Part 1Duty to participate in education or training: England

Chapter 1Young persons

Interpretation

C1I14Appropriate full-time education or training

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 learning difficulty 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.

3

F1Subsections (6) and (7) of section 15ZA of the Education Act 1996 (persons with learning difficulties) apply for the purposes of this section.