Section 436G SupportF1
Not yet in force
If a parent of a child registered by a local authority under section 436B so requests, the local authority must provide support to the parent by securing the provision of advice and information relating to the education of the child.
The advice and information to be provided is whatever the local authority considers fit having regard to the parent’s request and may include—
advice about the education of the child,
information about sources of assistance for the education of the child, and
information about access to examinations for the General Certificate of Secondary Education.
A local authority in England must offer parents of children registered by the authority under section 436B the opportunity to attend a forum to discuss the operation of sections 436B to 436P.
The offer must be made twice per year and if it is accepted by at least one person to whom it is made, the local authority must arrange for the forum to take place.
The duties in subsections (1), (3) and (4) do not apply in relation to a child where—
the child is a registered pupil at a relevant school (within the meaning of section 436B),
the local authority is required to make arrangements for the education of the child under section 19 or 19A of this Act,
the local authority is required to secure special educational provision for the child under section 42(2) of the Children and Families Act 2014, or
the local authority is required to secure additional learning provision or other provision for the child under section 14(10) or 19(7) of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Ss. 436B-436G and cross-heading inserted (29.4.2026 but only in relation to the power to make regulations conferred by ss. 436B, 436C, 436E, 436F, otherwise prosp.) by Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (c. 21), ss. 38(2), 78(1)(a)(3)(5)