Part I General

Chapter I The statutory system of education

Educational institutions

4 Schools: general.

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In this Act “school” means an educational institution which is outside the further education sector and the higher education sector and is an institution for providing—

a

primary education,

b

secondary education, or

c

both primary and secondary education,

whether or not the institution also provides part-time education suitable to the requirements of junior pupils or further education.

2

F2Nothing in subsection (1) shall be taken to preclude the making of arrangements under section 19(1) (exceptional educational provision) under which part-time education is to be provided at a school; and for the purposes of this Act an educational institution that would fall within subsection (1) but for the fact that it provides part-time rather than full-time education shall nevertheless be treated as a school if that part-time education is provided under arrangements made under section 19(1) F3. . ..

3

For the purposes of this Act an institution is outside the further education sector if it is not—

a

an institution conducted by a further education corporation established under section 15 or 16 of the M1Further and Higher Education Act 1992, or

b

a designated institution for the purposes of Part I of that Act (defined in section 28(4) of that Act);

and references to institutions within that sector shall be construed accordingly.

4

For the purposes of this Act an institution is outside the higher education sector if it is not—

a

a university receiving financial support under section 65 of that Act,

b

an institution conducted by a higher education corporation within the meaning of that Act, or

c

a designated institution for the purposes of Part II of that Act (defined in section 72(3) of that Act);

and references to institutions within that sector shall be construed accordingly.