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Education Act 2011

  • Explanatory Notes Table of contents

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All reference to 'Parts' and 'sections' are from the Education Act 2011. For other versions of these Explanatory Notes, see More Resources.

  1. Introduction

  2. Summary and Background

  3. Overview of the Structure of the Act

    1. Part 1: Early years provision

    2. Part 2: Discipline

    3. Part 3: School workforce

    4. Part 4: Qualifications and the Curriculum

    5. Part 5: Educational institutions: other provisions

    6. Part 6: Academies

    7. Part 7: Post-16 education and training

    8. Part 8: Direct payments

    9. Part 9: Student finance

    10. Part 10: General

  4. Territorial Extent and Application

    1. Scotland

    2. Northern Ireland

    3. Wales

  5. Glossary

  6. Commentary on Sections

    1. Part 1: Early Years Provision

      1. Section 1: Free of charge early years provision

    2. Part 2: Discipline

      1. Section 2: power of members of staff to search pupils

      2. Section 3: Power of members of staff at further education institutions to search students

      3. Section 4: Exclusion of pupils from schools in England: review

      4. Schedule 1

      5. Section 5: Repeal of requirement to give notice of detention to parent: England

      6. Section 6: Repeal of duty to enter into behaviour and attendance partnership

    3. Part 3: School Workforce

      1. Abolition of the General Teaching Council for England

        1. Section 7: Abolition of the General Teaching Council for England

        2. Section 8: Functions of Secretary of State in relation to teachers

        3. Section 9: Requirement for teachers in England to serve induction period

        4. Section 10: Abolition of the GTCE: transitional provision

        5. Section 11: Abolition of the GTCE: consequential amendments

        6. Section 12: Abolition of the GTCE: transfer schemes

      2. Reporting restrictions

        1. Section 13: Restrictions on reporting alleged teacher misconduct

      3. Abolition of the Training and Development Agency for Schools

        1. Section 14: Abolition of the Training and Development Agency for Schools

        2. Section 15: Training the school workforce: functions of Secretary of State and Welsh Ministers

        3. Section 16: Abolition of the TDA: consequential amendments

        4. Section 17: Abolition of the TDA: transfer schemes

      4. Abolition of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body

        1. Section 18: Abolition of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body

      5. Staff: minor amendments

        1. Section 19: Staffing of maintained schools: suspension of delegated budget

    4. Part 4: Qualifications and the Curriculum

      1. International comparison surveys

        1. Section 20: Requirement for schools to participate in international surveys

      2. Ofqual

        1. Section 21: The Chief Regulator of Qualifications and Examinations

        2. Schedule 7

        3. Section 22: The qualifications standards objective

        4. Section 23: Enforcement powers

      3. Qualifications: Wales

        1. Section 24: Enforcement powers of Welsh Ministers

      4. Abolition of the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency

        1. Section 25: Abolition of the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency

        2. Section 26: Abolition of the QCDA: consequential amendments

        3. Schedule 8

        4. Section 27: Abolition of the QCDA: transfer schemes

      5. Careers education and guidance

        1. Section 28: Education and training support services in England

        2. Section 29: Careers guidance in schools in England

      6. Repeal of the diploma entitlement

        1. Section 30: repeal of diploma entitlement for 16 to 18 year olds

        2. Section 31: repeal of diploma entitlement for fourth key stage

    5. Part 5: Educational Institutions: Other Provisions

      1. Repeal of duties of governing bodies, local authorities and others

        1. Section 32: Duty to prepare and publish a school profile

        2. Section 33: Duty to appoint school improvement partners

        3. Section 34: Duties in relation to school admissions

        4. Section 35: Duties in relation to school meals etc

      2. Admissions

        1. Section 36: Objections to admission arrangements

      3. New schools

        1. Section 37: Establishment of new schools

        2. Schedule 11

      4. Governing bodies: constitution and dissolution

        1. Section 38: Constitution of governing bodies: maintained schools in England

        2. Section 39: Discontinuance of federated school: governing body not to be dissolved

      5. Standards

        1. Section 40: School inspections: exempt schools

        2. Section 41: School inspections: matters to be covered in Chief Inspector’s report

        3. Section 42: Inspection of further education institutions: exempt institutions

        4. Section 43: Inspection of boarding accommodation

        5. Section 44: Schools causing concern: powers of Secretary of State

        6. Section 45: Complaints: repeal of power to complain to Local Commissioner

      6. Finance

        1. Section 46: Local authorities’ financial schemes

        2. Section 47: Payments in respect of dismissal, etc

        3. Section 48: Determination of permitted charges

      7. Further education institutions

        1. Section 49: Further education institutions: amendments

        2. Schedule 12

      8. Pupil referral units

        1. Section 50: financing of pupil referral units

        2. Section 51: repeal of provision changing name of pupil referral units

    6. Part 6: Academies

      1. Academy arrangements

        1. Section 52: Academies: removal of requirement to have specialism

        2. Section 53: Academy arrangements: post-16 education and alternative provision

        3. Section 54: Consequential amendments: 16 to 19 Academies and alternative provision Academies

        4. Schedule 13

      2. Academy orders

        1. Section 55: Academy orders: involvement of religious bodies etc

        2. Section 56: Academies: consultation on conversion

        3. Section 57: Academy conversions: federated schools

        4. Section 58: Academy orders: local authority powers

        5. Section 59: Transfer of property, rights and liabilities to Academies

      3. Academies: other provisions

        1. Section 60: Academies: new and expanded educational institutions

        2. Section 61: charges at boarding Academies

        3. Section 62: staff at Academies with religious character

        4. Section 63: Academies: land

        5. Schedule 14

        6. Section 64: Academy admissions arrangements: references to adjudicator

        7. Section 65: Academies: minor amendments

        8. Schedule 15

    7. Part 7: Post-16 Education and Training

      1. Abolition of the Young People’s Learning Agency for England

        1. Section 66: Abolition of the Young People’s Learning Agency for England

        2. Section 67: abolition of the YPLA: consequential amendments

        3. Schedule 16

        4. Section 68: Abolition of the YPLA: transfer schemes

      2. Apprenticeships

        1. Section 69: The apprenticeship offer

        2. Schedule 18

        3. Section 70: Securing the provision of apprenticeship training

        4. Section 71: apprenticeship certificates

      3. The Chief Executive of Skills Funding

        1. Section 72: Consultation by Chief Executive of Skills Funding

        2. Section 73: Functions of the Chief Executive of Skills Funding

      4. Raising the participation age: commencement

        1. Section 74: Duty to participate in education or training: commencement

    8. Part 8: Direct Payments

      1. Section 75: Direct payments: persons with special educational needs or subject to learning difficulty assessment

    9. Part 9: Student Finance

      1. Section 76: Student loans: interest rates

      2. Section 77: Limit on student fees: part-time courses

  7. Commencement Dates

  8. ANNEX A: TERRITORIAL APPLICATION TABLE

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