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Part VIIE+W Independent Schools

Chapter IVE+W City colleges

F1[F2483A City colleges and academies: special educational needs [F1and additional learning needs].E+W

(1)This section applies in relation to any child falling within subsection (2) [F3if the condition in subsection (3) is satisfied].

(2)A child falls within this subsection if—

(a)he is a child for whom [F4an EHC plan [F5or a statement under section 324 is maintained] [F5is maintained by a local authority in England, or for whom an individual development plan is maintained by a local authority in Wales]], and

(b)he attends (or proposes to attend) a school which is a city technology college, a city college for the technology of the arts or [F6an Academy] .

[F7(3)The condition in this subsection is satisfied if—

[F8(a)[F9the EHC plan] is maintained by a local authority in England, or

(b)the statement is maintained by a local authority in Wales and the Welsh Ministers consent to the child being educated at the school.]]

(4)[F10The appropriate national authority] may by regulations make provision for securing that arrangements are made—

(a)for making the special educational provision specified in [F11the plan or the statement] [F11the EHC plan, or for making the additional learning provision specified in the individual development plan (as the case may be)];

(b)for making any non-educational provision specified in [F12the plan or the statement] [F12the EHC plan or the individual development plan].

(5)Regulations under subsection (4) may require or authorise a [F13local authority]

(a)to make payments to the school in respect of the child, or

(b)to provide any other assistance to the school in respect of the child.

(6)No condition or requirement imposed by virtue of section 482(4)(a) is to prevent a [F13local authority] making payments or providing assistance by virtue of subsection (5).

[F14(6A)In subsection (4) “the appropriate national authority” means—

(a)in relation to a school in England, the Secretary of State;

(b)in relation to a school in Wales, the Welsh Ministers.]

(7)[F15This section does not apply to schools in Wales.]]

Textual Amendments

F2S. 483A inserted (1.10.2000) by 2000 c. 21, s. 133 (with s. 150); S.I. 2000/2559, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. I

F4Words in s. 483A(2)(a) substituted (1.9.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 3 para. 44(2); S.I. 2014/889, art. 7(a) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2014/2270 (as amended (1.4.2015) by S.I. 2015/505)

F6Words in s. 483A(2)(b) substituted (26.7.2002) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), ss. 65, 216; Sch. 7 Pt. 2 para. 6(4)(a); (with savings in ss. 210(8), 214(4)) S.I. 2002/2002, art. 2

F8S. 483A(3)(a)(b) substituted (1.9.2009) by Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25), ss. 147(5), 173(4); S.I. 2009/1513, art. 3

F9Words in s. 483A(3)(a) substituted (1.9.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 3 para. 44(3); S.I. 2014/889, art. 7(a) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2014/2270 (as amended (1.4.2015) by S.I. 2015/505)

F10Words in s. 483A(4) substituted (1.9.2009) by Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25), ss. 147(6), 173(4); S.I. 2009/1513, art. 3

F15S. 483A(7) ceased to have effect (26.7.2002) and repealed (1.10.2002 for E., otherwise prosp.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), ss. 65(3), 215, 216(4), Sch. 7 para. 6(4)(b), Sch. 22 Pt. 3 (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/2002, art. 2; S.I. 2002/2439, art. 3