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(1)This section applies to a child or young person in England who has special educational needs but for whom no EHC plan is maintained, if he or she is to be educated in a school or post-16 institution.
(2)The child or young person must be educated in a maintained nursery school, mainstream school or mainstream post-16 institution, subject to subsections (3) and (4).
(3)The child or young person may be educated in an independent school, a non-maintained special school or a special post-16 institution, if the cost is not to be met by a local authority or the Secretary of State.
(4)The child or young person may be educated in a special school or special post-16 institution during any period in which any of subsections (5) to (9) applies.
(5)This subsection applies while the child or young person is admitted to a special school or special post-16 institution for the purposes of an EHC needs assessment, if all the following have agreed to his or her admission to the school or post-16 institution—
(a)the local authority which is responsible for him or her;
(b)the head teacher of the school or the principal of the Academy or post-16 institution;
(c)the child's parent or the young person;
(d)anyone else whose advice is required to be obtained in connection with the assessment by virtue of regulations under section 36(11).
(6)This subsection applies while the child or young person remains admitted to a special school or special post-16 institution, in prescribed circumstances, following an EHC needs assessment at the school or post-16 institution.
(7)This subsection applies while the child or young person is admitted to a special school or special post-16 institution, following a change in his or her circumstances, if all the following have agreed to his or her admission to the school or post-16 institution—
(a)the local authority which is responsible for him or her;
(b)the head teacher of the school or the principal of the Academy or post-16 institution;
(c)the child's parent or the young person.
(8)This subsection applies while the child or young person is admitted to a special school which is established in a hospital and is—
(a)a community or foundation special school, or
(b)an Academy school.
(9)This subsection applies while the child is admitted to a special school or special post-16 institution that is an Academy, if the Academy arrangements made in respect of the school or post-16 institution permit it to admit children and young people with special educational needs for whom no EHC plan is maintained.
(10)This section does not affect the operation of section 63 (fees payable by local authority for special educational provision at non-maintained schools and post-16 institutions).
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 34(5)(c)(7)(c) modified (1.9.2014) by The Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1530), regs. 1, 64(1)(b), 64(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 2
Commencement Information
I1S. 34 in force at 1.4.2014 for specified purposes by S.I. 2014/889, art. 3(b)
I2S. 34 in force at 1.9.2014 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2014/889, art. 7(a) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2014/2270 (as amended (1.4.2015) by S.I. 2015/505 and (1.9.2015) by S.I. 2015/1619)
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