Schedules

Schedule 8Sixth form college sector

12(1)Section 90(1) (interpretation) is amended as follows.

(2)In paragraph (a) of the definition of “governing body” after “further education corporation” insert “, a sixth form college corporation”.

(3)At the end insert—

• ““the relevant sixth form college”, in relation to a sixth form college corporation, means the educational institution specified in the order under this Act designating the corporation as a sixth form college corporation or establishing it as such,

• “the responsible local education authority”—

  (a)

  in relation to a proposal relating to the establishment of a sixth form college corporation, means the local education authority in whose area the relevant sixth form college, or its main site, is proposed to be situated;

  (b)

  in relation to a sixth form college corporation, means the local education authority in whose area the relevant sixth form college, or its main site, is situated;

  (c)

  in relation to a sixth form college, means the local education authority in whose area the sixth form college, or its main site, is situated,

• “sixth form college corporation” means a body corporate—

  (a)

  designated as a sixth form college corporation under section 33A or 33B, or

  (b)

  established under section 33C,

• “the YPLA” means the Young People’s Learning Agency for England.”

(4)After subsection (2) insert—

“(2ZA)The Secretary of State may give guidance on which of a sixth form college’s sites is to be taken to be its main site for the purposes of the definition of “the responsible local education authority” in subsection (1).”