{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002/section-29A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002/section-29A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/32",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-2002",
  "path": "section/29A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "29A",
  "heading": "Power of governing body in England: educational provision for improving behaviour",
  "text": "(1) The governing body of a maintained school in England may require any registered pupil to attend at any place outside the school premises for the purpose of receiving educational provision which is intended to improve the behaviour of the pupil.\n(2) In subsection (1) “maintained school” does not include a maintained nursery school.\n(3) Regulations must make provision—\n(a) requiring prescribed persons to be given prescribed information relating to the imposition of any requirement under subsection (1), and\n(b) requiring the governing body of the school to keep under review the imposition of any such requirement.\n(4) Regulations under this section may also make provision—\n(a) requiring a governing body exercising functions under subsection (1) or under the regulations to have regard to any guidance given from time to time by the Secretary of State,\n(b) prohibiting a governing body from exercising the power conferred by subsection (1) in such a way that any pupil is required to receive educational provision outside the school premises for a greater number of days in a school year than is specified in the regulations,\n(c) requiring the governing body to request prescribed persons to participate in any review of the imposition of a requirement under subsection (1),\n(d) about the time within which the first review must be held and the intervals at which subsequent reviews must be held, and\n(e) in relation to any other matter relating to the exercise of the power conferred by subsection (1).\n(5) Regulations may make provision for this section and regulations made under it to apply, with prescribed modifications, in relation to Academy schools.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 29A inserted (30.3.2010 for specified purposes, 1.9.2010 in so far as not already in force) by Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25), ss. 154, 173(4); S.I. 2010/1093, arts. 2(d), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 29A(5) inserted (29.4.2026 for specified purposes, 29.6.2026 in so far as not already in force) by Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (c. 21), ss. 55(1), 78(1)(a)(2)(f) (with s. 55(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 29A applied (with modifications) (26.7.2026) by The Education (Educational Provision for Improving Behaviour) (Application to Academies and Pupil Referral Units and Minor Amendments) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/558), regs. 1(2), 3, 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/32/section/29A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:01.287129+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}