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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1997/section-51",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/44",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1997",
  "path": "section/51",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Definition of “school”.",
  "text": "In section 4 of the Education Act 1996 (definition of “school”), for subsection (1) there shall be substituted—\n“(1) In this Act “school” means an educational institution which is outside the further education sector and the higher education sector and is an institution for providing—\n(a) primary education,\n(b) secondary education, or\n(c) both primary and secondary education,\nwhether or not the institution also provides part-time education suitable to the requirements of junior pupils or further education.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/44/section/51",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:24:56.828684+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}