 by section 6 of the 2017 Act. The Designated Teacher (Looked-After Pupils etc.) (England) Regulations 2009. Who is this guidance for? This guidance is for governing bodies of maintained schools in England2, proprietors of academies and designated teachers for looked-after and previously looked-after children in such schools. It may also be of interest to head teachers, Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators (SENCOs) and other teaching staff working with such children. 1 Under the Children Act 1989, a child is looked after by a local authority if s/he is in their care or is provided with accommodation for more than 24 hours by the authority. They include the following: (i) children who are accommodated by the local authority under a voluntary agreement with their parents (section 20); (ii) children who are the subject of a care order (section 31(1)) or interim care order (section 38); and (iii) children who are the subject of emergency orders for the protection of the child (section 44). 2 A ‘maintained school’ means a community school, foundation school, voluntary aided school, voluntary controlled school, community special school, foundation special school or maintained nursery school. 6 Main points For the purposes of this guidance: • a child ‘looked-after by a local authority’ is one who is looked after within the meaning of section 22 of Children Act 1989 or Part 6 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014; • a previously looked-after child is one who is no longer looked after in England and Wales because s/he is the subject of an adoption, special guardianship or child arrangements order which includes arrangements relating to with whom the child is to live, or when the child is to live with any person3, or has been adopted from ‘state care’ outside 