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or the school to discriminate against or victimise a person, in the arrangements it makes in deciding who is offered admission to school and with regards to the terms on which it offers to admit a pupil.

Study from Code of Practice for Schools (2001 p5)

‘A pupil seeking admission who has Tourette’s syndrome is being interviewed for a place at the school. He makes inappropriate comments during the interview and for this reason is not selected for admission. The fact that the school did not know that the pupil had Tourette’s syndrome may not be a defence because no attempt was made by the school to establish if there was a particular reason for this behaviour. His could constitute unlawful discrimination arising from a disability’.

This case study and that the C of P clearly state that all SEN students must be treated fairly within schools’ admissions policies and without discrimination as described in the Equality Act.

What actions stated in the EA have an effect on SEN students in schools?

As previously mentioned the EA (2010) brought together the numerous anti-discrimination laws and the EA makes it illegal to discriminate against a person with a disability. Within sc