Mental health and emotional well-beingE+W
63Duty to have regard to mental health and emotional well-being of children and young personsE+W
(1)A person within subsection (2) must, in exercising any function conferred by or under this Act, have regard to the mental health and emotional well-being of children and young persons likely to be affected by the exercise of the function.
(2)The persons are—
(a)the head teacher of a maintained school or a maintained nursery school;
(b)the governing body of a maintained school or a maintained nursery school;
(c)a provider of funded non-maintained nursery education;
(d)the teacher in charge of a pupil referral unit;
(e)the management committee for a pupil referral unit;
(f)a person who provides teaching and learning for a child otherwise than at a maintained school, maintained nursery school or pupil referral unit by virtue of arrangements made under section 19A of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56);
(g)a local authority in Wales.
Commencement Information
I1S. 63 in force at 1.9.2022 by S.I. 2022/652, art. 4(d)