[F1139BAssessments under section 139A: interpretationU.K.
(1)This section applies for the purposes of section 139A.
(2)A statement of special educational needs is a statement maintained under section 324 of the Education Act 1996.
(3)An assessment of a person is an assessment, resulting in a written report, of—
(a)the person's educational and training needs, and
(b)the provision required to meet them.
(4)A local education authority is responsible for—
(a)a person who is receiving education or training in its area;
(b)a person who is not receiving education or training, but who is normally resident in its area;
(c)a person who is not receiving education or training, and who is not normally resident in its area or that of another authority, but who is otherwise within its area and, in its opinion, likely to receive post-16 education or training or higher education.
(5)A person's last year of compulsory schooling is the last school year at his school during the whole or part of which he is of compulsory school age; and in the application of section 139A(6) to a person who is receiving education at an institution other than a school, that institution is to be treated for the purpose of determining his last year of compulsory schooling as though it were a school.
(6)“Higher education” is education provided by means of a course of any description mentioned in Schedule 6 to the Education Reform Act 1988.
(7)“Post-16 education or training” means post-16 education or post-16 training within the meaning of Part 1.
(8)“School year” has the meaning given in section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 139A-139C inserted (26.11.2008) by Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25), ss. 80, 173(1)(a)