On the application of any local authority, the court may make an order putting the child with respect to whom the application is made under the supervision of a designated local authority.
In this Act "an education supervision order" means an order under subsection (1).
A court may only make an education supervision order if it is satisfied that the child concerned is of compulsory school age and is not being properly educated.
For the purposes of this section, a child is being properly educated only if he is receiving efficient full-time education suitable to his age, ability and aptitude and any special educational needs he may have.
Where a child is—
then, unless it is proved that he is being properly educated, it shall be assumed that he is not.
An education supervision order may not be made with respect to a child who is in the care of a local authority.
The local authority designated in an education supervision order must be—
the latter authority.
Where a local authority propose to make an application for an education supervision order they shall, before making the application, consult the . . . appropriate local authority if different.
The appropriate local authority is—
Part III of Schedule 3 makes further provision with respect to education supervision orders.
Where, for the purposes of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018, a local authority in Wales is responsible for a child or a child is looked after by a local authority in Wales, the reference to special educational needs in subsection (4) is to be interpreted as a reference to additional learning needs (which has the same meaning as in that Act).