SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES PROVIDED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND

Part II Children Looked After By Local Authorities in England

F1Avoidance of disruption in education

12D

(1)

Regulations under section 22C may, in particular, impose requirements which a local authority must comply with before making any decision concerning a child's placement if he is in the fourth key stage F2or within sub-paragraph (3).

(2)

A child is “in the fourth key stage” if he is a pupil in the fourth key stage for the purposes of Part 6 F3or 7 of the Education 2002 (see section 82 F4and 103 of that Act).

F5(3)

A child is within this sub-paragraph if the child—

(a)

is a pupil at a maintained school maintained by a local authority in Wales,

(b)

has completed the school year in which the majority of pupils in the child’s class attained the age of 14, and

(c)

is still of compulsory school age.

(4)

In sub-paragraph (3)—

(a)

“pupil”, “school year” and “compulsory school age” have the meaning given by the Education Act 1996;

(b)

“maintained school” has the meaning given by section 20(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;

(c)

“the child’s class” means—

(i)

the teaching group in which the child is regularly taught at school, or

(ii)

where there are two or more such groups, the group designated by the head teacher of the child’s school.