Duty to make statement of proposals following closure direction
2.—(1) This regulation applies where a local authority has been given a closure direction in relation to a short stay school.
(2) The authority must prepare a written statement of the arrangements it proposes to make under section 19 of the Education Act 1996(1) to replace the education provision which will be lost as a result of the closure direction.
(3) The statement must include information about—
(a)the number of children and young persons for whom education is expected to be provided under the proposed arrangements, and their ages;
(b)the nature of the education to be provided (including any specific needs which the education is expected to be capable of meeting);
(c)the means by which the education is expected to be provided.
(4) Before the end of the permitted period the authority must send a copy of the statement to the Secretary of State and the Chief Inspector.
(5) “The permitted period” is—
(a)the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the closure direction was given, or
(b)if the Secretary of State is of the opinion that the urgency of the case requires a shorter period, such shorter period as the Secretary of State may specify when the closure direction is given.
Section 19 was amended by sections 47(1) to (4) and 57(4) of, and Schedule 8 to the Education Act 1997; regulation 2 of S.I. 2007/1507; section 101(1) to (3) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006.