{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-reform-act-1988/section-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-reform-act-1988/section-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/40",
  "legislation_title": "Education Reform Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-reform-act-1988",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Pupils with statements of special educational needs.",
  "text": "The special educational provision for any pupil specified in a statement under section 168 of the Education Act 1993 of his special educational needs may include provision—\n(a) excluding the application of the provisions of the National Curriculum; or\n(b) applying those provisions with such modifications as may be specified in the statement.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 18 substituted (1.9.1994) by 1993 c. 35, s. 307(1), Sch. 19 para.120; S.I. 1994/2038, art. 3(1), Sch.2."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 1-25 (Pt. I) except ss. 2(1)(a), 6, 9(3)-(10), 10(1) applied (9.5.1994) by S.I. 1994/1084, reg. 9."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/40/section/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:49.452107+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."
}