(b) the principals or other heads of such institutions,

to secure that careers guidance is provided for any specified

description of persons attending such institutions.”;

(c) in subsection (3)(a), after “institutions” insert “in Wales”;

(d) 5in subsection (5), after the definition of “careers education” insert—

• ““careers guidance” has the same meaning as in section
  
  42A;”.

(9) In consequence of the amendments made by subsections (1) to (8), omit—

(a) paragraph 71 of Schedule 9 to LSA 2000;

(b) 10paragraph 8 of Schedule 7 to EA 2002;

(c) section 81(2) and (3) of ESA 2008;

(d) section 250 of ASCLA 2009.

Repeal of the diploma entitlement

28 Repeal of diploma entitlement for 16 to 18 year olds

(1) 15In section 45 of ASCLA 2009 (local authority duties in relation to the core and

additional entitlements), the provisions to be inserted into EA 1996 are

amended as set out in subsections (2) to (6).

(2) In the italic cross-heading above section 17A, for “core and additional

entitlements” substitute “core entitlement”.

(3) 20In section 17A (duties in relation to the core and additional entitlements)—

(a) in subsection (1), for “core entitlement and the additional entitlement

are” substitute “core entitlement is”;

(b) omit subsections (2) to (5);

(c) in subsection (7), omit the definitions of “additional entitlement area”

25and “the additional entitlement”;

(d) omit subsection (8);

(e) in subsection (9)—

(i) for “references in subsections (1) and (2)” substitute “reference

in subsection (1)”;

(ii) 30for “do” substitute “does”;

(f) in the heading, for “core and additional entitlements” substitute “core

entitlement”.

(4) Omit section 17B (election for either core entitlement or additional

entitlement).

(5) 35In section 17C (the core entitlement)—

(a) before subsection (1) insert—

“(A1) A person over compulsory school age but under 19 has the core

entitlement.”;

(b) in subsection (1), for “electing for” substitute “who has”;

(c) 40after subsection (4) insert—

“(5) In this section “course of study” means a course of education or

training leading to a qualification specified, or a qualification of

a description specified, by the Secretary of State by order for the

purposes of this subsection.”

(6) Omit section 17D (the additional entitlement).

(7) In section 48 of ASCLA 2009 (provision of education for persons subject to

youth detention), in the section 18A to be inserted into EA 1996—

(a) in subsection (2)(e), omit “and the additional entitlement” and “who

5have elected for them”;

(b) for subsection (4) substitute—

“(4) Section 17C (the core entitlement) applies for the purposes of

subsection (2)(e).”

(8) In section 86 of ASCLA 2009 (duties of Chief Executive of Skills Funding in

10respect of persons aged 19 or over or subject to adult detention)—

(a) in subsection (4)(h), omit “and the additional entitlement” and “who

have elected for them;

(b) for subsection (8) substitute—

“(8) Section 17C of the Education Act 1996 (the core entitlement)

15applies for the purposes of subsection (4)(h).”

29 Repeal of diploma entitlement for fourth key stage

(1) Section 74 of EIA 2006 (curriculum requirements for the fourth key stage) is

amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), in the new section 85A to be inserted into EA 2002—

(a) 20in subsection (1), for the words from “do either of the following” to the

end substitute “follow a course of study in a subject within each of such

one or more of the four entitlement areas specified in subsection (2) as

the pupil may choose.”;

(b) in subsection (2), for “(1)(a)” substitute “(1)”;

(c) 25in subsection (4), for the words after “satisfied” substitute “if a course

of study in a subject within each of the entitlement areas specified in

subsection (2) is made available to the pupil by or on behalf of the

school at which the pupil is a registered pupil.”;

(d) in subsection (5), for “(1)(a) or (b)” substitute “(1)”;

(e) 30in subsection (6), for the words after “means” substitute “a course of

education or training which leads to such qualification as the governing

body may choose from among those approved under section 98 of the

Learning and Skills Act 2000 for the purposes of section 96 of that Act.”

(3) Omit subsection (3).

35Part 5 Educational institutions: other provisions

Repeal of duties of governing bodies, local authorities and others

30 Duties to co-operate with local authority

(1) Section 10 of the Children Act 2004 (children’s services in England: co-

40operation to improve well-being) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (4) (persons and bodies under duty to co-operate with local

authority), omit paragraphs (fa) to (fd) (governing bodies and proprietors of

schools and FE institutions).

(3) Omit subsection (10).

(4) 5In subsection (11), omit the definitions of “governing body”, “institution within

the further education sector”, “maintained school” and “proprietor”.

