Statutory Instruments
Education, England
Made
27th July 2017
Laid before Parliament
31st July 2017
Coming into force
1st September 2017
The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 537A and 537B of the Education Act 1996(1):
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Information About Children in Alternative Provision) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st September 2017.
2. After regulation 6(k) of the Education (Information About Children in Alternative Provision)(England) Regulations 2007(2) insert—
“(l)individual special educational needs;
(m)primary reason for funded provision placement;
(n)date of entry into funded provision;
(o)date of leaving funded provision;
(p)frequency of attendance.”.
John Nash
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Education
27th July 2017
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Education (Information About Children in Alternative Provision) (England) Regulations 2007 to prescribe for the supply of additional individual data items about children receiving education which is funded by the local authority outside mainstream schools, usually referred to as alternative provision.
Regulation 2 stipulates the additional items of individual information to be supplied by persons providing alternative provision.
The Secretary of State’s published guidance online at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/alternative-provision-census regarding the collection of information from pupils in alternative provision will be amended to provide for these additional data items.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on businesses and civil society organisations. The instrument has a minimal impact on the public sector.
1996 (c.56); section 537A was inserted by section 20 of the Education Act 1997 (c.44) and amended by paragraph 153 of Schedule 30 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c.31) and paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Alternative Provision Academies (Consequential Amendments to Acts)(England) Order 2012 S.I. 2012/976. Section 537B was inserted by section 164 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c.40) and amended by paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 2 to the Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 S.I. 2010/1158.
S.I. 2007/1065, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.