[F1Schools, school proprietors and school premisesE+W
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 paras. 19-21 and cross-headings inserted (6.4.2015) by The Legislative Reform (Entertainment Licensing) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3253), arts. 1(1), 4
21.(1)“School” means—E+W
(a)a maintained school as defined by section 20(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;
(b)an independent school as defined by section 463 of the Education Act 1996 entered on a register of independent schools kept under section 158 of the Education Act 2002;
(c)an independent educational institution within section 92(1)(b) of the Education and Skills Act 2008 entered on a register of independent educational institutions kept under section 95 of that Act;
(d)a pupil referral unit as defined by section 19 [F2or 19A] of the Education Act 1996;
(e)an alternative provision Academy within the meaning of section 1C(3) of the Academies Act 2010, other than an independent school as defined by section 463 of the Education Act 1996;
(f)a school approved under section 342 of the Education Act 1996 (non-maintained special schools);
(g)a 16 to 19 Academy within the meaning of section 1B(3) of the Academies Act 2010;
(h)a sixth form college as defined by section 91(3A) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992; and
(i)a maintained nursery school as defined by section 22(9) of the Schools Standards and Framework Act 1998.
(2)“School proprietor” means—
(a)in relation to a school (other than a pupil referral unit or a sixth form college), the person or body of persons responsible for the management of the school,
(b)in relation to a pupil referral unit—
(i)the committee which is established to act as the management committee for that unit by virtue of paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the Education Act 1996, or
(ii)if there is no such committee, the local authority (as defined by section 579(1) of that Act) which maintains that unit,
(c)in relation to a sixth form college, the sixth form college corporation as defined in section 90(1) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.
(3)In relation to a school, “premises” includes any detached playing fields.]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. 1 para. 21(1)(d) inserted (30.4.2021) by Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 4), s. 84(1), Sch. 2 para. 48 (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2022/111, regs. 1, 3)