Part 4Regulation and inspection of independent educational provision in England
Chapter 1Independent educational institutions in England
Introductory
I192Independent educational institutions
1
For the purposes of this Chapter, “an independent educational institution” means—
a
an independent school, or
b
an institution other than an independent school which—
i
provides part-time education for one or more persons of compulsory school age (“part-time students”) whether or not it also provides full-time education for any person, and
ii
would be an independent school but for the fact that the education provided for the part-time student or students is part-time rather than full-time.
2
For the purposes of this section, an institution provides “part-time” education for a person if it provides education for the person—
a
for at least 12.5 hours a week, for at least 28 weeks, during an academic year at the end of which the person is under the age of 12, or
b
for at least 15 hours a week, for at least 28 weeks, during an academic year at the end of which the person is aged 12 or over,
which does not amount to full-time education.
3
Regulations may—
a
provide that a specified institution or an institution of a specified description is not an independent educational institution by virtue of subsection (1)(b);
b
provide that time spent on a specified activity or on an activity of a specified description is or is not to be treated as time during which education is being provided for the purposes of this section;
c
amend subsection (2)(a) or (b) so as to substitute a different number of weeks for the number of weeks for the time being mentioned there.
4
In this section—
“an academic year” means a period of 12 months ending with 31 August;
“specified” means specified in regulations under this section.
93Application of Chapter to institutions in England only
1
References in this Chapter to an independent educational institution are to an independent educational institution in England.
2
For provision regulating independent schools in Wales, see Chapter 1 of Part 10 of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32).