Technical and Further Education Act 2017 (c. 19)

Part 3 E+W Other provision to do with further education

Valid from 12/11/2018

40 Information for Secretary of State about further education E+W

(1) Section 54 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (duty to provide information) is amended as follows.

(2) For subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) Each of the following must give the Secretary of State such information as the Secretary of State may require for purposes connected with further education—

(a) a local authority in England,

(b) the governing body of any institution maintained by a local authority in England,

(c) the governing body of a city technology college in England, a city college for the technology of the arts in England or an Academy,

(d) the governing body of any institution in England within the further education sector or the higher education sector, and

(e) any person or body who—

(i) provides further education, and

(ii) is receiving or has received funding to do so from the Secretary of State, a local authority in England or a combined authority.

(2) Each of the following must give the Welsh Ministers such information as the Welsh Ministers may require for the purposes of the exercise of any of the Welsh Ministers' functions under any enactment—

(a) a local authority,

(b) the governing body of any institution maintained by a local authority, and

(c) the governing body of any institution within the further education sector or the higher education sector.”

(3) Renumber the existing subsection (2) as subsection (3).

41 Careers advice in further education institutions: Ofsted inspection E+W

(1) Section 125 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (inspection of further education institutions) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (4) (matters to be dealt with in inspection report), after paragraph (a) (but before the “and” at the end) insert—

“(aa) must, in a case where it relates to an institution within the further education sector, comment on the careers guidance provided to relevant students at the institution,”.

(3) After subsection (7) insert—

“(8) In this section—

• “careers guidance” includes guidance about undertaking any training, education, employment or occupation;

• “relevant student” means a student—

  (a)

  who is aged under 19, or

  (b)

  who is aged 19 or over and is someone for whom an EHC plan is maintained.”

Commencement Information

I1 S. 41 in force at 2.1.2018 by S.I. 2017/1055, reg. 3(d)