PART 3Children and young people in England with special educational needs or disabilities

Co-operation and assistance

29Co-operating generally: governing body functions

(1)

This section applies where an appropriate authority for a school or post-16 institution mentioned in subsection (2) has functions under this Part.

(2)

The schools and post-16 institutions referred to in subsection (1) are—

(a)

mainstream schools;

(b)

maintained nursery schools;

(c)

16 to 19 Academies;

(d)

institutions within the further education sector;

(e)

pupil referral units;

(f)

alternative provision Academies.

(3)

The appropriate authority must co-operate with each responsible local authority, and each responsible local authority must co-operate with the appropriate authority, in the exercise of those functions.

(4)

A responsible local authority, in relation to an appropriate authority for a school or post-16 institution mentioned in subsection (2), is a local authority in England that is responsible for any child or young person who is a registered pupil or a student at the school or post-16 institution.

(5)

The “appropriate authority” for a school or post-16 institution is—

(a)

in the case of a maintained school, maintained nursery school, or institution within the further education sector, the governing body;

(b)

in the case of an Academy, the proprietor;

(c)

in the case of a pupil referral unit, the management committee.