The Education (School Curriculum and Related Information) (Wales) Regulations 1991

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations impose requirements on local education authorities, governing bodies and headteachers relating to the provision of information as to schools and admission arrangements in relation to school years. These Regulations which apply only to schools in Wales revoke the Education (School Information) Regulations 1981, as amended (regulation 1(4)) in so far as they apply to Wales and substantively re-enact them (regulations 2 to 7 and 12 to 14 and Schedules 1 and 2) together with provision relating to requirements to provide information about the curriculum in schools (regulations 8 to 11).

Regulation 2(1) provides that for the purpose of the Regulations a “school” is a county, voluntary school and maintained special school not established in a hospital, and a grant maintained school.

Regulation 3 and Schedule 1 provides for the specification of general information to be published by local education authorities.

Regulation 4 and Schedule 2 specifies the information as respects individual schools which is to be published by local education authorities or the governors of aided schools in school prospectuses.

Regulation 5 provides the manner of publication of such information, together with the particulars required to be published by section 8(1) of the Education Act 1980.

Regulation 6 provides the manner of publication of this information.

Regulation 7 provides the time and manner of publication of admission arrangements required to be published by or on behalf of governors of aided schools.

Regulation 8 requires the governing bodies of maintained schools to include in their annual report particulars of the dates of terms and of half-term holidays information about rates of pupils' unauthorised absence from the school and a summary of any changes to information contained in the school prospectus since it was last published. Copies of the report are to be supplied to the headteacher and to the local education authority or, in the case of a grant-maintained school, to the Secretary of State.

Regulation 9 provides for the publication in the prospectus of grant-maintained schools of specified information about rates of pupils' unauthorised absence from the school.

Regulation 10 provides that local education authorities and governing bodies are to give headteachers copies of any statements they have made as to their policy on the curriculum; the headteacher is to make them available for inspection by the public.

Regulation 11 requires the headteachers of maintained schools to make available for inspection other information relating to the organisation of the curriculum.

Regulation 12 requires headteachers to supply on request copies of the documents referred to in regulations 8 to 10 and allows for the supply of such copy documents a charge not exceeding the cost of supply may be made.

Regulation 13 contains supplementary provisions relating to documents containing information or particulars.

Regulation 14 contains supplementary provisions relating to the translation of documents.

Regulation 15 places a duty on governing bodies and headteachers to supply information to each other where this is necessary for the other to comply with these Regulations.