{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/section-436O",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996/section-436O.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/56",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1996",
  "path": "section/436O",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "436O",
  "heading": "Amendment of school attendance order",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where a school attendance order under section 436I is in force in respect of a child, other than a child for whom the local authority maintains an EHC plan or a child for whom an individual development plan is maintained in which a particular school is named.\n(2) If at any time—\n(a) the person on whom the order is served applies for the child to be admitted—\n(i) to a school maintained by a local authority, an Academy school or an alternative provision Academy, and\n(ii) which is different from the school named in the order,\n(b) the child is offered a place at the school as a result of the application, and\n(c) the person requests the authority that served the order to amend the order by substituting that school for the one currently named,\nthe authority must comply with the request.\n(3) If at any time—\n(a) the person on whom the order is served applies to the authority for the child to be admitted—\n(i) to a school not maintained by a local authority, an Academy school or an alternative provision Academy, and\n(ii) which is different from the school named in the order,\n(b) the child is offered a place at the school under arrangements made by the authority under which the fees payable in respect of the education provided at the school are to be paid by the authority under section 517, and\n(c) the person requests the authority to amend the order by substituting that school for the one currently named,\nthe authority must comply with the request.\n(4) If at any time—\n(a) the person on whom the order is served applies for the child to be admitted—\n(i) to a school not maintained by a local authority, an Academy school or an alternative provision Academy,\n(ii) which is different from the school named in the order, and\n(iii) in respect of which no application is made under subsection (3),\n(b) the child is offered a place at the school as a result of the application,\n(c) the school is suitable to the child’s age, ability and aptitude and to any special educational needs the child may have, and\n(d) the person requests the authority to amend the order by substituting that school for the one currently named,\nthe authority must comply with the request.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 436H-436S and cross-heading inserted (29.4.2026 but only in relation to the power to make regulations conferred by ss. 436I, 436S, otherwise prosp.) by Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (c. 21), ss. 39(2), 78(1)(a)(3)(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/section/436O",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:29:40.627017+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}