(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which come into force on 1st October 1999 and apply only to England, make provision for the publication of information about matters relating to the provision of education for pupils with special educational needs in their schools by the governing bodies of maintained schools.
The Regulations replace the Education (Special Educational Needs) (Information) Regulations 1994, which are revoked in relation to England.
The Regulations refer to the new categories of maintained schools in the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. They also remove the requirement to deal with the implementation of the school’s SEN policy in the governors' annual report which is now dealt with by the Education (Governors' Annual Reports) (England) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2157). Otherwise there are no changes of any substance from the 1994 Regulations.