Education Act 1996 (c. 56)

Part VI E+W School admissions, attendance and charges

Chapter II E+W School attendance

Exemption E+W

448 Exemption where child becomes five during term. E+W

Where—

(a) a child attains the age of five during the school term of a grant-maintained school, and

(b) arrangements have been made for the admission of the child to that school at the start of the next school term,

then, during the period beginning with his attaining that age and ending with the start of that next school term, section 7 (duty of parents to secure the education of their children) and section 437 shall not apply to the child.