6Academies: staff member for looked after and previously looked after pupilsE+W
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(1)After section 2D of the Academies Act 2010 insert—
“2EProvision about staff member for looked after and previously looked after pupils
(1)An Academy agreement must include provision requiring the proprietor of the Academy—
(a)to designate a member of staff at the Academy (the “designated person”) as having responsibility for promoting the educational achievement of relevant pupils at the Academy,
(b)to ensure that the designated person undertakes appropriate training and has regard to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State, and
(c)in complying with provision included in the agreement by virtue of paragraph (a) or (b), to have regard to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State.
(2)An Academy agreement made before the day on which section 6 of the Children and Social Work Act 2017 (which inserts this section) comes fully into force is to be treated as if it included the provision required by subsection (1).
(3)The Secretary of State may by regulations—
(a)require an Academy agreement to include provision requiring the proprietor of the Academy—
(i)to ensure that a designated person has qualifications or experience (or both) prescribed by the regulations, and
(ii)in complying with provision included in the agreement by virtue of sub-paragraph (i), to have regard to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State;
(b)provide that an Academy agreement made before the day on which the regulations come into force is to be treated as if it included any provision required under paragraph (a).
(4)In this section—
(5)For the purposes of this section a person is “looked after by a local authority” if the person is looked after by a local authority for the purposes of the Children Act 1989 or Part 6 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4).
(6)For the purposes of this section a person is in “state care” if he or she is in the care of, or accommodated by—
(a)a public authority,
(b)a religious organisation, or
(c)any other organisation the sole or main purpose of which is to benefit society.
(7)For the purposes of section 569 of EA 1996 (as applied by section 17(4)), regulations under subsection (3)(b) are to be treated as if the statutory instrument containing them fell within subsection (2A) of that section (regulations subject to affirmative procedure).”
(2)After section 2 of the Academies Act 2010 insert— “ Provision to be included in Academy agreements ”.