SCHEDULE 8 Travel to Schools etc: Meaning of “Eligible Child”

SCHEDULE 8 Travel to Schools etc: Meaning of “Eligible Child”

Section 77

After Schedule 35A to EA 1996 insert—

“SCHEDULE 35B
Meaning of “Eligible Child” for Purposes of Section 508B
Section 508B
1

For the purposes of section 508B (travel arrangements for eligible children) an “eligible child” means a child who falls within any of paragraphs 2 to 7 or 9 to 13.

Children with special educational needs, a disability or mobility problems
2

A child falls within this paragraph if—

(a)     he is of compulsory school age and is any of the following—

a child with special educational needs;

a disabled child;

a child with mobility problems,

(b)     he is a registered pupil at a qualifying school which is within walking distance of his home,

(c)     no suitable arrangements have been made by the [local authority] for enabling him to become a registered pupil at a qualifying school nearer to his home, and

(d)     having regard to whichever of the following are relevant—

his special educational needs;

his disability;

his mobility problems,

he cannot reasonably be expected to walk to the school mentioned in paragraph (b).

A child falls within this paragraph if—

(a)

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