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| | local authority to pay an amount equivalent to the local authority funding for that |
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| | child to an independent school of the parent’s choice.’. |
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| | ‘(aa) | in the case of a local education authority in England, ensuring fair access |
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| | ‘(b) | promoting the fulfilment by every child concerned of his educational |
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| | (c) | reducing educational disadvantage.’. |
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| | ‘(3B) | A local education authority may discharge its duty under subsection (3A)(a) in |
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| | relation to secondary schools by encouraging a diversity of specialism among the |
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| | comnmunity and voluntary schools which it maintains.’. |
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| Page 25, line 17 [Clause 35], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(6A) | In discharging those functions, the governing body of a maintained school shall |
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| | also have regard to the provision of appropriate teaching and learning support for |
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| | any child with special educational needs.’. |
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| Page 41, line 40 [Clause 54], leave out subsection (2). |
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| Page 48, line 5 [Clause 66], at end insert ‘and |
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| | (d) | personal, social and health education.’. |
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| Page 48, line 5 [Clause 66], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4A) | Provision shall be made by the school for any relevant cultural, religious, secular |
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| | or health considerations of the pupils undertaking the programme of study in the |
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| | foundation subject referred to in subsection (4)(d).’. |
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| | ‘(1A) | A pupil who chooses to follow a course of study falling within subsection (1)(b) |
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| | is in addition entitled to choose courses of study in subjects within one or more |
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| | of the four entitlement areas as may be reasonably permitted by provision and |
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| Page 54, line 3 [Clause 69], leave out from ‘child’ to end of line 8 and insert ‘if— |
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| | (a) | no travel arrangements relating to travel in either direction |
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| | between his home and the relevant educational establishment in |
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| | relation to him, or in both directions, are provided free of charge |
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| | in relation to him by any person who is not the authority, or |
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| | (b) | such travel arrangements are provided free of charge in relation |
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| | to him by any person who is not the authority but those |
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| | arrangements, taken together with any other such travel |
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| | arrangements which are so provided, do not provide suitable |
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| | home to school travel arrangements for the purpose of |
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| | facilitating his attendance at the relevant educational |
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| | establishment in relation to him.’. |
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| | ‘(4A) | “Travel arrangements” may also include travel between— |
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| | (a) | schools at which an eligible child receives education or training, or |
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| | (b) | institutions within the further education sector at which an eligible child |
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| | receives education and training, |
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| | | where the schools are making collaboration arrangements under section 88(4) of |
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| | EA 2002 and it is appropriate for the local education authority to provide travel |
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| | ‘(A1) | Nothing in this section or Schedule 35C permits a local authority to impose any |
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| | charges on a person who would be entitled to free travel under section 508B.’. |
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| ‘Subsections (3B) and (3D) apply’. |
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| | ‘(3C) | For the purposes of subsection (3B)— |
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| | (a) | the reference to “travel arrangements” in paragraph (a) has the |
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| | same meaning as in section 508B, and |
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| | (b) | the reference to “travel arrangements” in paragraph (b) has the |
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| | same meaning as in paragraph 3 of Schedule 35C.’. |
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| | ‘(3D) | Where the school is an independent school which is not a qualifying |
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| | school, the child shall not be taken to have failed to attend regularly at the |
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| | school if the parent proves— |
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| | ‘( ) | For the purposes of subsection (3D), “qualifying school” has the same |
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| | meaning as it has for the purposes of Schedule 35B (meaning of “eligible |
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| | child” for the purposes of section 508B).’. |
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| Page 59, line 25 [Clause 74], leave out subsection (3). |
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| | ‘( ) | In subsection (5) for “subsection (4)” substitute “subsections (3D) and (4)”.’. |
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| Page 102, line 2 [Clause 150], leave out ‘8’ and insert ‘8(2)’. |
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| Page 114, line 13 [Clause 163], at end insert— |
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| | ‘section 157 (time limits relating to statements of special educational |
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| Page 116, line 26 [Clause 171], at end insert— |
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| | ‘section 100 (failure to secure school attendance), except subsection (8);’. |
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| Page 117, line 2 [Clause 171], at end insert— |
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| | ‘section (Offences relating to independent schools) (offences relating to |
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| | ‘(2A) | Section 36 comes into force on 1st September 2008.’. |
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| Page 175, line 26 [Schedule 4], leave out from ‘(1)’ to end of line and insert ‘— |
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| | ( ) | after “foundation special school” insert “in Wales”, and |
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| | ( ) | omit paragraph (c).’. |
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| | ‘( ) | in paragraph (a) omit the words from “or acquired” to the end,’. |
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| Page 176, line 11 [Schedule 4], leave out from ‘(1)’ to end of line and insert ‘— |
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| | ( ) | after “foundation special school” insert “in Wales”, |
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| | ( ) | in paragraph (a) omit the words from “or acquired” to the end, |
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| | ( ) | omit paragraph (d), and |
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| | ( ) | in paragraph (f) omit “(d) or”.’. |
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| | ‘( ) | In sub-paragraph (8) omit “(d),”.’. |
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| | ‘(4) | Omit subsection (7).’. |
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| | ‘Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21) |
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| | 17A(1) | Schedule 7 to the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (sixth forms requiring |
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| | significant improvement) is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | In paragraph 6(3)(a)(iii) for “section 15(2) and (3)” substitute “section 15(2) to |
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| Page 203, line 17 [Schedule 9], leave out from ‘child’ to end of line 22 and insert |
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| | (a) | no travel arrangements relating to travel in either direction |
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| | between his home and the relevant educational establishment |
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| | in relation to him, or in both directions, are provided in |
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| | relation to him by any person who is not the scheme authority, |
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| | (b) | such travel arrangements are provided in relation to him by |
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| | arrangements which are so provided, do not provide suitable |
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| | home to school travel arrangements for the purpose of |
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| | facilitating his attendance at the relevant educational |
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| | establishment in relation to him.’. |
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| | ‘(4) | In paragraph 14 omit sub-paragraph (1).’. |
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| | ‘(1) | Schedule 1 to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (public authorities) is |
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| | Education, Children’s Services and Skills”, and |
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| | (b) | after that paragraph insert— |
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| | “1A | The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services |
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| | and Skills, in respect of information held for purposes other |
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| | than those of the functions exercisable by Her Majesty’s |
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| | Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and |
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| | Skills by virtue of section 5(1)(a)(iii) of the Care Standards |
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