SCHEDULES
C1C2SCHEDULE 1 Pupil referral units
Sch. 1: power to amend conferred (1.4.2018) by Children and Social Work Act 2017 (c. 16), ss. 35(4)(c), 70(2); S.I. 2018/346, reg. 4(f)
School attendance orders
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Where a pupil referral unit is named in a school attendance order—
a
the F1local authority shall inform the teacher in charge of the unit, and
b
if another F1local authority are responsible for determining the arrangements for the admission of pupils to the unit, that authority shall admit the child to the unit;
but paragraph (b) above does not affect any power to exclude from a unit a pupil who is already a registered pupil there.
2
Section 438(4) does not apply in relation to a pupil referral unit.
3
A F1local authority—
a
shall, before deciding to specify a particular pupil referral unit in a notice under section 438(2) where another F1local authority are responsible for determining the arrangements for the admission of pupils to the unit, consult that authority; and
b
if they decide to specify the unit in the notice, shall serve notice in writing of their decision on that authority.
4
Section 439(7) and (8) apply where a notice is served on a F1local authority under sub-paragraph (3) above as they apply where notice is served under section 439(6).
5
The parent of a child in respect of whom a school attendance order is in force may not under section 440 request the F1local authority to amend the order by substituting a pupil referral unit for the school named in the order.
6
Where a child is a registered pupil at both a pupil referral unit and at a school other than a unit, the references in section 444 to the school at which he is a registered pupil shall be read as references to the unit.
Sch. 1: power to amend conferred (1.4.2018) by Children and Social Work Act 2017 (c. 16), ss. 34(6)(c), 70(2); S.I. 2018/346, reg. 4(e)