Relaxation of requirements for admission to a special school3
The requirements in the following provisions are, in relation to the authority, and the governing body and the head teacher of the School, relaxed—
a
in paragraph (c) of section 316A(2) of the 1996 Act, the requirement for there to be a change in the child’s circumstances before a child with special educational needs can be admitted to a special school with the agreement of the persons referred to in that paragraph thereby relaxing the requirement in section 316 of that Act for him to be educated in a mainstream school;
b
in sub-paragraph (c) of regulation 12A(1) of the 2001 Regulations, the requirement for there to be a change in the child’s circumstances before a child can be admitted to a maintained special school with the agreement of the persons referred to in that sub-paragraph.