Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25)

Part 1 E+W Duty to participate in education or training: England

Chapter 1 E+W Young persons

Interpretation E+W

4 Appropriate full-time education or training E+W

(1) In this Part, “appropriate full-time education or training”, in relation to a person, means full-time education or training which is suitable for the person, having regard—

(a) to the person's age, ability and aptitude, and

(b) to any [F1 special educational needs] which the person may have,

and is provided at a school, at a college of further education, at an institution within the higher education sector or otherwise.

(2) Regulations may provide that a particular description of—

(a) education provided otherwise than at a school, or

(b) training,

is, or is not, to be treated as being “full-time” for the purposes of this section.

F2 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 4(1)(b) substituted (1.9.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 3 para. 83(a); S.I. 2014/889, art. 7(a)

F2 S. 4(3) omitted (1.9.2014) by virtue of Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 3 para. 83(b); S.I. 2014/889, art. 7(a)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 1 Ch. 1 modified (28.6.2013) by The Duty to Participate in Education or Training (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1205), regs. 1(1), 8

Commencement Information

I1 S. 4 in force at 28.6.2013 by S.I. 2013/1204, art. 2(d)