Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 117527

Sixth Form Colleges: Closures

Tabled: 3 March 2026
Answered: 10 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Steff Aquarone

Liberal DemocratNorth Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department defines a partial closure of a Sixth Form College; and whether removal of A-Level provision constitutes a partial closure.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
The arrangements for closing a standalone sixth form college are set out in the Dissolution of Further Education Corporations and Sixth Form College Corporations (Prescribed Bodies) Regulations 2012, and do not include partial closure.It is for the colleg...

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