Education Act 1996

441 Choice of school: child with statement of special educational needs.E+W

(1)Subsections (2) and (3) apply where a local education authority are required by virtue of section 437(3) to serve a school attendance order in respect of a child for whom they maintain a statement under section 324.

(2)Where the statement specifies the name of a school, that school shall be named in the order.

(3)Where the statement does not specify the name of a school—

(a)the authority shall, in accordance with paragraph 10 of Schedule 27, amend the statement so that it specifies the name of a school, and

(b)that school shall then be named in the order.

(4)Where—

(a)a school attendance order is in force in respect of a child for whom the local education authority maintain a statement under section 324, and

(b)the name of the school specified in the statement is changed,

the local education authority shall amend the order accordingly.