Section 7 Stages and purposes of statutory system of education.C2C1
England and Wales
The statutory system of public education shall be organised in three progressive stages to be known as primary education, secondary education, and further education; and it shall be the duty of the local education authority for every area, so far as their powers extend, to contribute towards the spiritual, moral, mental, and physical development of the community by securing that efficient education throughout those stages shall be available to meet the needs of the population of their area.
Annotations
Modifications
- C1
S. 7 restricted (1.4.1993) by Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), s. 93(1), Sch. 8 Pt. I, para.2; S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch. 3
- C2
S. 7 excluded by Education Act 1964 (c. 82), s. 1(3)
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Act repealed (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(2)(3), Sch. 38 Pt.I.