Education Act 1996

Special schools

337 Special schools

(1) A school which is specially organised to make special educational provision for pupils with special educational needs and is for the time being approved by the Secretary of State under section 342 shall be known as a special school.

(2) There are three categories of special school—

(a) maintained special schools;

(b) grant-maintained special schools; and

(c) special schools which are neither maintained nor grant-maintained schools.

(3) A special school is a maintained special school if it is maintained by a local education authority.

(4) A special school is a grant-maintained special school if it is conducted by a governing body incorporated in pursuance of proposals for the purpose—

(a) made by the funding authority under section 339 of this Act (or section 183 of the [1993 c. 35.] Education Act 1993), or

(b) made under section 345 of this Act (or section 186 of that Act).