Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 2-3 repealed (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1)(3), Sch. 30 para. 208(a), Sch.31 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch.1
Textual Amendments
F2Ss. 2-3 repealed (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1)(3), Sch. 30 para. 208(a), Sch.31 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch.1
After section 550 of the M1Education Act 1996 there shall be inserted—
(1)A member of the staff of a school may use, in relation to any pupil at the school, such force as is reasonable in the circumstances for the purpose of preventing the pupil from doing (or continuing to do) any of the following, namely—
(a)committing any offence,
(b)causing personal injury to, or damage to the property of, any person (including the pupil himself), or
(c)engaging in any behaviour prejudicial to the maintenance of good order and discipline at the school or among any of its pupils, whether that behaviour occurs during a teaching session or otherwise.
(2)Subsection (1) applies where a member of the staff of a school is—
(a)on the premises of the school, or
(b)elsewhere at a time when, as a member of its staff, he has lawful control or charge of the pupil concerned;
but it does not authorise anything to be done in relation to a pupil which constitutes the giving of corporal punishment within the meaning of section 548.
(3)Subsection (1) shall not be taken to prevent any person from relying on any defence available to him otherwise than by virtue of this section.
(4)In this section—
“member of the staff”, in relation to a school, means any teacher who works at the school and any other person who, with the authority of the head teacher, has lawful control or charge of pupils at the school;
“offence” includes anything that would be an offence but for the operation of any presumption that a person under a particular age is incapable of committing an offence.”
Marginal Citations
After the section 550A inserted in the M2Education Act 1996 by section 4 of this Act there shall be inserted—
(1)Where a pupil to whom this section applies is required on disciplinary grounds to spend a period of time in detention at his school after the end of any school session, his detention shall not be rendered unlawful by virtue of the absence of his parent’s consent to it if the conditions set out in subsection (3) are satisfied.
(2)This section applies to any pupil who has not attained the age of 18 and is attending—
(a)a school maintained by a local education authority;
(b)a grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school; or
(c)a city technology college or city college for the technology of the arts.
(3)The conditions referred to in subsection (1) are as follows—
(a)the head teacher of the school must have previously determined, and have—
(i)made generally known within the school, and
(ii)taken steps to bring to the attention of the parent of every person who is for the time being a registered pupil there,
that the detention of pupils after the end of a school session is one of the measures that may be taken with a view to regulating the conduct of pupils;
(b)the detention must be imposed by the head teacher or by another teacher at the school specifically or generally authorised by him for the purpose;
(c)the detention must be reasonable in all the circumstances; and
(d)the pupil’s parent must have been given at least 24 hours’ notice in writing that the detention was due to take place.
(4)In determining for the purposes of subsection (3)(c) whether a pupil’s detention is reasonable, the following matters in particular shall be taken into account—
(a)whether the detention constitutes a proportionate punishment in the circumstances of the case; and
(b)any special circumstances relevant to its imposition on the pupil which are known to the person imposing it (or of which he ought reasonably to be aware) including in particular—
(i)the pupil’s age,
(ii)any special educational needs he may have,
(iii)any religious requirements affecting him, and
(iv)where arrangements have to be made for him to travel from the school to his home, whether suitable alternative arrangements can reasonably be made by his parent.
(5)Section 572, which provides for the methods by which notices may be served under this Act, does not preclude a notice from being given to a pupil’s parent under this section by any other effective method.”
Commencement Information
I1S. 5 wholly in force at 1.9.1998 see s. 58(3) and S.I. 1998/386, arts. 2(4), 4, Sch. 1 Pt. IV, Sch. 2 Pt. II (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
Marginal Citations
Textual Amendments
F3Ss. 6-8 repealed (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1)(3), Sch. 30 para. 208(b), Sch.31 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch.1
Textual Amendments
F4Ss. 6-8 repealed (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1)(3), Sch. 30 para. 208(b), Sch.31 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch.1
Textual Amendments
F5Ss. 6-8 repealed (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1)(3), Sch. 30 para. 208(b), Sch.31 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch.1
After section 527 of the Education Act 1996 there shall be inserted—
(1)Every local education authority shall prepare, and from time to time review, a statement setting out the arrangements made or proposed to be made by the authority in connection with the education of children with behavioural difficulties.
(2)The arrangements to be covered by the statement include in particular—
(a)the arrangements made or to be made by the authority for the provision of advice and resources to relevant schools, and other arrangements made or to be made by them, with a view to—
(i)meeting requests by such schools for support and assistance in connection with the promotion of good behaviour and discipline on the part of their pupils, and
(ii)assisting such schools to deal with general behavioural problems and the behavioural difficulties of individual pupils;
(b)the arrangements made or to be made by the authority in pursuance of section 19(1) (exceptional provision of education for children not receiving education by reason of being excluded or otherwise); and
(c)any other arrangements made or to be made by them for assisting children with behavioural difficulties to find places at suitable schools.
(3)The statement shall also deal with the interaction between the arrangements referred to in subsection (2) and those made by the authority in relation to pupils with behavioural difficulties who have special educational needs.
(4)In the course of preparing the statement required by this section or any revision of it the authority shall carry out such consultation as may be prescribed.
(5)The authority shall—
(a)publish the statement in such manner and by such date, and
(b)publish revised statements in such manner and at such intervals,
as may be prescribed, and shall provide such persons as may be prescribed with copies of the statement or any revised statement.
(6)In discharging their functions under this section a local education authority shall have regard to any guidance given from time to time by the Secretary of State.
(7)In this section “relevant school”, in relation to a local education authority, means—
(a)a school maintained by the authority (whether situated in their area or not), or
(b)a grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school situated in their area.”