The New Woodlands School Order 2007
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2007/2599 |
| Year | 2007 |
2007 No. 2599
EDUCATION, ENGLAND
The New Woodlands School Order 2007
Made 26th August 2007
Laid before Parliament 7th September 2007
Coming into force 1st October 2007
The Council of the London Borough of Lewisham (“the authority”) and the governing body and head teacher (with the consent of the governing body) of New Woodlands School (“the School”) being qualifying bodies for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Education Act 20021(“the Act”), have, in accordance with section 4(2) of the Act, consulted such persons as appear to them to be appropriate;
It is the opinion of the Secretary of State—
(a) pursuant to section 1(1)(a) of the Act, having regard to the matters set out in section 1(2), that the implementation by the authority and by the governing body and head teacher of the School of the provisions of this Order may contribute to the raising of educational standards in England,
(b) pursuant to section 2(1)(d) of the Act, that the modifications made by this Order are consequential upon the relaxation in article 3, and
(c) pursuant to section 2(5) of the Act, that this Order is not likely to have a detrimental effect on the education of children with special educational needs;
In exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of State by section 2(1) of the Act2, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on the application of the authority, and the governing body and head teacher of the School, makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the New Woodlands School Order 2007 and comes into force on 1st October 2007
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 19963;
“the 2001 Regulations” means the Education (Special Educational Needs) (England) (Consolidation) Regulations 20014;
“the 2006 Regulations” means the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 20065;
“the authority” means the Council of the London Borough of Lewisham; and
“the School” means the community special school known as New Woodlands School and located at Shroffold Road, Downham, Bromley, Kent, BR1 5PD.
Relaxation of requirements for admission to a special school
3. The requirements in the following provisions are, in relation to the authority, and the governing body and the head teacher of the School, relaxed—
(a) in paragraph (c) of section 316A(2) of the 1996 Act, the requirement for there to be a change in the child’s circumstances before a child with special educational needs can be admitted to a special school with the agreement of the persons referred to in that paragraph thereby relaxing the requirement in section 316 of that Act for him to be educated in a mainstream school;
(b) in sub-paragraph (c) of regulation 12A(1) of the 2001 Regulations, the requirement for there to be a change in the child’s circumstances before a child can be admitted to a maintained special school with the agreement of the persons referred to in that sub-paragraph.
Modification
4. In relation to any other local education authority that—
(a) maintain in respect of a pupil a statement of special educational needs made under Part IV of the 1996 Act which either specifies the School, or specifies provision of a description provided at the School; or
(b) have made arrangements for the provision of suitable education at school for a pupil under section 19 of the 1996 Act resulting in the attendance of such a pupil at the School,
paragraph (c) of section 316A(2) of the 1996 Act and sub-paragraph (c) of regulation 12A(1) of the 2001 Regulations, as they apply to the admission of that pupil to the School, are modified so that they have effect as if “following a change in his circumstances,” were omitted.
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