Part 1: Skills and Education for Work Further education institutions: duty in relation to local needs Section 5: Institutions in England within the further education sector: local needs
This section inserts a new section 52B into the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. In new inserted section 52B:
Subsection (1) places a duty on governing bodies of general further education colleges, sixth form colleges and designated institutions (as described in Chapter II of Part 1 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992) to keep under review how well the education or training provided meets local needs and, in light of their review, to consider what action the institutions might take to meet local needs better. The governing body may decide to take this action alone or in conjunction with any other educational institutions.
Subsection (2) requires the governing body to have regard to any guidance published by the Secretary of State. To support the scrutiny of the section during the passage of the Bill, the Secretary of State published draft statutory guidance on gov.uk. It is intended that the final statutory guidance will be published on gov.uk when the section comes into force.
Subsection (3) requires the governing body to publish the review on the institution’s website.