1(1)Section 1 of EA 2002 (purpose and interpretation of Chapter 1 of Part 1) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)In subsection (1)(a) and (b), for “the educational standards achieved by children” substitute “ educational standards ”.
(3)In subsection (2)—
(a)for “the educational standards achieved by children” substitute “ educational standards ”, and
(b)in paragraph (b), for “children” substitute “ pupils or students ”.
(4)In subsection (3)—
(a)after the definition of “education legislation” insert—
““maintained school” means—
(a)a community, foundation or voluntary school,
(b)a community or foundation special school, or
(c)a maintained nursery school;”,
(b)for the definition of “qualifying body” substitute—
““qualifying body” means—
(a)a local education authority,
(b)an Education Action Forum,
(c)a qualifying foundation,
(d)the governing body of a maintained school,
(e)the head teacher of a maintained school,
(f)the proprietor of an Academy, a city technology college or a city college for the technology of the arts,
(g)the proprietor of any special school that is not maintained by a local education authority but is for the time being approved by the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales under section 342 of the Education Act 1996, or
(h)the governing body of an institution within the further education sector;”, and
(c)after the definition of “qualifying body” insert—
““qualifying foundation” means the foundation, as defined by subsection (3)(a) of section 21 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, of any foundation or foundation special school that for the purposes of that section has a foundation established otherwise than under that Act;”, and
(d)omit the definition of “qualifying school”.