Part VI School admissions, attendance and charges
Chapter II School attendance
School attendance orders
441 Choice of school: child with F5EHC plan or statement of special educational needs.
1
Subsections (2) and (3) apply where a F3local authority are required by virtue of section 437(3) to serve a school attendance order in respect of a child for whom they maintain F8an EHC plan (in the case of a local authority in England) or a statement under section 324 F9(in the case of a local authority in Wales).
2
Where the F10EHC plan or statement specifies the name of a school, that school shall be named in the order.
3
Where the F6EHC plan or statement does not specify the name of a school—
a
b
that school shall then be named in the order.
F23A
An amendment to a statement required to be made under subsection (3)(a) shall be treated for the purposes of Schedule 27 as if it were an amendment proposed following a periodic review (within the meaning of that Schedule).
F43B
An amendment to an EHC plan required to be made under subsection (3)(a) shall be treated as if it were an amendment made following a review under section 44 of the Children and Families Act 2014, and that section and regulations made under it apply accordingly.
4
Where—
a
b
the name of the school specified in the F12plan or statement is changed,
the F3local authority shall amend the order accordingly.