Education Act 2011

Education Act 2011^[1]

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make provision about education, childcare, apprenticeships and training; to make provision about schools and the school workforce, institutions within the further education sector and Academies; to abolish the General Teaching Council for England, the Training and Development Agency for Schools, the School Support Staff Negotiating Body, the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency and the Young People’s Learning Agency for England; to make provision about the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation and the Chief Executive of Skills Funding; to make provision about student loans and fees; and for connected purposes.
Citation	2011 c. 21
Introduced by	Michael Gove & Lord Hill of Oareford
Territorial extent	England and Wales, except that Part 10 also extend to Scotland and Northern Ireland, and that any amendment or repeal made by the Act has the same extent as the enactment amended or repealed.[2]
Dates
Royal assent	15 November 2011
Commencement	See Commencement
Other legislation
Relates to	Education Act 1996, Childcare Act 2006, Education and Inspections Act 2006, Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Education Act 2011 (c. 21) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was the first major piece of education legislation to be introduced by the coalition government, and makes changes to many areas of educational policy, including the power of school staff to discipline students, the manner in which newly trained teachers are supervised, the regulation of qualifications, the administration of local authority maintained schools, academies, the provision of post-16 education, including vocational apprenticeships, and student finance for higher education.

The Act also brought about the abolition of the General Teaching Council for England, the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency and the Training and Development Agency for Schools, amongst other bodies.

The Act is divided into ten parts, and comprises 83 Sections and 18 Schedules.