#2026/558Education Behaviour Provision Rules for Academies and Pupil Referral Units 2026
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This law extends England’s rules on off-site educational provision for improving pupil behaviour to academies and alternative provision academies. Academy proprietors will be treated in the same way as maintained school governing bodies when they require a pupil to attend education away from the school site for behaviour improvement purposes. It also updates older wording on special educational needs so that references to statements of special educational needs are replaced with Education, Health and Care plans. The practical effect is mainly for academy leaders, pupil referral units, local authorities, parents, and pupils: behaviour-related off-site placements will be covered by a more consistent set of rules across school types from 26 July 2026.
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Key Changes
- Applies the 2002 Act power on educational provision for improving behaviour to academies, with academy proprietors treated like maintained school governing bodies.
- Applies the 2010 behaviour provision regulations to academies, with modifications for academy-specific requirements.
- Updates special educational needs terminology by replacing references to statements of special educational needs with Education, Health and Care plans.
Obligations
What this law requires
From 26 July 2026, proprietors of Academy schools and alternative provision Academies that require a registered pupil to attend education outside the Academy premises for behaviour-improvement purposes must apply the statutory off-site educational provision regime as extended to Academies by these Regulations.
When applying regulation 4A of the Education (Educational Provision for Improving Behaviour) Regulations 2010, relevant parties must treat references to a pupil having an Education, Health and Care plan as replacing the former references to a statement of special educational needs.