http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/60/section/3/enactedEducation Act 1981State schoolsSchool welfare, behaviour and attendanceSpecial educational needs and additional supportConsultations on educationSpecial schoolsKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2019-03-19
Provision of special educationProvision of special education otherwise than in schools
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If, in relation to any child in their area who has special educational needs, a local education authority are satisfied that it would be inappropriate for the special educational provision required for that child, or for any part of that provision, to be made in a school, they may after consulting the child's parent arrange for it or, as the case may be, for that part of it, to be made otherwise than in a school.