Introductory text

England and Wales

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

Made 16th January 2026

Laid before Parliament 20th January 2026

Coming into force 11th February 2026

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45(1B)^f1, 45A^f2, 45AA^f3, 47^f4, 47ZA^f5, 47A(4), (4B) and (5)^f6, 48(1) and (2)^f7, 49(2) and (2A)^f8, and 138(7)^f9 of, and paragraphs 1^f10 and 2B^f11 of Schedule 14 to, the School Standards and Framework Act 1998^f12, section 24(3) and (4)^f13 of the Education Act 2002^f14 and sections 99(1) and 104(2) of the Childcare Act 2006^f15.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 45(1B) was inserted by section 101 of, and paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 16 to, the Education Act 2005 (c. 18) (“the 2005 Act”).
f2: Section 45A was inserted by section 41(1) of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32) (“the 2002 Act”). It was amended by section 101 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 16 to, the 2005 Act, by section 202 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22) (“the 2009 Act”), by section 3(2)(a) of the Children Act 2016 (c. 5) (“the 2016 Act”) and by S.I. 2010/1158.
f3: Section 45AA was inserted by section 101 of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 16 to, the 2005 Act. It was amended by S.I. 2010/1158.
f4: Section 47 was amended by section 101 of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 16 to, the 2005 Act and by S.I. 2010/1158.
f5: Section 47ZA was inserted by section 202 of the 2009 Act and amended by section 3(2)(b) of the 2016 Act.
f6: Section 47A was inserted by section 43 of the 2002 Act and amended by section 101 of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 16 to, the 2005 Act, section 57 of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to, the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40) (“the 2006 Act”); section 165 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25), section 194 of the 2009 Act and by S.I. 2010/1158.
f7: Section 48 was amended by section 40 of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to, the 2002 Act, section 117 of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 18 to, the 2005 Act, section 57 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to, the 2006 Act and by S.I. 2010/1158.
f8: Subsections (2) and (2A) were substituted for subsections (2) and (3), as originally enacted, by section 57 of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to, the 2006 Act and were amended by S.I. 2010/1158.
f9: Subsection (7) was amended by section 175 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 17 to, the 2006 Act.
f10: Paragraph 1 of Schedule 14 was amended by section 57 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to, the 2006 Act and by S.I. 2010/1158.
f11: Paragraph 2B of Schedule 14 was substituted for paragraph 2, as originally enacted, by section 57 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to, the 2006 Act and was amended by S.I. 2010/1158.
f12: 1998 c. 31 (“the 1998 Act”). For the meanings of “prescribed” and “regulations”, see section 142(1) of the 1998 Act.
f13: Subsection (4) was amended by S.I. 2010/1158 and by the Education (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 7).
f14: 2002 c. 32. For the meanings of “prescribed” and “regulations” see section 212(1) of the 2002 Act, as amended by S.I. 2010/1158.
f15: 2006 c. 21. Section 99(1) of the Childcare Act 2006 was amended by section 84 of, and paragraph 63 of Schedule 4 to, the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6) (“the 2014 Act”), section 75(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26) and section 3(1) of the 2016 Act. For the meanings of “prescribed” and “regulations”, see section 106 of the Childcare Act 2006.