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Clause 54 extends local authorities’ current powers to direct maintained schools to admit a child to also enable them to direct academies in the same way. Clause 55 also enables the school admissions code to set out additional circumstances in which directions can be made, including where the fair access protocol fails to secure a school place for a child. Clause 55 will therefore already enable local authorities to initiate a direction for children of refugees and asylum seekers.