Part IV Special educational needs

Chapter I Children with special educational needs

Identification and assessment of children with special educational needs

321 General duty of F4local authority towards children for whom they are responsible.

1

A F4local authority shall exercise their powers with a view to securing that, of the children for whom they are responsible, they identify those to whom subsection (2) below applies.

2

This subsection applies to a child if—

a

he has special educational needs, and

b

it is necessary for the authority to determine the special educational provision which any learning difficulty he may have calls for.

3

For the purposes of this Part a F4local authority are responsible for a child if he is in their area and—

a

he is a registered pupil at a F1maintained schoolF3 or maintained nursery school ,

F2b

education is provided for him at a school which is not a maintained school F3 or maintained nursery school but is so provided at the expense of the authority,

c

he does not come within paragraph (a) or (b) above but is a registered pupil at a school and has been brought to the authority’s attention as having (or probably having) special educational needs, or

d

he is not a registered pupil at a school but is not under the age of two or over compulsory school age and has been brought to their attention as having (or probably having) special educational needs.