http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/section/62/enactedChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026enKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2026-05-07 Part 2 62 1 In section 96(8) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (schools subject to local authority powers to direct admission of individual pupils), for “a maintained school” substitute — a a maintained school, or b an Academy school, other than one specially organised to make special educational provision for pupils with special educational needs. 2 In the same Act— a in section 96(1), for “governing body of” substitute “admission authority for”; b in section 96(3A), after “99(2)(c)” insert “(or, in the case of an Academy school, that would fall within that provision if it applied)”; c in section 96, after subsection (4) insert— 4A Where Academy arrangements require the proprietor of an Academy school to act as if sections 1 and 86 applied in respect of the school, those sections are to be taken so to apply for the purposes of subsection (4). ; d in section 96(5), for “governing body” substitute “admission authority”; e in section 97(1)(b), for “governing body of” substitute “admission authority for”; f in section 97(2)(a), for “governing body and head teacher of” substitute “admission authority for, and head teacher of,”; g in section 97(3), for “governing body” substitute “admission authority”.