Part VII Careers education and guidance
C1C2C343 Provision of careers education in schools F5in Wales
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All registered pupils at a school F11in Wales to which this section applies must be provided, during the relevant phase of their education, with a programme of careers education.
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This section applies to—
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community, foundation and voluntary schools;
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pupil referral units.
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It is the duty of each of the following to secure that subsection (1) F8... is complied with, namely—
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in the case of a school falling within subsection (2)(a) to (c), the governing body of the school and its head teacher,
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in the case of a pupil referral unit, the F4local authority maintaining the unit and the teacher in charge of it.
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For the purposes of this section the relevant phase of a pupil’s education is the period—
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beginning at the same time as the school year in which the majority of pupils in his class attain the age of 14; and
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ending with the expiry of the school year in which the majority of pupils in his class attain the age of 16.
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In this section—
“career” includes the undertaking of any training, employment or occupation or any course of education;
“careers education” means education designed to prepare persons for taking decisions about their careers and to help them implement such decisions;
“class” F9has the same meaning as in section 42A;
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