The Education (School Information) (England) Regulations 1996

PART I MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

1.  The addresses and telephone numbers of the offices of the authority to which inquiries in respect of primary and secondary education in their area should be addressed.

2.  The arrangements for parents to obtain the information particularised in Schedule 2 in the case of individual schools other than special schools.

3.  As respects each school maintained by the authority, other than a special school—

(a) the name, address and telephone number of the school, and

(b) the expected number of pupils at the school and their age range.

4.  The classification of each such school as—

(a) a county, voluntary controlled, voluntary aided or special agreement school;

(b) a primary, middle or secondary school;

(c) a comprehensive, secondary modern, grammar or bilateral school;

(d) a co-educational or single-sex school;

(e) a day or boarding school or a school taking both day and boarding pupils;

except that for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) other terminology may be used.

5.  The affiliations, if any, of each such school with a particular religious denomination.

6.  The authority’s arrangements for transfer between schools maintained by them other than special schools, otherwise than at a normal admission age, including, in particular—

(a) the respective functions of the authority and governing bodies of such schools as respects admission on transfer, and

(b) the policy followed in deciding transfers.

7.—(1) The authority’s general arrangements and policies in respect of transport to and from schools including, in particular—

(a) the provision of free transport;

(b) the carriage on school buses of pupils for whom free transport is not provided, and

(c) the payment in whole or in part of reasonable travelling expenses.

(2) The authority’s general arrangements and policies in respect of transport to and from institutions within the further education sector, including in particular—

(a) the provision of free transport;

(b) the carriage on buses provided by the authority of students for whom free transport is not provided, and

(c) the payment in whole or in part of reasonable travelling expenses.

8.  The authority’s general arrangements and policies in respect of the provision of milk, meals and other refreshment including, in particular, the remission in whole or in part of charges.

9.  The authority’s general arrangements and policies in respect of the provision of school clothing (including uniform and physical training clothes) and the making of grants to defray expenses in respect of such clothing and, in particular, the address from which parents may obtain detailed information about the assistance which is available and eligibility for it.

10.  The authority’s general arrangements and policies, in the case of pupils attending schools maintained by any authority in respect of—

(a) the making of grants to defray expenses (other than those mentioned in paragraphs 7 and 9), and

(b) the granting of allowances in the case of pupils over compulsory school age,

and, in particular, the address from which parents may obtain detailed information about the assistance which is available and eligibility for it.

11.  The authority’s general policy in respect of the entering of pupils for public examinations.

12.  The authority’s general arrangements and policies in respect of special educational provision for pupils with special educational needs including, in particular, the arrangements for parents to obtain information about the matters mentioned in Part II of this Schedule.

13.  The arrangements for parents and others to obtain copies of and to refer to particulars of the charging and remissions policies determined by the authority under section 110 of the 1988 Act.