Article 6 Duty of board to prepare plan relating to children with behavioural difficulties

Northern Ireland

(1)

F1The Authority shall prepare a statement setting out the arrangements made or proposed to be made by the Authority in connection with the education of children with behavioural difficulties.

(2)

The arrangements to be covered by the statement include in particular—

(a)

the arrangements made or to be made by the Authority for the provision of advice and resources to grant-aided schools F2..., and other arrangements made or to be made by the Authority with a view to—

(i)

meeting requests by such schools for support and assistance in connection with the promotion of good behaviour and discipline on the part of their pupils; and

(ii)

assisting such schools to deal with general behavioural problems and the behavioural difficulties of individual pupils;

(b)

the arrangements made or to be made by the Authority in pursuance of Article 86(1); and

(c)

any other arrangements made or to be made by the Authority for assisting children with behavioural difficulties to find places at suitable schools.

(3)

The statement shall also deal with the interaction between the arrangements referred to in paragraph (2) and those made by the Authority in relation to pupils with behavioural difficulties who have special educational needs.

(4)

The Authority—

(a)

shall at least once in every year review the statement; and

(b)

may at any time revise the statement.

(5)

In the course of preparing the statement or reviewing it the Authority shall consult—

F3(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)

the Board of Governors of all grant-aided schools F4...;

(c)

the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools; and

(d)

such other bodies or persons as the Authority considers appropriate.

(6)

The Authority shall—

(a)

publish the current statement under this Article;

(b)

send a copy of the current statement to the Board of Governors of every grant-aided school F5...; and

(c)

secure that copies of the current statement are available for inspection (at all reasonable times and free of charge) at the headquarters of the Authority.

(7)

In discharging its functions under this Article the Authority shall have regard to any guidance given from time to time by the Department.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Order substituted (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3), Sch. 3 para. 1(2)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)
F2: Words in art. 6(2)(a) repealed (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)
F3: Art. 6(5)(a) repealed (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)
F4: Words in art. 6(5)(b) repealed (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)
F5: Words in art. 6(6)(b) repealed (1.4.2015) by Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 12), Sch. 4 (with Sch. 2 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2015/35, art. 2(b)