A ‘looked after child’ means a child in the care of the local authority or being provided with accommodation by a Local Authority in the exercise of their social services functions, within the meaning of Section 22 of the Children’s Act 1989 at the time of making an application to a school.  ‘Adopted’ means children who were adopted under the Adoption act 1976 Section 12 and children who were adopted under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 Section 46.  ‘Child Arrangements Orders’ is an order under the terms of the Children Act 1989 Section 8, as amended by Section 12 of the Children and Families act 2014. Child arrangements orders replace residence orders and any residence order in force prior to 22 April 2014 is deemed to be a child arrangements order. ‘Special Guardianship Order’ is an order under the terms of the Children Act 1989 Section 14A which defines it as an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child’s special guardian(s).   A child is regarded as having been in state care outside of England if they were in the care of or were accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation, or any other provider of care whose sole or main purpose is to benefit society.