Part II GRANT-MAINTAINED SCHOOLS

Chapter X GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS

Provision of benefits and services by local education authority

C1129 Provision of benefits and services for pupils by local education authority.

1

Where—

a

a local education authority are under a duty, or have power, to provide any benefits or services for pupils, and

b

the duty is to be performed, or the power may be exercised, both in relation to pupils at schools maintained by a local education authority and in relation to pupils at grant-maintained schools,

the authority shall in performing the duty, or exercising the power, treat pupils at grant-maintained schools no less favourably (whether as to the benefits or services provided or as to the terms on which they are provided) than pupils at schools maintained by a local education authority.

2

Where—

a

a local education authority are under a duty, or have power, to provide any benefits or services for persons, other than pupils, receiving education at a school, and

b

the duty is to be performed, or the power may be exercised, both in relation to such persons at schools maintained by a local education authority and in relation to such persons at grant-maintained schools,

the authority shall in performing the duty, or in exercising the power, treat such persons at grant-maintained schools no less favourably (whether as to the benefits or services provided or as to the terms on which they are provided) than such persons at schools maintained by a local education authority.