Education and Inspections Act 2006

E538328

Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Education and Inspections Act 2006 is a key UK law that reformed the school system by expanding school choice, strengthening school accountability and inspection, and setting out local authorities’ duties regarding education and children’s services.

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Label	Occurrences
Education and Inspections Act 2006 canonical	7
An Act to make provision about education, training and childcare; to make provision about the functions of local authorities and other bodies in relation to education, training and childcare; to make provision about the inspection of education, training and related services; and for connected purposes.	1

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Target entity: Education and Inspections Act 2006
Context triple: [Education Act 2011, amends, Education and Inspections Act 2006]

A. Education Act 2002
The Education Act 2002 is a key piece of UK legislation that reformed the school system in England and Wales, setting out the legal framework for school standards, governance, curriculum, and teacher regulation.
B. Education Act 2011
The Education Act 2011 is a major UK law that reformed the school system, including academies, teacher regulation, discipline, and qualifications, to increase autonomy and accountability in education.
C. Education Act 1996
The Education Act 1996 is a key piece of UK legislation that consolidates and sets out the legal framework for primary and secondary education in England and Wales, including school organization, special educational needs, and local authority duties.
D. School Standards and Framework Act 1998
The School Standards and Framework Act 1998 is a key piece of UK education legislation that restructured the school system in England and Wales, introducing measures on school organisation, admissions, and standards.
E. Education and Training Act 2020
The Education and Training Act 2020 is New Zealand’s primary education law that consolidates and modernises the legal framework governing early childhood, primary, secondary, and tertiary education.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Education and Inspections Act 2006
Target entity description: The Education and Inspections Act 2006 is a key UK law that reformed the school system by expanding school choice, strengthening school accountability and inspection, and setting out local authorities’ duties regarding education and children’s services.

A. Education Act 2002
The Education Act 2002 is a key piece of UK legislation that reformed the school system in England and Wales, setting out the legal framework for school standards, governance, curriculum, and teacher regulation.
B. Education Act 2011
The Education Act 2011 is a major UK law that reformed the school system, including academies, teacher regulation, discipline, and qualifications, to increase autonomy and accountability in education.
C. Education Act 1996
The Education Act 1996 is a key piece of UK legislation that consolidates and sets out the legal framework for primary and secondary education in England and Wales, including school organization, special educational needs, and local authority duties.
D. School Standards and Framework Act 1998
The School Standards and Framework Act 1998 is a key piece of UK education legislation that restructured the school system in England and Wales, introducing measures on school organisation, admissions, and standards.
E. Education and Training Act 2020
The Education and Training Act 2020 is New Zealand’s primary education law that consolidates and modernises the legal framework governing early childhood, primary, secondary, and tertiary education.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
amends	Education Act 1996 ⓘ School Standards and Framework Act 1998 ⓘ
containsPart	Part 1: School discipline ⓘ Part 2: Schools ⓘ Part 3: School inspections and other inspections by school inspectors ⓘ Part 4: Local education authorities ⓘ Part 5: Miscellaneous ⓘ Part 6: General ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
establishesDuty	duty on local authorities to consider parental representations about schools ⓘ duty on local authorities to respond to underperforming schools ⓘ duty on local authorities to secure sufficient schools in their area ⓘ
introducedBy	Department for Education and Skills ⓘ linked to: Department for Education
jurisdiction	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ Wales ⓘ
keyProvision	duty on local authorities to promote choice and diversity in school provision ⓘ duty on local authorities to promote fair access to educational opportunity ⓘ duty on local authorities to promote the fulfilment of every child’s educational potential ⓘ extended powers for governing bodies to regulate school discipline ⓘ framework for establishing trust schools ⓘ provisions on behaviour and attendance partnerships ⓘ provisions on parenting contracts and parenting orders ⓘ provisions on school admissions and appeals ⓘ provisions on school food and nutritional standards ⓘ provisions on school organisation and closure ⓘ provisions on school travel and transport ⓘ provisions relating to community schools ⓘ provisions relating to foundation schools ⓘ provisions relating to voluntary schools ⓘ reform of Ofsted inspection framework ⓘ statutory power for teachers to discipline pupils ⓘ
languageOfText	English ⓘ
legislativeBody	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ House of Lords ⓘ
longTitle	An Act to make provision about education, training and childcare; to make provision about the functions of local authorities and other bodies in relation to education, training and childcare; to make provision about the inspection of education, training and related services; and for connected purposes. ⓘ linked to: Education and Inspections Act 2006
parliament	Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ linked to: British Parliament
primarySubject	children’s services ⓘ education law ⓘ local authority duties ⓘ school inspections ⓘ
regulates	local education authorities in England ⓘ school inspections in England ⓘ state schools in England ⓘ
relatedField	education policy in England ⓘ
relatedOrganisation	Ofsted ⓘ local education authorities in England ⓘ
royalAssentDate	2006-11-08 ⓘ
shortTitle	Education and Inspections Act 2006 ⓘ
status	in force with amendments ⓘ
yearEnacted	2006 ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Education Act 2011 → amends → Education and Inspections Act 2006 ⓘ

Ofsted → legalBasis → Education and Inspections Act 2006 ⓘ

LEA → reformedBy → Education and Inspections Act 2006 ⓘ

subject linked to: LEAs

Third Blair ministry → notableEvent → Education and Inspections Act 2006 ⓘ

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 → amends → Education and Inspections Act 2006 ⓘ

Education and Inspections Act 2006 → shortTitle → Education and Inspections Act 2006 ⓘ

Education and Inspections Act 2006 → longTitle → An Act to make provision about education, training and childcare; to make provision about the functions of local authorities and other bodies in relation to education, training and childcare; to make provision about the inspection of education, training and related services; and for connected purposes. ⓘ

linked to: Education and Inspections Act 2006

His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills → legalBasis → Education and Inspections Act 2006 ⓘ

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