Part 1Duty to participate in education or training: England

Chapter 1Young persons

Interpretation

C1I18Sufficient relevant training or education

1

For the purposes of this Part, relevant training or education is “sufficient” in relation to any relevant period if it amounts in aggregate to—

a

at least 280 hours of guided learning, in the case of a relevant period which is one year;

b

such number of hours of guided learning as is determined in accordance with regulations, in the case of any other relevant period.

2

For the purposes of this Part, a person participates in a particular number of hours of guided learning by—

a

participating in actual guided learning for that number of hours, or

b

completing a course or courses which can reasonably be expected to be adequate to enable persons completing it or them to achieve any standard required to attain F1a form of a regulated qualification to which that number of hours of guided learning has been assigned.

3

In subsection (2)—

  • F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • “actual guided learning”, in relation to a person, means time the person spends—

    1. a

      being taught or given instruction by a lecturer, tutor, supervisor or other appropriate provider of training or education, or

    2. b

      otherwise participating in education or training under the immediate guidance or supervision of such a person,

    but does not include time spent on unsupervised preparation or study, whether at home or otherwise;

  • F3“assigned” means assigned by a recognised body in accordance with section 145 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009;

  • F4“regulated qualification” has the same meaning as in Part 7 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (see section 130 of that Act).

4

Regulations may make provision for attributing to any relevant period a number of hours of guided learning in which a person participates (or is treated by the regulations as participating) by virtue of subsection (2)(b) in cases where courses do not begin and end during a single relevant period.