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Section 29: Co-operating generally: governing body functions

Children and Families Act 2014 · 2014 c. 6View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 3: Children and young people in England with special educational needs or disabilities

This section applies where an appropriate authority for a school or post-16 institution mentioned in subsection (2) has functions under this Part.

The schools and post-16 institutions referred to in subsection (1) are—

mainstream schools;
maintained nursery schools;
16 to 19 Academies;
institutions within the further education sector;
pupil referral units;
alternative provision Academies.

The appropriate authority must co-operate with each responsible local authority, and each responsible local authority must co-operate with the appropriate authority, in the exercise of those functions.

A responsible local authority, in relation to an appropriate authority for a school or post-16 institution mentioned in subsection (2), is a local authority in England that is responsible for any child or young person who is a registered pupil or a student at the school or post-16 institution.

The "appropriate authority" for a school or post-16 institution is—

in the case of a maintained school, maintained nursery school, or institution within the further education sector, the governing body;
in the case of an Academy, the proprietor;
in the case of a pupil referral unit, the management committee.

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