalisation of school places)...
91
In paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 22 to that Act (discontinuance...
Government of Wales Act 1998 (c.38)
92
(1) Section 104 of the Government of Wales Act 1998...
93
Amendments
94
In Part I of Schedule 4 to that Act (public...
SCHEDULE 10
Transitional provisions
Part I
English Councils
Introduction
1
For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule—
Transitional provisions
2
The old Council must do its best to secure that...
3
(1) Anything being done by or in relation to the...
4
Every agreement (whether written or not), and every instrument or...
5
(1) This paragraph applies if the new Council is established...
6
At any time before the day on which the new...
7
(1) The new Council must discharge a duty which satisfies...
8
If an order under section 8(4) of the Further and...
Part II
WELSH COUNCILS
. . . . . . . . . ....
Part III
Adult Learning Inspectorate
.. Transitional provisions
Part IV
Student loans
18
(1) Sub-paragraph (2) has effect in relation to the Education...
SCHEDULE 11
Repeals

Learning and Skills Act 2000
2000 c. 21
An Act to establish the Learning and Skills Council for England and the National Council for Education and Training for Wales, to make other provision about education and training, and for connected purposes.
[28th July 2000]
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
Act applied (1.6.2001) by S.I. 2001/1507, reg. 2, Sch. 2 para. 2
Act applied (1.9.2001) by S.I. 2001/2799, reg. 2, Sch. 2 para. 2
Act applied (15.10.2001) by S.I. 2001/3213, reg. 2, Sch. 2 para. 2
Act applied (1.1.2002) by S.I. 2001/3810, reg. 2, Sch. 2 para. 2
Act applied (1.4.2005) by Central Sussex College (Government) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/397), Sch. 2 para. 2