The expressions listed in the left-hand column below are defined by, or (as the case may be) are to be interpreted in accordance with, the provisions of this Act listed in the right-hand column in relation to those expressions.
| Expression | Relevant provision |
|---|---|
| ability (in Chapter II of Part III) | section 99(5) |
| adjudicator | section 25(3) |
| admission arrangements (in Part III in relation to a maintained school) | sections 88(2) and 99(5) |
| admission authority (in Chapter I of Part III in relation to a maintained school) | section 88(1) |
| admitted to a school for nursery education | section 142(5) |
| alteration (in Part II in the context of a prescribed alteration to a maintained school) | section 28(11) |
| appeal panel (in Chapter I of Part III) | section 84(6) |
| appointed day (except in Part I of Schedule 32) | section 20(7) |
| appropriate diocesan authority (in relation to a Church in Wales, Church of England or Roman Catholic Church school) | section 142(1) and (4) |
| appropriate further education funding council | section 142(1) |
| area (in Part II) | section 28(11) |
| budget share (in Part II) | section 47(1) |
| Chief Inspector (in Chapter IV of Part I) | section 14(4) |
| child (in Chapter I of Part III but not in sections 96 and 97) | section 84(6) |
| Church in Wales school | section 142(1) |
| Church of England school | section 142(1) |
| class (in Chapter I of Part I) | section 4 |
| community or foundation special school | section 142(1) |
| “contract of employment” and other expressions relating to employment | section 142(1) and (7) |
| discontinuing, and implementing proposals to discontinue, a school (in Part II in relation to a local education authority) | section 29(10) |
| disposing of land | section 142(6) |
| education action zone (in Chapter III of Part I) | section 10(1) |
| exclude, exclusion (in relation to the exclusion of a child from a school) | section 64(4) |
| foundation (in relation to a foundation or voluntary school) (and having a foundation) | section 21(3) |
| foundation body | section 21(4) |
| foundation governor | paragraph 2 of Schedule 9 |
| governing body | |
| (in Chapter III of Part I) | section 10(6) |
| (of a maintained school or of a school maintained by a local education authority) (in Chapter IV of Part II) | section 45(3) |
| grammar school (in Chapter II of Part III) | section 104(7) |
| group (in relation to a foundation body) | section 21(4) |
| individual schools budget (in Part II) | section 46(2) |
| infant class (in Chapter I of Part I) | section 4 |
| land or other property held on trust, or by trustees, for the purposes of a school | section 21(3)(c) |
| local education authority (in relation to a school maintained, or proposed to be maintained, by such an authority) | section 22(8) |
| local schools budget (in Part II) | section 46(1) |
| maintain (in relation to a maintained school or a maintained nursery school) | section 22(8) |
| maintained school | |
| (generally) | section 20(7) |
| (in Chapter IV of Part II in a context referring to a local education authority) | section 45(3) |
| (in Chapter I of Part III) | section 84(6) |
| (in Chapter II of Part III) | section 99(5) |
| maintained nursery school | section 22(9) |
| member of the Inspectorate (in Chapter IV of Part I) | section 14(4) |
| minor authority | section 141 |
| new school (in Chapter IV of Part II) | section 45(4) |
| nursery education (in Part V) | section 117 |
| ordinary teaching session (in Chapter I of Part I) | section 4 |
| participating school (in Chapter III of Part I in relation to an education action zone) | section 10(6) |
| prescribed | section 142(1) |
| promoters (in Part II) | section 28(2) |
| qualified teacher (in Chapter I of Part I in relation to an infant class) | section 4 |
| reception class | section 142(1) |
| regulations | section 142(1) |
| relevant age group | section 142(1) |
| relevant standard number (in Chapter I of Part III) | section 84(6) |
| right to a delegated budget (in Part II) | section 49(7) |
| Roman Catholic Church school | section 142(1) |
| scheme (in Part II in relation to a maintained school) | section 48(5) |
| school having a delegated budget (in Part II) | section 49(7) |
| school maintained by a local education authority | |
| (generally) | section 142(1) |
| (in Chapter IV of Part II) | section 45(3) |
| school opening date | section 44(9) |
| school organisation committee | section 24(4) |
| school requiring special measures (in Chapter IV of Part I) | section 14(4) |
| school which has a religious character (in Part II in relation to a foundation or voluntary school) | section 69(3) |
| school which has selective admission arrangements (in Chapter II of Part III) | section 104(2) |
| specified religion or religious denomination | section 142(3) |
| statutory provision | section 142(1) |