PART 1Local curriculum for pupils in Key Stage 4

Entitlements

8Pupils' local curriculum entitlements

After section 116D of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32) insert—

116EPupils' local curriculum entitlements

1

During the fourth key stage, a pupil who has made an election under section 116D(1) is entitled to follow the elected course of study unless—

a

the pupil ceases to be a registered pupil of the school at which he or she was registered when he or she elected under section 116D(1) to follow the course of study; or

b

before the beginning of the fourth key stage, the head teacher of the pupil's school has decided under section 116F that the pupil is not entitled to follow the course of study.

2

Where a pupil is entitled to follow a course of study, it is for the head teacher of the pupil's school to decide upon which date during the fourth key stage the course is to begin.