School Standards and Framework Act 1998

Education Act 1997 (c. 44)

207 The Education Act 1997 shall be amended as follows.

208 Omit the following provisions—

(a) sections 2 and 3 (school discipline);

(b) sections 6 to 8 (exclusion of pupils);

(c) Part III (school admissions).

209 In section 15 (baseline assessments: interpretation), in the definition of “maintained primary school”, for paragraphs (a) to (c) substitute—

“(a) a community, foundation or voluntary school, or

(b) a community or foundation special school (other than one established in a hospital),”.

210 In section 16(5) (adoption of baseline assessment schemes), for “a school which is maintained by a local education authority,” substitute “a maintained primary school,”.

211 In section 17 (assessment of pupils)—

(a) in subsection (5), for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) the local education authority by whom the school is maintained,”; and

(b) in subsection (7)(a), omit the words from “(except” to “school)”.

212 In section 18 (regulations for Chapter I of Part IV)—

(a) in subsection (1)(b), omit the words from “(except” to “school)”; and

(b) in subsection (2)(a), omit the words from “(in” to “school)”.

213 In section 19 (school performance targets), for subsection (3) substitute—

“(3) In this section “maintained school” means—

(a) a community, foundation or voluntary school, or

(b) a community or foundation special school (other than one established in a hospital).”

214 In section 23 (functions of Qualifications and Curriculum Authority)—

(a) in subsection (3), for the words from “receiving nursery” onwards substitute “under compulsory school age.”; and

(b) in subsection (5), in the definition of “maintained school”, for paragraphs (a) to (c) substitute—

“(a) any community, foundation or voluntary school, and

(b) any community or foundation special school.”

215 In section 29(3) (functions of Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales), for the words from “receiving nursery” onwards substitute “under compulsory school age.”

216 In section 42 (miscellaneous amendments relating to school inspections), omit the words “and the Nursery Education and Grant-Maintained Schools Act 1996”.

217 In section 43(2) (provision of careers education)—

(a) for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) community, foundation and voluntary schools;”;

(b) omit paragraph (b); and

(c) for paragraph (c) substitute—

“(c) community or foundation special schools (other than those established in hospitals);”.

218 Omit section 50 (recoupment by local education authority of costs of teachers' premature retirement).

219 In section 52 (commencement of compulsory school age), omit subsections (4) and (5).

220 In section 57 (minor and consequential amendments, repeals etc), omit subsections (2) and (3).

221 In section 58(4) (commencement) omit “section 50,”.

222 Omit the following provisions—

(a) Schedules 1 to 3;

(b) in Schedule 6, paragraph 5.

223 In Schedule 7 (minor and consequential amendments), omit paragraphs 15 to 22, 25, 31 to 35, 40 and 45 to 51.