COMMENTARY ON SECTIONS PART 3 – SERVICES RELATED TO EDUCATION TRAINING AND SKILLS Section 42 Amendments to the Learning and Skills Act 2000
127.This section amends the Learning and Skills Act 2000.
128.The amendments made by this section to section 126 of that Act ensure that the requirements as to the transfer of information, and related matters, imposed upon educational institutions by that section in relation to youth support services also apply in the case of learner support services. For example, if a further education institution were providing learner support services to a registered pupil, the pupil’s school could be required to provide (with parental consent) relevant information about the pupil, such as his educational history.
129.The amendments made to section 127 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 ensure that Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales (Estyn) has the power to arrange for inspections of the provision of learner support services.