Education Act 1981

1. Introductory Text

2. Preliminary

   1. 1. Meaning of " special educational needs " and " special educational provision "

3. Provision of special education

   1. 2. Provision of special education: duties of local education authorities etc.

   2. 3. Provision of special education otherwise than in schools

4. Identification and assessment of children with special educational needs

   1. 4. General duty of local education authority towards children for whom they are responsible

   2. 5. Assessment of special educational needs

   3. 6. Assessment of special educational needs of children under the age of two

   4. 7. Statement of child's special educational needs

   5. 8. Appeals against statements

   6. 9. Requests for assessments

   7. 10. Duty of health authority to notify parents etc.

5. Special schools and approved independent schools

   1. 11. Special schools and approved independent schools

   2. 12. Approval of special schools

   3. 13. Approval of independent schools

   4. 14. Discontinuance of maintained special schools

6. School attendance orders

   1. 15. Proposed school attendance order: choice of school

   2. 16. Amendment and revocation of school attendance orders

7. Miscellaneous

   1. 17. Duty of parents

   2. 18. Powers of Secretary of State as to medical and other examinations

   3. 19. Regulations

   4. 20. Interpretation and commencement

   5. 21. Short title, etc.

8. SCHEDULES

   1. SCHEDULE 1

      Assessments and Statements of Special Educational Needs

      1. PART I Assessments

         1. Regulations

            1. 1. (1) The Secretary of State shall by regulations make provision...

         2. Attendance at examinations

            1. 2. (1) Where a local education authority propose to make an...

      2. PART II Statements

         1. Form of statement

            1. 3. A statement shall be in the prescribed form and contain...

         2. Keeping and disclosure of statements

            1. 4. The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision with...

         3. Review of statements

            1. 5. Every statement shall, on the making of an assessment of...

         4. Amendment of statements, etc.

            1. 6. (1) If a local education authority propose to amend, or...

            2. 7. Paragraph 6 above does not apply in any case where...

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      Transitional Provisions

      1. Approval of special schools

         1. 1. Any approval given under section 9(5) of the principal Act...

      2. Special educational treatment

         1. 2. The following provisions of this Schedule apply in relation to...

         2. 3. The child shall be taken to have special educational needs...

         3. 4. During the period of 12 months beginning with the commencement...

         4. 5. A statement made in respect of the child under section...

         5. 6. Until such time as the authority make a statement in...

         6. 7. Section 8 shall not apply in relation to a statement...

         7. 8. Sections 15 and 16 apply, at any time before a...

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      Minor and Consequential Amendments

      1. Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c. 12)

         1. 1. In section 10(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act...

      2. The principal Act

         1. 2. In section 37 of the principal Act (school attendance orders),...

         2. 3. In section 50(1) of the principal Act (provision of board...

         3. 4. In section 52(1) of the principal Act (recovery of cost...

         4. 5. In section 61 (prohibition of fees in schools maintained by...

         5. 6. In section 114 of the principal Act (interpretation) for the...

      3. Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1948 (c.40)

         1. 7. In section 5(1) of the Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1948...

      4. Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953 (c.33)

         1. 8. (1) Section 6 of the Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953...

      5. Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54)

         1. 9. In section 1(2)(e) of the Children and Young Persons Act...

      6. Education Act 1973 (c. 16)

         1. 10. In section 1(2)(b) of the Education Act 1973 (modifications of...

      7. Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c. 65)

         1. 11. In section 23(1) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (local...

      8. Race Relations Act 1976 (c. 74)

         1. 12. In section 18(1) of the Race Relations Act 1976 (local...

      9. National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49)

         1. 13. In paragraph 1(a)(ii) of Schedule 1 to the National Health...

      10. Education Act 1980 (c. 20)

          1. 14. In section 9(2) of the Education Act 1980 (application of...

          2. 15. In section 10 of the Act of 1980 (determination of...

          3. 16. In section 11 of the Act of 1980 (amendment of...

   4. SCHEDULE 4

      Repeals