The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It alters the law relating to education.
The precursors of this act were the white paper "Raising Expectations: Enabling the system to deliver" published in March 2008 and a "Draft Apprenticeships Bill" published in July of that year.
The act established the Chief Executive of Skills Funding.
The act introduced minimum hours of work and learning for apprenticeships.
The act established the School Support Staff Negotiating Body. The measure had been announced in 2007, and intended to facilitate the improvement of terms and conditions for support staff.
The legislation was criticised by Labour peer Baroness Wilkins for potentially excluding disabled people, such as deaf people whose first language is British Sign Language and may not meet the requirement to have a GCSE in English.