The Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Application of Enactments) (England) Regulations 2007

Education (School Attendance Targets) (England) Regulations 2007

28.—(1) The Education (School Attendance Targets) (England) Regulations 2007(1) apply in relation to units as they apply in relation to the schools referred to in regulation 3 of those regulations with the modifications specified in paragraphs (2) to (10).

(2) Regulation 3 has effect as if the following was substituted for it—

“3.   The local education authority and the management committee of every unit (acting jointly) must set annual targets for reducing the number of absences from school in accordance with regulation 4.”.

(3) Regulation 4 has effect as if —

(a) in paragraph (1) for “The governing body must set a target and must submit it to the local education authority” there were substituted “The local education authority and the management committee (acting jointly) must set a target”, and

(b) in paragraph (2) for “the governing body intends” there were substituted “the local education authority and the management committee intend”.

(4) Regulation 5(1) has effect as if —

(a) for “the governing body of a school” there were substituted “the local education authority and the management committee of a unit”, and

(b) for “that body” there was substituted “those bodies (acting jointly)”.

(5) Regulation 6 has effect as if—

(a) in paragraph (1) —

(i) for “the governing body of that school” there were substituted “the local education authority and the management committee of that unit”, and

(ii) for “it is” there were substituted “(acting jointly) they are”,

(b) in paragraph (2) for “the governing body intends” there were substituted “the local education authority and the management committee (acting jointly) intend”.

(6) Regulation 7 has effect as if—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) for “the governing body of that school” there were substituted “the local education authority and the management committee of that unit”, and

(ii) for “it is” there were substituted “(acting jointly) they are”,

(b) in paragraph (2) for “the governing body intends” there were substituted “the local education authority and the management committee (acting jointly) intend”.

(7) Regulation 8(1) has effect as if —

(a) for “the governing body of that school” there were substituted “the local education authority and the management committee of that unit”, and

(b) for “it is” there were substituted “(acting jointly) they are”.

(8) Regulation 9(1) has effect as if for sub-paragraph (c) there were substituted—

“(c) must contain a date by which the target should be set.”.

(9) Regulation 10 has effect as if paragraphs (1) and (2) were omitted.

(10) Regulation 12 has effect as if for “A governing body must not” there were substituted “Neither a local education authority nor a management committee may”.

(11) Nothing in paragraphs (1) to (10) requires a management committee to set any target under regulation 4 of those regulations for any school year before the school year commencing in 2010.

(1)

S.I. 2007/226.1