31 Duties to have regard to children and young people’s plan

(1) In section 47A of SSFA 1998 (schools forums), omit subsections (3A) and (10)

(duty of schools forum to have regard to children and young people’s plan).

(2) 10In section 21 of EA 2002 (general responsibility of governing body of

maintained school for conduct of school)—

(a) in subsection (6) (duty to have regard to relevant children and young

people’s plan) after “maintained school” insert “in Wales”;

(b) for subsection (9) substitute—

“(9) 15In this section “relevant children and young people’s plan”

means—

(a) any plan published by the local authority under section

26 of the Children Act 2004 (children and young

people’s plans: Wales), or

(b) 20in a case where the local authority are not required by

regulations under that section to prepare and publish a

plan, any plan which is published by the authority and

sets out their strategy for discharging their functions in

relation to children and relevant young persons within

25the meaning of that section.”;

(c) omit subsection (10).

(3) In section 28 of that Act (limits on governing body’s power to provide

community facilities etc)—

(a) in subsection (4A) (duty to have regard to relevant children and young

30people’s plan) after “maintained school” insert “in Wales”;

(b) in subsection (4C) omit “also”.

(4) In consequence of the amendments made by subsections (1) to (3), omit section

194(8) and (9) of ASCLA 2009.

32 Duty to prepare and publish school profile

(1) 35Section 30A of EA 2002 (duty of governing body of maintained school in

England to prepare and publish school profile) is repealed.

(2) In consequence of subsection (1), section 104 of EA 2005 (insertion of section

30A of EA 2002) is repealed.

33 Duty to appoint school improvement partners

(1) 40Section 5 of EIA 2006 (requirement for local authority to appoint school

improvement partner for each school they maintain) is repealed.

(2) In consequence of subsection (1), in section 187(3) of EIA 2006 (provisions to be

read as if they were contained in EA 1996), omit paragraph (a).

34 Duties in relation to school admissions

(1) Part 3 of SSFA 1998 (school admissions) is amended as follows.

(2) 5In section 85A (admission forums)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) in the opening words, after “authority” insert “in Wales”;

(ii) at the end of paragraph (a), insert “and”;

(iii) omit paragraph (c) (and the “and” preceding it”);

(b) 10omit subsections (1A) to (1C);

(c) in subsection (3), omit paragraph (ba) (but not the “and” following it);

(d) omit subsection (3A);

(e) omit subsections (5A) and (5B).

(3) Section 88J (changes to admission arrangements by schools adjudicator) is

15repealed.

(4) In section 88P (reports by local authorities)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) omit “to the adjudicator”;

(ii) for “prescribed” substitute “required by the code for school

20admissions”;

(b) omit subsections (4) and (5);

(c) in the heading, omit “to adjudicator”.

(5) Schedule 10 (consequential amendments) has effect.

35 Duties in relation to school meals etc

(1) 25Part 9 of EA 1996 (ancillary functions) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 512ZA (power to charge for meals etc)—

(a) after subsection (1) insert—

“(1A) Where a local authority in England exercise the power to charge

under subsection (1), the price they charge for an item must not

30exceed the cost of providing that item.”;

(b) in subsection (2), after “authority” insert “in Wales”.

(3) In section 533 (functions of governing bodies of maintained schools with

respect to provision of school meals etc)—

(a) after subsection (3) insert—

“(3A) 35Where the governing body of a school in England exercise the

power to charge under subsection (3), the price they charge for

an item must not exceed the cost of providing that item.”;

(b) in subsection (4), after “school” insert “in Wales”.

New schools

36 Establishment of new schools

Schedule 11 (establishment of new schools) has effect.

Governing bodies: constitution and dissolution

37 5Constitution of governing bodies: maintained schools in England

(1) Section 19 of EA 2002 (governing bodies) is amended as follows.

(2) After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A) Regulations must provide for a governing body of a maintained school

in England to consist of—

(a) 10persons elected or appointed as parent governors,

(b) the head teacher of the school,

(c) in the case of a foundation school, a foundation special school

or a voluntary school, persons appointed as foundation

governors or partnership governors, and

(d) 15such other persons as may be prescribed.”

(3) In subsection (2), after “governing body” insert “of a maintained school in

Wales”.

(4) After subsection (4) insert—

“(4A) Regulations made by virtue of subsection (3)(e) in relation to a

20maintained school in England may include provision allowing the head

teacher of the school to resign from office as a governor (and to

withdraw any such resignation).”

38 Discontinuance of federated school: governing body not to be dissolved

In paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to EA 2002 (dissolution of school governing body

25on discontinuance of school), after sub-paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply if—

(a) the school is a federated school in England, and

(b) immediately after the discontinuance date, there will be more

than one other school remaining in the federation.

