Part 1Duty to participate in education or training: England

Chapter 5Attendance notices

Attendance notices

47Attendance notice: description of education or training

1

This section must be satisfied in relation to education or training specified in an attendance notice given to a person to whom this Part applies by a F3local authority.

2

The education or training must be provided—

a

at a school, college or other training or educational establishment by means of a course, or

b

in accordance with a contract of apprenticeship.

3

The education or training must be such that, by participating in it, the young person would fulfil the duty imposed by section 2.

4

For that purpose, account may be taken of any contract of employment of the person or other arrangement under which the person works.

5

The education or training must—

a

be appropriate full-time education or training, or

b

otherwise be suitable for the person, having regard—

i

to the person's age, ability and aptitude, and

ii

to any F1special educational needs which the person may have.

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7

Where the education or training is to be provided by means of a course, the F3local authority

a

must have consulted the governing body or proprietor of the school, college or other training or educational establishment at which the education or training is to be provided, and

b

must have made arrangements, or be satisfied that arrangements have been made, for the education or training to be provided there for the person.

8

Where the education or training is training provided in accordance with a contract of apprenticeship, the F3local authority must have consulted the employer in relation to the contract of apprenticeship.