4(1)In section 8 of the Education Act 1980 (information as to schools and admission arrangements), the following subsections shall be substituted for subsections (5) and (6)—
“(5)The governors of each school maintained by a local education authority—
(a)shall publish such information as respects that school as may be required by regulations made by the Secretary of State; and
(b)may publish such other information with respect to the school as they think fit.
(5A)For the purposes of this section information about the continuing education of pupils leaving a school, or the employment or training taken up by such pupils on leaving, is to be treated as information about the school.
(5B)Every local education authority shall publish such information as may be required by regulations made by the Secretary of State with respect to their policy and arrangements in respect of any matter relating to primary or secondary education in their area.
(6)A local education authority may, with the agreement of the governors of any school maintained by the authority, publish on behalf of the governors the particulars or information relating to the school which are referred to in subsection (2) or (5) above.”
(2)In section 9 of the Act of 1980 (nursery schools and special schools) in subsection (2), for “(5) and (7)” there shall be substituted “(5) to (7)”.