Education Legislation

Laws governing educational institutions, curriculum standards, student finance, higher education, and educational quality assessment.

The Power to Award Degrees etc. (S P Jain London School of Management Limited) (Amendment) Order 2025

Published: Wed 19th Nov 25

The Order amends the 2023 authorisation for S P Jain London School of Management Limited, setting its degree-awarding term to expire on 30th August 2027.


The Office for Students issues this Order to modify the existing 2023 authorisation granting S P Jain London School of Management Limited the power to award degrees, specifically by fixing the term of this authorization to run from September 1st, 2023, until the end of August 30th, 2027, confirming that statutory procedures regarding quality advice and notification have been followed.

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The Charities Act 2022 (Commencement No. 4 and Saving Provision) Regulations 2025

The Regulations brought into force provisions of the Charities Act 2022 regarding small ex gratia payments and consequential amendments on 27th November 2025, while protecting ongoing applications and museum property assets.


The Secretary of State makes these Regulations under the Charities Act 2022 to bring specific provisions of the Act into force across England and Wales on 27th November 2025.

This commencement primarily enacts technical improvements to charity law concerning the power of charity trustees to make small ex gratia payments without seeking prior authorization if conditions are met, and codifies the existing authorization powers held by the Charity Commission and the courts.

The Regulations also list specific property belonging to designated national museums and galleries that remains subject to existing prohibitions, preventing immediate commencement of the new rules for those assets, and include provisions to save the prior procedures for applications already submitted before the new rules take effect.

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The Education (Inspectors of Education and Training in Wales) Order 2025

Published: Mon 17th Nov 25

The Order formally appointed specific named individuals as His Majesty’s Inspectors of Education and Training in Wales effective from November 20th, 2025.


This statutory instrument, made by the King in Council under the powers granted by the Education Act 2005, formally appoints the individuals listed in the accompanying Schedule to serve as His Majesty’s Inspectors of Education and Training in Wales (or Arolygwyr Ei Fawrhydi dros Addysg a Hyfforddiant yng Nghymru), and it stipulated that the Order comes into force on November 20th, 2025.

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The Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (No. 4) Order 2025

The Order formally appointed named individuals as His Majesty’s Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills, effective from November 13th, 2025.


This Order, issued by His Majesty in Council on November 12, 2025, formally appoints the individuals listed in the Schedule as His Majesty’s Inspectors of Education, Children’s Services and Skills, effective from November 13, 2025, exercising powers conferred under section 114(1) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006.

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The Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (Commencement No. 8) Regulations 2025

These Regulations partially enacted Section 20 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 on November 7, 2025, and fully enacted Sections 28, 29, and 30 on January 12, 2026.


These Regulations exercise powers under the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 to specify dates for bringing certain provisions of that Act into force, representing the eighth commencement instrument.

Specifically, Regulation 2 brings into force part of Section 20 concerning child victims of domestic abuse, requiring notification to schools starting November 7, 2025, while Regulation 3 brings into force Sections 28, 29, and 30 on January 12, 2026, relating to information requests for victims, service police information protocols, and the review of counselling information requests.

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The Power to Award Degrees etc. (University for the Creative Arts) Order 2025

Published: Wed 29th Oct 25

A statutory order authorized the University for the Creative Arts to grant research awards for a fixed three-year term beginning in December 2025.


This Order, issued by the Office for Students under the Higher Education and Research Act 2017, grants the University for the Creative Arts the temporary authority to confer research awards for a fixed term commencing on December 1, 2025, and ending on November 29, 2028, following consultation with the required advisory body, and further allows the University to delegate this awarding power to specified institutions.

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The Coasting Schools (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Published: Mon 27th Oct 25

The Regulations amended the criteria used to determine if a school in England is designated as 'coasting' by substituting a new definition in the 2022 Regulations, effective from November 17, 2025.


The Coasting Schools (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, enacted under powers from the Education and Inspections Act 2006, amend the 2022 regulations by substituting a revised definition of when a school is deemed 'coasting'.

The core change involves updating the specific inspection grades and conditions—differentiating between inspections before and after September 2, 2024—that trigger the coasting designation, alongside specifying the criteria a school must meet to exit that status, and providing definitions for terms like 'relevant assessment' and 'linked school'.

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The School Admissions (Admission Arrangements and Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Published: Thu 16th Oct 25

The Regulations amended Schedule 4 of the 2012 School Admissions Regulations to formally insert details for the Nancy Reuben Primary School and its affiliated Rabbinic authority.


These Regulations, made by the Secretary of State under powers within the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, amend the 2012 School Admissions Regulations by specifically updating Schedule 4 to include a new recognized entry for the Nancy Reuben Primary School and the Office of the Rabbis of Od Yosef Hai Synagogue, Hendon, detailing its location, and these rules come into force on November 6th, 2025, and apply to both England and Wales.

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