# The Financing of Maintained Schools (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2003, Regulation 11: Places


(1) In determining budget shares for–
(a) special schools;
(b) primary or secondary schools with places which the authority recognise as reserved for children with special educational needs or for children in nursery classes;
(c) schools with boarding accommodation; or
(d) maintained nursery schools,
the local education authority may take into account in their formula the number of places which they wish to fund at those special schools, the number of places of the kind described above at those primary or secondary schools, the amount of boarding accommodation which they wish to fund or the number of places they wish to fund at those maintained nursery schools and in the case of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) may take account of the special educational needs in question.
(2) A local education authority shall provide that if any places are taken into account in accordance with paragraph (1)(a), the number shall be no fewer than the number of registered pupils at the school on 15th January 2004.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3247/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/financing-of-maintained-schools-england-no-2-regulations-2003/regulation-11
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