Education Act 1996

292 Nursery education in grant-maintained schools.E+W

(1)No proposals may be published—

(a)under section 211 or 212 for the establishment of any nursery school, or

(b)under section 259 or 260 for a school to become a nursery school;

and nothing in Chapter II applies to a nursery school.

(2)Subject to subsection (1) above, proposals under section 211, 212, 259 or 260 may, in particular, be made for the purpose of securing the provision of education for junior pupils who have not attained the age of five.