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.
4ALearning aims for persons over 19: provision of facilities
4BLearning aims for persons over 19: payment of tuition fees
4CSections 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
11ASupport 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.
14AConsultation
15 Plans.
16 Strategy.
17 Use of information by Council.
18 Supplementary functions.
Regional councils
18ARegional councils
18BFunctions of regional councils
18CGuidance 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
24AStrategies for functions of Council
24BStrategy for functions of Council: Greater London
24CDuty of Council
25 Directions.
26 Committees.
27 Grants to Council.
28 Annual report.
29 Council’s financial year.
Part IIFurther Education and Sixth Form Education: Wales
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30The Council.
Main duties
31Education and training for persons aged 16 to 19.
32Education and training for persons over 19.
33Encouragement of education and training.
The local curricula
33AFormation of local curricula for students aged 16 to 18
33BLocal curricula: Welsh language
33CAreas with more than one local curriculum
33DDetermination of a pupil's “relevant school or institution”
33EPupils' choices of local curriculum courses
33FStudents' local curriculum entitlements
33GHead teacher's or principal's decision as to entitlement
33HDelivery of local curriculum entitlements
33IHead teacher's or principal's decision to remove entitlement
33JPlanning the local curriculum
33KDelivery of local curriculum entitlements: joint-working
33LJoint-working: guidance and directions
33MPower to amend learning domains
33NThe local curriculum: interpretation
33OLocal curriculum: directions
33PApplication of local curriculum provisions to students who are registered pupils of special schools or who have additional learning needs
33QApplication of local curriculum provisions to institutions within the higher education sector
Main powers
34Provision of financial resources.
35Financial resources: conditions.
36Funding of school sixth-forms.
37Assessments and means tests.
38Qualifying accounts and arrangements.
39Further education: governors.
Other functions
40Research and information.
41Persons with additional learning needs.
42Equality of opportunity.
43Plans.
44Strategy.
45Use of information by Council.
46Supplementary functions.
Miscellaneous
47Directions.
48Committees.
49Grants to Council.
50Annual report.
51Council’s financial year.
Part III Inspections in England
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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.
94AStamp duty land tax
95 Contracts of employment.
External qualifications : England
96 Persons under 19.
97 Persons over 19.
98 Approved qualifications
99 Approved qualifications: Wales.
100 Authorised bodies.
101 Enforcement
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.
139AAssessments relating to learning difficulties: England
139BAssessments under section 139A: interpretation
139CAssessments under section 139A: persons educated at home
140Assessments 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 1ALearning aims for persons aged 19 and over
Part 1
Qualifications to which this Schedule applies
1Learning aims for persons aged 19 and over
2Learning aims for persons aged 19 and over
Part 2
Power to specify
3Learning aims for persons aged 19 and over
Level 1 literacy
4Learning aims for persons aged 19 and over
Entry level 3 numeracy
5Learning aims for persons aged 19 and over
Level 2
6Learning aims for persons aged 19 and over
Level 3
7Learning aims for persons aged 19 and over
Advice and information
8Learning aims for persons aged 19 and over
Power to amend
9Learning 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 7Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
Part I Power to publish proposals
Secondary schools
1Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
2Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
3Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
4Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
5Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
6Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
7Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
Institutions for 16-19 year olds
8Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
9Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
10Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
11Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
12Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
13Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
14Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
Part II Publication of proposals
Closure of sixth form: England
15Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
16Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
17Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
18Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
Closure of sixth form: Wales
19Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
20Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
21Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
22Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
Closure of institution for 16-19 year olds: England
23Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
24Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
25Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
26Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
Closure of institution for 16-19 year olds: Wales
27Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
28Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
29Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
30Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
Schools maintained by local authority outside its area
31Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
Part III Implementation of proposals
England
32Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
33Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
34Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
35Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
36Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
37Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
38Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
Wales
39Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
40Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
41Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
42Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
43Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
44Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
Schools maintained by local authority outside its area
45Sixth forms requiring significant improvement: Wales
SCHEDULE 7AImplementation of proposals for restructuring sixth-form education
1Introductory
2Proposals to establish a school
3Proposals to make a prescribed alteration
4Proposals to discontinue a school
5Supplementary
6Implementation of proposals for restructuring sixth-form education
7Implementation of proposals for restructuring sixth-form education
...SCHEDULE 8 City academies: land
SCHEDULE 9 Amendments
Introduction
1The 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
6After 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)
11In 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)
13In paragraph 8(3)(a)(i) of Schedule 1 to the Local Government...
Employment Act 1988 (c.19)
14In section 26 of the Employment Act 1988 (status of...
Education Reform Act 1988 (c.40)
15In section 124 of the Education Reform Act 1988 (powers...
16 Amendments
17For section 161(1)(b) of that Act (interpretation: further or higher...
18 Amendments
Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.43)
19In section 98 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (definitions)...
Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c.13)
20In the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, omit sections...
21In 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...
25In 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...
29In section 52 of that Act (duty to provide for...
30 Amendments
31In section 54 of that Act (duty to give information)...
32In section 55 of that Act (inspections etc of local...
33Section 56 of that Act (directions) shall cease to have...
34In that Act for section 57 substitute— Intervention. (1) This section applies if one or more of the...
35 Amendments
36Section 60A of that Act (partnership arrangements: Wales) shall cease...
37In that Act, after section 61 insert— References to councils....
38In section 82 of that Act (joint exercise of functions)...
39In section 83 of that Act (efficiency studies) in subsection...
40In section 89(2) of that Act (orders and regulations)—
41In section 90 of that Act (interpretation) after subsection (2)...
42In section 91 of that Act (interpretation of Education Acts)...
43In section 92 of that Act (index) in the table...
44(1) Schedule 4 to that Act (instruments and articles of...
45Schedule 5A to that Act (partnership arrangements: Wales) shall cease...
Welsh Language Act 1993 (c.38)
46In 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)
50In section 63A of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (right...
Education Act 1996 (c.56)
51In section 1 of the Education Act 1996 (the stages...
52(1) Section 13 of that Act (general responsibility for education)...
53Section 15 of that Act (functions in respect of provision...
54(1) Section 15A of that Act (functions of local education...
55After section 15A of that Act insert— Functions in respect...
56In 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
60In section 537 of that Act (power of the Secretary...
61In section 541 of that Act (distribution of information about...
62In section 550B of that Act (detention outside school hours)...
63In section 580 of that Act (index) in the table...
64In 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
70In section 31 of that Act (other functions of the...
71In section 43 of that Act (provision of careers education...
72In 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...
75In section 28(1) of that Act (interpretation) in the definition...
76Section 34 of that Act (inspection of vocational training in...
77In 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
83In section 30(3) of that Act (notice by governing body...
84In section 33(1) of that Act (establishment, alteration and discontinuance...
85. . . . . . . . . ....
86Part VI of that Act (partnership arrangements in Wales) shall...
87(1) Section 137 of that Act (Education Transfer Council: alteration...
88In 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)...
91In 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
94In Part I of Schedule 4 to that Act (public...
SCHEDULE 10 Transitional provisions
Part I English Councils
Introduction
1For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule—
Transitional provisions
2The old Council must do its best to secure that...
3(1) Anything being done by or in relation to the...
4Every agreement (whether written or not), and every instrument or...
5(1) This paragraph applies if the new Council is established...
6At any time before the day on which the new...
7(1) The new Council must discharge a duty which satisfies...
8If an order under section 8(4) of the Further and...
Part IIWELSH 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.

C1Be 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:—C2

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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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