PART 3 E+W SCHOOL ORGANISATION

CHAPTER 5 E+W PROPOSALS FOR RESTRUCTURING SIXTH FORM EDUCATION

Making and determining proposals E+W

71 Welsh Ministers' powers to restructure sixth form education E+W

(1) The Welsh Ministers may make proposals under this section for—

(a) the establishment by a local authority of one or more new community or community special schools to provide secondary education suitable to the requirements of sixth formers (and no other secondary education);

(b) an alteration described in paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to one or more maintained schools;

(c) the discontinuance of one or more maintained schools which provide secondary education suitable to the requirements of sixth formers (and no other secondary education).

(2) A “sixth former” is a person who is above compulsory school age but below the age of 19.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 71 in force at 1.10.2013 by S.I. 2013/1800, art. 3(d)