s 50 Application of schools provision to independent educational institutions
(1) The Education and Skills Act 2008 is amended as follows. (2) After section 137 insert— Application of schools provision to independent educational institutions (137A) (1) Regulations may provide for any relevant enactment to apply (with or without modifications) in relation to an independent educational institution (or an independent educational institution of a prescribed description) which is not an independent school as that enactment applies in England in relation to an independent school. (2) “ Relevant enactment ” means an enactment made by or under any other Act passed before the end of the session in which the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 was passed, including any other Act as amended by or under that Act. (3) In section 166 (2) (instruments subject to affirmative procedure)— (a) omit the “or” at the end of paragraph (g) ; (b) after that paragraph insert— (ga) regulations under section 137A , or