Part VII Independent Schools

Chapter IV City colleges

F10F1483A City colleges and academies: special educational needs F10and additional learning needs.

1

This section applies in relation to any child falling within subsection (2) F9if the condition in subsection (3) is satisfied.

2

A child falls within this subsection if—

a

he is a child for whom F5an EHC plan F12or a statement under section 324 is maintainedF12is maintained by a local authority in England, or for whom an individual development plan is maintained by a local authority in Wales, and

b

he attends (or proposes to attend) a school which is a city technology college, a city college for the technology of the arts or F2an Academy .

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The condition in this subsection is satisfied if—

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F13the EHC plan is maintained by a local authority in England, or

b

the statement is maintained by a local authority in Wales and the Welsh Ministers consent to the child being educated at the school.

4

F6The appropriate national authority may by regulations make provision for securing that arrangements are made—

a

for making the special educational provision specified in F14the plan or the statementF14the EHC plan, or for making the additional learning provision specified in the individual development plan (as the case may be);

b

for making any non-educational provision specified in F7the plan or the statementF7the EHC plan or the individual development plan.

5

Regulations under subsection (4) may require or authorise a F8local authority—

a

to make payments to the school in respect of the child, or

b

to provide any other assistance to the school in respect of the child.

6

No condition or requirement imposed by virtue of section 482(4)(a) is to prevent a F8local authority making payments or providing assistance by virtue of subsection (5).

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In subsection (4) “the appropriate national authority” means—

a

in relation to a school in England, the Secretary of State;

b

in relation to a school in Wales, the Welsh Ministers.

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F3This section does not apply to schools in Wales.