Definition of local education authority in English:
local education authority
nounPlural local education authorities
(in England and Wales) a council body that is responsible for administering education in a particular area.
local education authorities monitor home-educated children
Example sentencesExamples
- The local education authority has earmarked the cash for measures including more truancy sweeps, after-school clubs, and hi-tech electronic classroom registers.
- We are working hard with schools and local education authority representatives to make sure the problems of this year are not repeated.
- Local education authorities and certain schools are responsible for setting terms and holidays for their area.
- In those terms, local education authorities will be taking a close look at how their schools have performed.
- We hope we will be able to access the funding from the Local Education Authority to enable us to implement those initiatives.
- Students are entitled to additional special services from the local education authority in whose district their school is located.
- For nearly two decades the Local Education Authority avoided enforced job losses among teachers and support staff.
- Local education authority must ensure that all schools comply with legislation that requires that infants are not taught in classes of more than 30 except in certain specified circumstances.
- Local education authorities should bear in mind their statutory duty to make appropriate educational provision available for all school-age children in their area, whether resident temporarily or permanently.
- Representatives of the 150 local education authorities in England voted in favour of switching to a six-term year.