(1B) 30“Federation” and “federated school” have the meanings given by

section 24(2).”

Standards

39 School inspections: exempt schools

(1) Part 1 of EA 2005 (school inspections and other inspections by school

35inspectors) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 5 (duty to inspect certain schools at prescribed intervals)—

(a) in subsection (2), for “subsection (3)” substitute “subsections (3) and

(4A)”;

(b) after subsection (4), insert—

“(4A) Regulations may provide that this section does not apply to

5prescribed categories of school in prescribed circumstances.

(4B) A school to which this section does not apply by virtue of

regulations under subsection (4A) is an “exempt school”.”

(3) In section 6 (duty to notify parents of section 5 inspection), in subsection (1)—

(a) omit “to which section 5 applies”;

(b) 10for “that section” substitute “section 5”.

(4) In section 8 (other inspections), at the end insert—

“(3) If the Chief Inspector carries out an inspection of a school under

subsection (2) in response to a request from the appropriate authority

for the school, the Chief Inspector may charge the appropriate

15authority for the cost of the inspection.

(4) In subsection (3), “appropriate authority” has the meaning given by

section 6(3).”

(5) In section 9 (power of Chief Inspector to treat other inspection as section 5

inspection)—

(a) 20the existing provision is renumbered subsection (1);

(b) at the end insert—

“(2) In the case of an inspection of an exempt school under section 8,

the Chief Inspector may elect to treat the inspection for the

purposes of subsections (5) to (5B) and (7) of section 5, sections

256 and 7 and Chapter 2 as if it were an inspection under section 5.

(3) In the case of an inspection of an exempt school under section

8(1), the Secretary of State may require the Chief Inspector to

treat the inspection for the purposes of subsections (5) to (5B)

and (7) of section 5, sections 6 and 7 and Chapter 2 as if it were

30an inspection under section 5.

(4) In the case of an inspection of a school under section 8(2) which

is carried out in response to a request from the appropriate

authority for the school, the Chief Inspector must treat the

inspection for the purposes of subsections (5) to (5B) and (7) of

35section 5, sections 6 and 7 and Chapter 2 as if it were an

inspection under section 5.

(5) In subsection (4), “appropriate authority” has the meaning

given by section 6(3).”;

(c) in the heading, for “of Chief Inspector” substitute “or duty”.

(6) 40In section 12 (interpretation of Chapter 1), after the definition of “the Chief

Inspector” insert—

• ““exempt school” has the meaning given in section 5(4B);”.

(7) In section 15 (measures to be taken by local authority), in subsection (2C) for

the words from “in respect of” to the end substitute “which is not treated as a

45section 5 inspection by virtue of section 9”.

(8) In section 17 (statement to be prepared by proprietor of school), in subsection

(1D) for the words from “in respect of” to the end substitute “which is not

treated as a section 5 inspection by virtue of section 9”.

40 School inspections: matters to be covered in Chief Inspector’s report

(1) 5In section 5 of EA 2005 (duty to inspect certain schools at prescribed intervals),

for subsections (5) and (5A) (matters for report), substitute—

“(5) It is the general duty of the Chief Inspector, when conducting an

inspection under this section, to report on the quality of education

provided in the school.

(5A) 10The Chief Inspector’s report under subsection (5) must in particular

cover—

(a) the achievement of pupils at the school;

(b) the quality of teaching in the school;

(c) the quality of the leadership in and management of the school;

(d) 15the behaviour and safety of pupils at the school.

(5B) In reporting under subsection (5), the Chief Inspector must consider—

(a) the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils

at the school;

(b) the extent to which the education provided at the school meets

20the needs of the range of pupils at the school, and in particular

the needs of—

(i) pupils who have a disability for the purposes of the

Equality Act 2010, and

(ii) pupils who have special educational needs.”

(2) 25In consequence of subsection (1), section 154 of EIA 2006 (amendments of

section 5(5) of EA 2005) is repealed.

41 Inspection of further education institutions: exempt institutions

(1) Chapter 3 of Part 8 of EIA 2006 (inspection of further education and training

etc) is amended as follows.

(2) 30In section 125 (inspection of further education institutions)—

(a) in subsection (1), at the end insert “subject to subsection (1A)”;

(b) after that subsection insert—

“(1A) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that the duty

of the Chief Inspector in subsection (1) does not apply to

35prescribed categories of institution in prescribed circumstances.

(1B) An institution to which the duty in subsection (1) does not

apply by virtue of regulations under subsection (1A) is an

“exempt institution”.”;

(c) in subsection (2), for “The inspections” substitute “Inspections under

40subsection (1)”.

(3) Section 126 (other inspections) is amended as set out in subsections (4) to (9).

