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A 'Local Education Authority (LEA)' is the part of a local council, or local authority (LA), in England and Wales that is responsible for education within that council's jurisdiction. The phrase is now obsolete in official use, but is still frequently used informally to refer to the Education Department of the relevant local authority.

Contents
Responsible local authority
Functions
History
Creation
Reform
List of local authorities responsible for education by region
See also
References
External links

Responsible local authority


In Greater London the London borough councils are the local authorities responsible for education; in the metropolitan counties it is the metropolitan borough councils; and in the shire counties it is the county councils or, where extant, the councils of the unitary authorities.

Functions


Local education authorities have responsibility of all state schools in their area: they organise funding for the schools, allocate the number of places available at each school and employ all teachers (except for foundation and voluntary aided schools, which, while still funded by the local authority, employ their own staff).
Local education authorities are responsible for the funding of students in higher education (for example undergraduate courses and PGCE) whose permanent address is in their area, regardless of the place of study. Based on an assessment of individual circumstances they offer grants or access to student loans through the Student Loans Company.

History


Creation

The term was introduced by the Education Act 1902 (2 Edw.7, c. 42). The Act designated each local authority; either county council and county borough council; would set up a committee known as a ''Local Education Authority'' (LEA). Bryne, T., ''Local Government in Britain'', (1994) The councils took over the powers and responsibilities of the school boards and technical instruction committees in their area. Municipal boroughs with a population of 10,000 and urban districts with a population of 20,000 were to be local education authorities in their areas for elementary education only. The LEAs' role was further expanded with the introduction of school meals in 1906 and medical inspection in 1907.
In 1904 the London County Council became a local education authority, with the abolition of the London School Board. The metropolitan boroughs were not education authorities, although they were given the power to decide on the site for new schools in their areas, and provided the majority of members on boards of management.
Reform

The system continued unchanged until 1965, when the London County Council was replaced by the Greater London Council. The twenty outer London boroughs became local education authorities, while a new Inner London Education Authority, consisting of the members of the GLC elected for the inner boroughs covering the former County of London was created. [1]
In 1974 local government outside London was completely reorganised. In the new metropolitan counties of England, metropolitan boroughs became LEAs. In the non-metropolitan counties the county councils were the education authorities, [2] as they were throughout Wales.
In 1986, with the abolition of the Greater London Council, a directly elected Inner London Education authority was formed. This, however, only existed until 1990, when the 12 inner London boroughs assumed responsibility for education.
In 1989, under the Education Reform Act 1988, the LEAs lost responsibility for higher education, with all polytechnics and colleges of higher education becoming independent corporations.
A further wave of local government reorganisation during the 1990s lead to the formation of unitary authorities in parts of England and throughout Wales, which became local education authorities. [3]
The Education and Inspections Bill, presented to parliament in 2006 includes a clause which allows for the renaming of Local Education Authorities as Local Authorities in all legislation, removing the anomaly of one local authority being known as a local authority, a local education authority, and a children's services authority.

List of local authorities responsible for education by region


There are currently 150 local education authorities in England. Below they are listed alphabetically by region. [4]
London

Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council
Barnet London Borough Council
Bexley London Borough Council
Brent London Borough Council
Bromley London Borough Council
Camden London Borough Council
Corporation of London
Croydon London Borough Council
Ealing London Borough Council
Enfield London Borough Council
Greenwich London Borough Council
Hackney London Borough Council
Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council
Haringey London Borough Council
Harrow London Borough Council
Havering London Borough Council
Hillingdon London Borough Council

Hounslow London Borough Council
Islington London Borough Council
Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council
Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council
Lambeth London Borough Council
Lewisham London Borough Council
Merton London Borough Council
Newham London Borough Council
Redbridge London Borough Council
Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council
Southwark London Borough Council
Sutton London Borough Council
Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Waltham Forest London Borough Council
Wandsworth London Borough Council
Westminster City Council
South West

Bath and North East Somerset District Council
Bournemouth Borough Council
Bristol City Council
Cornwall County Council
Devon County Council
Dorset County Council
Gloucestershire County Council
Council of the Isles of Scilly

North Somerset District Council
Plymouth City Council
Poole Borough Council
Somerset County Council
South Gloucestershire District Council
Swindon Borough Council
Torbay Borough Council
Wiltshire County Council
South East

Bracknell Forest Borough Council
Brighton and Hove City Council
Buckinghamshire County Council
East Sussex County Council
Hampshire County Council
Isle of Wight Council
Kent County Council
Medway Borough Council
Milton Keynes Borough Council
Oxfordshire County Council

Portsmouth City Council
Reading Borough Council
Slough Borough Council
Southampton City Council
Surrey County Council
West Berkshire District Council
West Sussex County Council
Wokingham District Council
Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council
East

Bedfordshire County Council
Cambridgeshire County Council
Essex County Council
Hertfordshire County Council
Luton Borough Council

Norfolk County Council
Peterborough City Council
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
Suffolk County Council
Thurrock Borough Council
West Midlands

Birmingham City Council
Coventry City Council
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
★ County of Herefordshire District Council
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Shropshire County Council
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

Staffordshire County Council
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Telford and Wrekin Borough Council
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Warwickshire County Council
Wolverhampton City Council
Worcestershire County Council
East Midlands

Derby City Council
Derbyshire County Council
Leicester City Council
Leicestershire County Council
Lincolnshire County Council

Northamptonshire County Council
Nottingham City Council
Nottinghamshire County Council
Rutland County Council District Council
Yorkshire and the Humber

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Bradford City Council
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Hull City Council
Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council
Leeds City Council

North East Lincolnshire Borough Council
North Lincolnshire Borough Council
North Yorkshire County Council
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Sheffield City Council
Wakefield City Council
York City Council
North West

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Blackpool Borough Council
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Cheshire County Council
Cumbria County Council
Halton Borough Council
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Lancashire County Council
Liverpool City Council
Manchester City Council

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Salford City Council
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
Warrington Borough Council
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
North East

Darlington Borough Council
Durham County Council
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
Hartlepool Borough Council
Middlesbrough Borough Council
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

Northumberland County Council
Newcastle upon Tyne City Council
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Sunderland City Council

See also



Special education#England and Wales

Special education#Scotland

Special school

References


1. Saint, A., ''Politics and the people of London: the London County Council (1889-1965)'', (1989)
2. Redcliffe-Maud & Wood, B., ''English Local Government Reformed'', (1974)
3. Jones, B. et al, ''Politics UK'', (2004)
4. Department for Education and Skills - LA Contact Details

External links



DfES: The Role of the Local Education Authority in School Education

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