# Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000, Section 38: Admission of children under school age to primary school


(1) Where a parent of a child who is under school age requests the education authority for the area in which the parent is ordinarily resident to admit the child to a class, other than a nursery class, in a primary school under the management of that authority, the authority shall, if the school education normally provided in such a class is suited to the ability and aptitude of the child, admit the child to such a class.
(2) Subsection (1) above is without prejudice to any other power or duty of the education authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2000/6/section/38 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/standards-in-scotlands-schools-etc-act-2000/section-38
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