SI 2026/740 - The Northern School of Art (Becoming a Higher Education Corporation) Order 2026

Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 2026 No. 740 EDUCATION, ENGLAND The Northern School of Art (Becoming a Higher Education Corporation) Order 2026 Made - - - - 2nd July 2026 Laid before Parliament 6th July 2026 Coming into force - - 1st August 2026 The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 122ZA of the Education Reform Act 1988(1). Citation, commencement, extent and application 1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Northern School of Art (Becoming a Higher Education Corporation) Order 2026. (2) This Order comes into force on 1st August 2026. (3) This Order extends to England and Wales. (4) This Order applies to England only. Transfer to the higher education sector 2. On 1st August 2026, the Northern School of Art(2) ceases to be a further education corporation and becomes a higher education corporation. (1) 1988 c. 40; section 122ZA was inserted by section 90 and paragraph 3 of Schedule 8 to the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29). (2) Cleveland College of Art and Design was formed on 1st September 1979 by the merger of Teesside College of Art, Middlesbrough, and Hartlepool College of Art, Hartlepool. Cleveland College of Art and Design was incorporated under section 15 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13) by the Education (Further Education Corporations) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/2097). Its name was changed to The Northern School of Art, whose address is Newport Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 1LA, on 1st May 2018.Document Generated: 2026-07-06 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. Smith of Malvern Minister of State 2nd July 2026 Department for Education 2Document Generated: 2026-07-06 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order makes provision for the Northern School of Art further education corporation to become a higher education corporation. On 1st August 2026 that corporation becomes a higher education corporation. An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument because no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen. 3