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09.355 Can a parent or young person express a preference for a school outside their own LA’s area?

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Authors: David Wolfe KC, Leon Glenister
03 Mar 2024

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    Preferences in accordance with EA1996 s9 or CFA2014 s39 are not limited to placements within your LA’s area. The fact it is out of the LA’s area may affect the costs, for example in respect of fees payable when compared to a school maintained by the local LA, transport and potentially accommodation. This will go to whether complying with the preference would constitute “unreasonable public expenditure” or be “incompatible with the efficient use of resources”.

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