Part V Miscellaneous and general

Other miscellaneous provisions

F2140F1Assessments relating to learning difficulties: Wales

(1)

Subsection (2) applies if—

(a)

a F3local authority F4in Wales maintains a statement of special educational needs for a person under section 324 of the Education Act 1996, and

(b)

the F5Welsh Ministers believe that the person will leave school at the end of his last year of compulsory schooling to receive post-16 education or training (within the meaning of F6Part 2 of this Act) or higher education (within the meaning of the M1Education Reform Act 1988).

(2)

F7The Welsh Ministers must arrange for an assessment of the person to be conducted at some time during the person’s last year of compulsory schooling.

(3)

F8The Welsh Ministers may at any time arrange for an assessment to be conducted of a person—

(a)

who is in his last year of compulsory schooling or who is over compulsory school age but has not attained the age of 25,

(b)

who appears F9to the Welsh Ministers to have a learning difficulty (within the meaning of section 13), and

(c)

who is receiving, or in the F10opinion of the Welsh Ministers is likely to receive, post-16 education or training (within the meaning of F10 Part 2 of this Act) or higher education (within the meaning of the M2Education Reform Act 1988).

(4)

For the purposes of this section an assessment of a person is an assessment resulting in a written report of—

(a)

his educational and training needs, and

(b)

the provision required to meet them.

(5)

A F3local authority F11 in Wales must send a copy of a statement maintained by it under section 324 of the M3Education Act 1996 to the F12Welsh Ministers on their request.

F13(5A)

“Local authority in Wales” has the same meaning as in the Education Act 1996 (see section 579(1) of that Act).

F14(6)

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