The Coasting Schools (England) Regulations 2022

Amendment of the Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Application of Enactments) (England) Regulations 2007 E+W

6.—(1) The Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Application of Enactments) (England) Regulations 2007(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 1—

(a) before paragraph 23 insert—

“22A.— (1) Section 60B of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 applies in relation to units as it applies in relation to maintained schools with the following modifications.

(2) Section 60B has effect as if—

(a) for subsection (1) there were substituted—

“(1) A unit is by virtue of this section eligible for intervention if—

(a) the unit is coasting, and

(b) the Secretary of State has notified the management committee that it is coasting.”.

(b) subsections (2) and (3) were omitted.”;

(b) in paragraph 23C (application of section 4 of the Academies Act 2010 to units), for sub-paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2) Subsection (1) has effect as for it there were substituted—

“(1) The Secretary of State may make an Academy order in respect of a unit in England if—

(a) an application in respect of the unit is made under section 3; or

(b) the unit is eligible for intervention, within the meaning of Part 4 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006, by virtue of section 60B of that Act (coasting schools).”.”;

(c) omit paragraph 23D(3)(a) (application of section 5 of the Academies Act 2010 to units);

(d) omit paragraph 23DA(2)(a) (application of section 5B of the Academies Act 2010 to units);

(e) omit paragraph 23DB(2)(a) (application of section 5C of the Academies Act 2010 to units);

(f) in paragraph 23DC (application of section 5D of the Academies Act 2010 to units), omit the words after “maintained schools”;

(g) in paragraph 23DD (application of section 5E of the Academies Act 2010 to units), in the modification made by paragraph (3)(b), after “set out in” insert “section 60B,”;

(h) after paragraph 30 insert—

“Coasting Schools (England) Regulations 2022

31.   Regulation 4 of the Coasting Schools (England) Regulations 2022 applies in relation to a unit as if for—

(a) “school” in each place there were substituted “unit”; and

(b) “schools” in each place there were substituted “units”.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 6 in force at 1.9.2022, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

S.I. 2007/2979, as amended by S.I. 2016/608. There are other amendments but none is relevant.