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Further Education and Training Bill [HL]

I take the points made by the noble Lord and I will reply to them more fully, but it should be made absolutely clear that in respect of 14 to 16 year-olds who may spend part of their time in a further education college, it is a requirement that they must still be based in a school. The school has responsibility for their pastoral care and they will not spend more than a minority of their time in an FE college. I should emphasise this because it is important to understand the relationship between FE colleges and students below the age of 16. FE colleges do not take responsibility for the pastoral care or organisation of that provision of 14 to 16 year-olds. That is not to say that they should not regard themselves as under duties to promote well-being, but the statutory responsibility of promoting the pastoral well-being of students of this age resides with the school, on whose roll these students will remain. The school is expected to exercise in full the duties in respect of these students.