(1)Where a local education authority are satisfied that it would be inappropriate for—
(a)the special educational provision which a learning difficulty of a child in their area calls for, or
(b)any part of any such provision,
to be made in a school, they may arrange for the provision (or, as the case may be, for that part of it) to be made otherwise than in a school.
(2)Before making an arrangement under this section, a local education authority shall consult the child’s parent.