7(1)Section 5 of EA 1996 (primary schools, secondary schools and middle schools) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)For subsection (3) substitute—
“(3)In this Act “middle school” means a school which, in pursuance of proposals published under any of the enactments specified in subsection (3A), has been established as, or altered so as to become, a school for providing full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils who—
(a)have attained a specified age below 10 years and six months, and
(b)are under a specified age above 12 years.
(3A)The enactments mentioned in subsection (3) are—
(a)in relation to England—
(i)section 28 or 28A of, or paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 to, the School Standards and Framework Act 1998,
(ii)section 66 of, or paragraph 7 of Schedule 11 to, the Education Act 2005, and
(iii)section 7, 10, 11 or 19 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006;
(b)in relation to Wales, section 28 of, or paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 to, the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 para. 7 in force at 25.5.2007 by S.I. 2007/935, art. 7(o)