Responsible Local Authority
In Greater London the London borough councils and the Common Council of the City of London are the local authorities responsible for education; in the metropolitan counties it is the metropolitan borough councils; and in the non-metropolitan counties it is the county councils or, where there is no county council, the councils of the unitary authorities. The Council of the Isles of Scilly is an education authority.
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