Education Reform Act 1988

27In section 15 of that Act (school attendance order relating to child with special educational needs), after subsection (6) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(7)Where the school to be named in the school attendance order in pursuance of a direction given by the Secretary of State under this section is a grant-maintained school, it shall be the duty of the governing body of the school to admit the child to the school.