The Education (Pupil Registration) Regulations 1995

Returns

13.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the proprietor of every school shall make, in the case of a school maintained by a local education authority to that authority, and in every other case to the local education authority for the area in which the school is situated, at such intervals as may be agreed between the proprietor and the local education authority, or as may be determined by the Secretary of State in default of agreement, a return giving the full name and address of every registered pupil of compulsory school age who—

(a) fails to attend the school regularly; or

(b) has been absent from the school for a continuous period of not less than ten school days, and specifying the cause of absence if known to the proprietor.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to any absence from the school—

(a) due to sickness of the pupil in respect of which a medical certificate has been furnished to the head teacher,

(b) due to leave of absence granted by a person authorised in that behalf by the proprietor of the school in accordance with regulation 8, and

(c) of a pupil who is registered at more than one school in accordance with regulation 10, due to the pupil attending another school at which he is a registered pupil.

(3) When the name of a pupil has been deleted from the admission register in accordance with regulation 9(1)(c) the proprietor shall make a return to the local education authority giving the full name and address of that pupil within the ten school days immediately following the date on which the pupil’s name was so deleted.