# Education and Inspections Act 2006, Paragraph 7


(1) Section 5 of EA 1996 (primary schools, secondary schools and middle schools) is amended as follows.
(2) For subsection (3) substitute—
“(3) In this Act “middle school” means a school which, in pursuance of proposals published under any of the enactments specified in subsection (3A), has been established as, or altered so as to become, a school for providing full-time education suitable to the requirements of pupils who—
(a) have attained a specified age below 10 years and six months, and
(b) are under a specified age above 12 years.
(3A) The enactments mentioned in subsection (3) are—
(a) in relation to England—
(i) section 28 or 28A of, or paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 to, the School Standards and Framework Act 1998,
(ii) section 66 of, or paragraph 7 of Schedule 11 to, the Education Act 2005, and
(iii) section 7, 10, 11 or 19 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006;
(b) in relation to Wales, section 28 of, or paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 to, the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/40/schedule/3/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-and-inspections-act-2006/schedule-3/paragraph-7
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