Education Act 1996

Education Act 1994 (c. 30)

126 After section 11 of the Education Act 1994 there is inserted—

“General duty of Secretary of State

11A General duty of Secretary of State with respect to teacher training

In carrying out his duties under sections 10 and 11 of the Education Act 1996 the Secretary of State shall, in particular, make such arrangements as he considers expedient for securing that sufficient facilities are available for the training of teachers to serve in schools maintained by local education authorities, grant-maintained schools, institutions within the further education sector and institutions which are maintained by such authorities and provide higher education or further education (or both).”

127 (1) Section 12 of that Act (power of schools to provide courses of initial teacher training) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (5), for “section 12 or 13 of the Education Act 1980 or section 96 of the Education Act 1993” there is substituted “section 35, 41 or 259 of the Education Act 1996”.

(3) In subsection (6)—

(a) for “sections 33 to 43 of the Education Reform Act 1988” there is substituted “sections 101 to 123 of the Education Act 1996”, and

(b) for “Chapter VI of Part II of the Education Act 1993” there is substituted “Chapter VI of Part III of that Act”.

128 In section 19 of that Act (interpretation)—

(a) in subsection (3), for “section 156 of the Education Act 1993” there is substituted “section 312 of the Education Act 1996”; and

(b) in subsection (5), for “the Education Act 1944” there is substituted “the Education Act 1996”.