Part II

Further Education and Sixth Form Education: Wales

Main duties

Determination of a pupil's “relevant school or institution”
33D
1
Where, during the fourth key stage, a registered pupil of a maintained school requests that the school's head teacher determines the pupil's relevant school or institution, the head teacher must comply with that request. But this is subject to regulations made under subsection (3).
2
A pupil's relevant school or institution is the maintained school or institution whose governing body is, in the opinion of the head teacher, likely to be responsible for providing (or making arrangements for the provision of) the majority of the pupil's education once he or she has ceased to be of compulsory school age.
3
Regulations may make provision as to the making of requests and determinations under this section, including in particular provision as to the date or time by which a request or determination is to be made.
4
This section does not require any person to admit a pupil to a particular school or institution.
Pt. 2 heading substituted (1.4.2006) by National Council for Education and Training for Wales (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3238), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 49 (with art. 7)
S. 33D inserted (19.1.2011) by Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure 2009 (nawm 1), ss. 25, 49(2); S.I. 2011/97, art. 2(1)(b)