Bill ushers in education and early years reform

5 February 2009 1 min read Early Years Education Social Care

The government has published a bill to make children's trusts statutory and to give all young people the legal right to an apprenticeship.

The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill includes measures that will force schools to take part in children's trusts boards, promote pupil wellbeing and provide impartial information, advice and guidance.

Schools will also get new powers to search pupils for weapons, alcohol and drugs and Ofsted will be enabled to inspect schools more or less frequently, depending on their performance.

The wide-ranging bill contains many of the statutory changes that relate to the government's 14 to 19 education reforms.

It establishes the Young Person's Learning Agency and the Skills Funding Agency, both of which will take over from the Learning and Skills Council in 2010, when funding for 16 to 19 education and training is transferred to local authorities.

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