Part VI School admissions, attendance and charges
Chapter II School attendance
School attendance orders
441 Choice of school: child with statement of special educational needs.
1
Subsections (2) and (3) apply where a local education authority are required by virtue of section 437(3) to serve a school attendance order in respect of a child for whom they maintain a statement under section 324.
2
Where the statement specifies the name of a school, that school shall be named in the order.
3
Where the statement does not specify the name of a school—
a
the authority shall, F1. . ., amend the statement so that it specifies the name of a school, and
b
that school shall then be named in the order.
F23A
An amendment to a statement required to be made under subsection (3)(a) shall be treated for the purposes of Schedule 27 as if it were an amendment proposed following a periodic review (within the meaning of that Schedule).
4
Where—
a
a school attendance order is in force in respect of a child for whom the local education authority maintain a statement under section 324, and
b
the name of the school specified in the statement is changed,
the local education authority shall amend the order accordingly.