(4) After subsection (1), insert—

“(1A) The Chief Inspector must inspect an exempt institution if requested to

do so by the Secretary of State.”

(5) After subsection (2) insert—

“(2A) 5On completing an inspection under subsection (1) or (1A) conducted in

response to a request from the Secretary of State or any other person or

body, the Chief Inspector must—

(a) make a written report on the inspection;

(b) arrange for the report to be published in such manner as the

10Chief Inspector considers appropriate.”

(6) In subsection (3), after “this section” insert “conducted in any other case”.

(7) In subsection (4), after “subsection (1)” insert “or (1A)”.

(8) After subsection (5) insert—

“(5A) In the case of an inspection conducted under subsection (1) in response

15to a request from the provider of the education or training concerned,

the Chief Inspector may charge the provider for the cost of the

inspection.”

(9) At the end, insert—

“(8) In this section “exempt institution” has the meaning given by section

20125(1B).”

(10) In section 127 (action plans), in subsection (1) at the end insert “or (1A)”.

42 Inspection of boarding accommodation

(1) Part 12 of the Children Act 1989 (miscellaneous and general) is amended as

follows.

(2) 25In section 87 (welfare of children in boarding schools and colleges)—

(a) after subsection (1), insert—

“(1A) For the purposes of this section and sections 87A to 87D, a

school or college provides accommodation for a child if—

(a) it provides accommodation for the child on its own

30premises, or

(b) it arranges for accommodation for the child to be

provided elsewhere (other than in connection with a

residential trip away from the school).”;

(b) in subsection (3), for “he is accommodated” substitute “accommodation

35for the child is provided”;

(c) after subsection (3), insert—

“(3A) Where accommodation is provided for a child by a school or

college in England, the Secretary of State may at any time

(including a time when the duty under subsection (3) is

40suspended by virtue of section 87A) direct the Chief Inspector

for England to take the steps referred to in subsection (3).

(3B) Where accommodation is provided for a child by a school or

college in Wales, the Welsh Ministers may, at any time when the

duty under subsection (3) is suspended by virtue of section 87A,

take the steps referred to in subsection (3).”;

(d) 5in subsection (5), for “its duty” substitute “any of its functions”;

(e) in subsection (9A), for “he is accommodated” substitute

“accommodation for the child is provided”.

(3) In section 87A (suspension of duty under section 87(3))—

(a) in subsection (1)(b), for “they are accommodated” substitute

10“accommodation for the children is provided”;

(b) after subsection (4) insert—

“(4A) The Secretary of State may by regulations specify matters that

must be taken into account in deciding whether to appoint a

person to be an inspector for the purposes of this section in

15relation to schools or colleges in England, or to terminate the

appointment of such a person under subsection (4)(b).”

(4) After section 87B insert—

“87BA Quality assurance of inspectors under section 87A

(1) The Chief Inspector for England must, at intervals of no more than a

20year, prepare and send to the Secretary of State a report about

inspectors who are appointed under section 87A in relation to schools

or colleges in England.

(2) In preparing a report under this section the Chief Inspector for England

must have regard to such matters as the Secretary of State may direct.

(3) 25The Secretary of State may in particular give directions about—

(a) matters to be taken into account in preparing a report, and

(b) the form and contents of a report.”

(5) In section 87C (boarding schools: national minimum standards), in subsection

(1), for “in” substitute “by”.

43 30Schools causing concern: powers of Secretary of State

(1) Part 4 of EIA 2006 (schools causing concern: England) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 68 (power of Secretary of State to direct closure of school), in

subsection (1), for “by virtue of section 62 (school requiring special measures)”

substitute “other than by virtue of section 60A”.

(3) 35In section 69A (power of Secretary of State to direct local authority to consider

giving performance standards and safety warning notice)—

(a) omit subsection (5);

(b) for subsection (9) substitute—

“(9) If the response states that the authority have decided not to give

40a warning notice to the governing body in the specified terms—

(a) the response must set out the authority’s reasons for the

decision, and

(b) the Secretary of State may direct the authority to give the

warning notice to the governing body in those terms

(and to withdraw any previous warning notice given to

the governing body under section 60).

(9A) If the Secretary of State directs the authority under subsection

(9)(b) to give a warning notice to the governing body in the

5specified terms, the authority must—

(a) comply with the direction under subsection (9)(b) before

the end of the period of 5 working days beginning with

the day on which that direction is given, and

(b) on the same day as they do so, give the Secretary of State

10a copy of the notice.”;

(c) in subsection (10), for “Subsection (8)(b) applies” substitute

“Subsections (8)(b) and (9A)(b) apply”;