Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (England) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 16th January 2002.
(2) These Regulations apply only in relation to schools in England.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996;
“GCE ‘A’ level examination” means the General Certificate of Education advanced level examination or the General Certificate of Education advanced subsidiary examination;
“GCSE” means General Certificate of Secondary Education;
“GNVQ” means General National Vocational Qualification;
“GNVQ precursor” means any of—
the National Certificate or National Diploma of the EDEXCEL Foundation;
the Diploma of Vocational Education of the City and Guilds of London Institute at national level;
the First Certificate or First Diploma of the EDEXCEL Foundation; or
the Diploma of Vocational Education of the City and Guilds of London Institute at intermediate level;
“non-maintained special school” means a special school which is not maintained by a local education authority;
“NVQ” means National Vocational Qualification;
“permanently excluded” in relation to a pupil means a pupil who has been permanently excluded from a school on disciplinary grounds;
“permanent exclusion date” means the date on which the name of a permanently excluded pupil is deleted from the Register;
“post advanced level course” means a course of study being undertaken by a pupil who has completed a course leading to any of—
a GCE ‘A’ level examination,
a General Certificate of Education advanced supplementary examination,
a GNVQ at level 3,
a GNVQ precursor at level 3,
a NVQ at level 3,
a VCE, or
an International Baccalaureate Diploma,
and is no longer studying any of those courses;
“Register” means the register of pupils kept under section 434 of the 1996 Act and in accordance with the Education (Pupil Registration) Regulations 1995(1);
“special school” has the meaning given by section 337 of the 1996 Act(2);
“unique pupil number” means a combination of numbers which together with a letter or letters are allocated to a pupil and are particular to him, by use of a formula determined by the Department for Education and Skills; and
“VCE” means the Vocational Certificate of Education.
Provision of information by schools maintained by local education authorities to their local education authorities
3. Within fourteen days of receiving a request from the local education authority by which a school is maintained, the governing body of that school shall provide to the authority such of the information referred to in the Schedule to these Regulations as is so requested.
Provision of information by non-maintained special schools, city technology colleges, city colleges for the technology of the arts and city academies to the Secretary of State
4. Within fourteen days of receiving a request from the Secretary of State—
(a)in respect of a non-maintained special school, the governing body; or
(b)in respect of a city technology college, a city college for the technology of the arts or a city academy, the proprietor,
shall provide to the Secretary of State such of the information referred to in the Schedule to these Regulations as is so requested.
Revocation
5. The Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (England) Regulations 2000(3) are hereby revoked.
Catherine Ashton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Skills
17th December 2001