Education Act 2002 (c. 32)

Part 9 E+W Childcare and nursery education

Nursery education E+W

Valid from 01/06/2003

154 Establishment or alteration of maintained nursery schools E+W

(1) Section 28 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31) (procedure on proposals to establish, alter or discontinue schools) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) (local education authority to publish proposals to establish or alter certain schools), after paragraph (a) there is inserted—

“(aa) to establish a new maintained nursery school, or”.

(3) In that subsection, after paragraph (c) there is inserted “or

(d) in the case of a local education authority in Wales, to make any prescribed alteration to a maintained nursery school”.