Part 5

School organisation

Academies and city colleges

City colleges
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1
This section applies to a school which is known immediately before the coming into force of section 65 as a city technology college or city college for the technology of the arts.
2
If the proprietor of the school and the Secretary of State so agree—
a
the agreement made in relation to the school under section 482 of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) as it had effect at the time the agreement was made shall for all purposes be regarded as having been made under that section as substituted by section 65, and
b
accordingly, the school shall be known as an Academy.
3
Subject to subsection (2), the agreement made in relation to the school under section 482 of the Education Act 1996 as it had effect at the time the agreement was made is not affected by anything in section 65.