Further and Higher Education Act 1992

13 Provision of further education in grant-maintained schools

(1) In section 57(5) of the [1988 c. 40.] Education Reform Act 1988 (provision by grant-maintained school of education which is neither primary nor secondary) after “provided that” there is inserted—

“(a) it is part-time education suitable to the requirements of persons of any age over compulsory school age, or full-time education suitable to the requirements of persons who have attained the age of nineteen years; or

(b)”.

(2) At the end of section 79 of that Act (grants to grant-maintained schools in respect of expenditure for the purposes of the school) there is added—

“(13) In this section “the purposes of the school” do not include purposes wholly referable to the provision of—

(a) part-time education suitable to the requirements of persons of any age over compulsory school age; or

(b) full-time education suitable to the requirements of persons who have attained the age of nineteen years”.

(3) In section 89 of that Act (change of character of grant-maintained school) after subsection (1) there is inserted—

“(1A) The reference in subsection (1) above to a change in the character of a school does not include a change in character resulting only from persons beginning or ceasing to be provided with part-time education suitable to the requirements of persons of any age over compulsory school age or full-time education suitable to the requirements of persons who have attained the age of nineteen years, but it shall be the duty of the governing body of any grant-maintained school which provides such education to secure that it is not provided at any time in a room where pupils are at that time being taught except in such circumstances as may be prescribed.”