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Extension of educational opportunities for Key Stage 4 pupils |
| Extended work experience for Key Stage 4 pupils. |
100. - (1) Section 560 of the Education Act 1996 (work experience during compulsory schooling) shall be amended as follows.
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(2) For subsections (1) and (2) there shall be substituted-
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"(1) The enactments relating to the prohibition or regulation of the employment of children shall not apply to the employment of a child in his last two years of compulsory schooling if the employment is in pursuance of arrangements made-
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(a) by a local education authority, or |
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(b) by the governing body of a school on behalf of such an authority, |
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with a view to providing him with work experience as a part of his education.
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(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) a child shall be taken to be in his last two years of compulsory schooling as from the beginning of the last two school years at his school during the whole or part of which he is of compulsory school age."
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(3) In subsection (6) (disapplication of sections 495 and 496 of the Act), the words "or the governing body of a grant-maintained school" shall be omitted.
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| Provision of secondary education for Key Stage 4 pupils by FE institutions. |
101. - (1) In section 18(1) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (principal powers of a further education corporation), after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted-
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"(aa) in pursuance of arrangements made- |
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(i) by a local education authority, or
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(ii) by the governing body of a school on behalf of such an authority,
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provide secondary education to pupils in the fourth key stage, and". |
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(2) After section 52 of that Act there shall be inserted-
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| "Duty to safeguard pupils receiving secondary education. |
52A. - (1) This section applies where secondary education is provided to pupils in the fourth key stage-
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(a) by a further education corporation in pursuance of arrangements falling within section 18(1)(aa) of this Act, or |
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(b) by a designated institution in pursuance of arrangements made- |
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(i) by a local education authority, or
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(ii) by the governing body of a school on behalf of such an authority.
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(2) The governing body of the corporation or institution shall secure that, except in such circumstances as may be prescribed by regulations, no further education is provided in a room in which any such pupils are for the time being receiving secondary education."
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School meals |
| Nutritional standards for school lunches. |
102. - (1) Regulations may prescribe nutritional standards, or other nutritional requirements, which (subject to such exceptions as may be provided for by or under the regulations) are to be complied with in connection with the provision of school lunches for registered pupils at maintained schools.
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(2) Where a local education authority or the governing body provide school lunches for registered pupils at a maintained school, they shall secure that any applicable provisions of regulations under this section are complied with.
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(3) Subsection (2) applies-
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(a) whether the lunches are provided on school premises or at any other place where education is being provided; and |
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(b) whether they are being provided in pursuance of any statutory requirement or otherwise. |
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(4) Regulations under this section may-
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(a) make different provision for pupils of different ages; |
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(b) authorise the Secretary of State to determine the time as from which any provisions of the regulations are to apply to a particular local education authority or school. |
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(5) In this section "school lunch" has the meaning given by regulations under this section.
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| Extension of LEA functions concerning school lunches, etc. |
103. - (1) Section 512 of the Education Act 1996 (provision by LEAs of meals etc. at maintained schools) shall be amended as follows.
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(2) After subsection (1) there shall be inserted-
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"(1A) A local education authority shall, if requested to do so by or on behalf of any registered pupils at a school maintained by the authority, provide school lunches for those pupils; but the authority shall not be required to provide a school lunch where in the circumstances it would be unreasonable for them to do so.
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(1B) Any meals provided by a local education authority under subsection (1A) may-
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(a) be provided either on the school premises or at any place other than the school premises where education is being provided for the pupils in question; and |
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(b) take such form as the authority think fit." |
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(3) In subsection (2) (obligation to charge for meals etc.), after "subsection (1)" there shall be inserted "or (1A)".
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(4) In subsection (3), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted-
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"(a) shall so exercise their power under subsection (1) as to ensure that a school lunch is provided for him, which shall be provided free of charge, and |
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(b) if in the exercise of that power they provide him with milk, shall provide it free of charge." |
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(5) After subsection (5) there shall be added-
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"(6) In this section "school lunch" has such meaning as may be prescribed."
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