The Self-Governing Schools (Application and Amendment of Regulations) (Scotland) Regulations 1994

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations (a) apply to self-governing schools, established under the Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989, the provisions of existing regulations which apply to public schools, that is, schools for the management of which education authorities are responsible, and (b) make amendments to existing regulations in their application to public schools to take account of the existence of self-governing schools.

In Part II of the Regulations:—

Regulation 2 applies the Schools (Scotland) Code 1956 which makes provision as to staff, designation of stages and classes within a school and class sizes;

Regulation 3 applies the School Premises (General Requirements and Standards) (Scotland) Regulations 1967, which make provision as to size of sites, and regulate accommodation;

Regulation 4 applies the Schools General (Scotland) Regulations 1975, which make provision as to exclusion of pupils, minimum number of school days, keeping of registers and other matters relating to the internal organisation of schools, and as to progress records of pupils;

Regulation 5 applies the Schools (Safety and Supervision of Pupils) (Scotland) Regulations 1990, which make provision as to care of pupils, and in particular as to playground supervision;

Regulation 6 applies the School Pupil Records (Scotland) Regulations 1990, which make provision as to access to personal information in records relating to past and present pupils; and

Regulation 7 applies the Education (Provision of Information as to Schools) (Scotland) Regulations 1993, which make provision as to supply of information by education authorities and the managers of schools to the Secretary of State.

In Part III of the Regulations (which amends certain regulations in their application to public schools and the education authorities responsible for their management, to take account of the existence of self-governing schools):—

Regulation 8 amends the Schools General (Scotland) Regulations 1975 to ensure that the progress record of a pupil attending a public school includes information as to any self-governing school previously attended by the pupil, and that it will be transferred to any self-governing school to which a pupil transfers;

Regulation 9 amends the Education (School and Placing Information) (Scotland) Regulations 1982 so that information as to average figures required to be included in school handbooks for public schools takes account of self-governing schools; and

Regulation 10 amends the Special Schools (Scotland) Grant Regulations 1990 to exclude boards of management of self-governing schools from their scope. This is because grant for self-governing special schools will be paid under the legislation relating to self-governing schools.