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Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 1437

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The Education (Pupil Information) (England) Regulations 2005

Made

24th May 2005

Laid before Parliament

8th June 2005

Coming into force

8th July 2005

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 408, 563 and 569(4) of the Education Act 1996 M1, and after consulting with those persons with whom consultation appeared to her to be desirable, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Regulations—

Marginal Citations

Citation, commencement and applicationE+W

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Pupil Information) (England) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 8 July 2005.

(2) These Regulations apply to schools in England.

InterpretationE+W

2.  In these Regulations—

“the 2002 Act” means the Education Act 2002 M2;

[F1“the 2004 document” means the document entitled “Assessment and Reporting Arrangements” published by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority for the Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 in 2004;]

[F1“assessment”, in relation to a pupil’s P [F2Scales] of attainment or performance against the P [F2Scale] attainment targets means an assessment carried out in accordance with any document for the time being in force containing provisions relating to assessment arrangements which has effect by virtue of orders made under section 87(3)(c) and (11) of the 2002 Act;]

[F3“the associated document” means any document (other than the P Scale Document) published by the Department for Education under a section 87(3)(a) and (b) order for the foundation subjects, setting out any attainment targets and programmes of study for each of those subjects;]

“core subjects” means English, mathematics and science;

“curricular record” means a formal record of a pupil's academic achievements, his other skills and abilities and his progress in school;

“Departmental number” means a reference number unique to each establishment and allocated by use of a formula determined by [F4the [F5Department for Education]];

“external marking agency” means a body F6... approved by the Secretary of State to mark NC tests;

“foundation subjects” means art and design, citizenship, design and technology, geography, history, information and communication technology, a modern foreign language, music, physical education and the core subjects;

“key stage” or references to a particular key stage shall be construed in accordance with section 82 of the 2002 Act;

“maintained school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school other than such a school which is established in a hospital;

[F7“management committee”, in relation to a pupil referral unit, means the management committee for that unit established pursuant to the Education (Pupil Referral Units) (Management Committees etc.) Regulations 2007;]

“NC attainment targets” means the National Curriculum attainment targets described in the [F8associated document];

[F9“NC standards of attainment” means the National Curriculum standards of attainment described in the associated document;]

“NC tasks” means the National Curriculum standard tasks administered to pupils pursuant to the statutory arrangements M3;

“NC tests” means the National Curriculum tests administered to pupils pursuant to the statutory arrangements M4;

“NC test tiers” means the National Curriculum test tiers described in the [F10associated document];

[F11“P Scales of attainment” means, for those pupils with special educational needs who are working at a standard set out in the P Scale Document, the National Curriculum standards of attainment described in the P Scale Document;]

[F12“P Scale attainment targets” means, for those pupils with special educational needs who are working at a standard set out in the P Scale Document, the National Curriculum attainment targets specified in the P Scale Document;]

[F13“P Scale Document” means the document published from time to time by the Department for Education which—

(a)

describes, in relation to pupils with special educational needs who are working at a standard set out in the P Scale Document, the standards of attainment specified in the P Scale Document for each of the core and other foundation subjects, and

(b)

specifies, in relation to such pupils, the attainment targets which have effect by virtue of an order made under section 87(3)(a) of the 2002 Act;]

“personal education plan” means the plan referred to in section 5.16 to 5.26 of the guidance entitled “Guidance on the Education of Children and Young People in Public Care M5, which a local authority must ensure is provided for every child and young person in their care;

[F14“the QCDA” means the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency;]

“responsible person” means—

(a)

the head teacher of an independent school [F15or of an alternative provision Academy that is not an independent school];

(b)

the governing body of any other school [F16(or, where the school is a pupil referral unit, the management committee)]; or

(c)

the person responsible for the conduct of any [F1716 to 19 Academy, further education institution,] higher education institution or other place of education or training to which a pupil transfers or may transfer;

[F18SEN support” means the type of special educational needs provision forming part of the graduated approach adopted pursuant to “The Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice: 0-25 years” published on 29th July 2014 under section 77 of the Children and Families Act 2014]

[F19“special educational needs” is to be interpreted in accordance with [F20section 20(1) of the Children and Families Act 2014];]

“the statutory arrangements” means the assessment arrangements specified by orders made under section 87(3)(c) of the 2002 Act;

“teacher assessment” means assessment of a pupil's NC [F21standard] of attainment in a subject by the pupil's teacher, as specified in the statutory arrangements M6;

“unauthorised absence” means any absence from the school for which leave has not been granted by a person authorised in that behalf by the governing body of the school;

[F22“unique learner number”, in relation to a registered pupil at a school, means the specific combination of numbers allocated to the pupil by [F23the Secretary of State] as that pupil’s unique learner number;]

“unique pupil number” means a combination of numbers which, together with a letter or letters, are allocated to a pupil by use of a formula determined by [F4the [F5Department for Education]] and are particular to that pupil.

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

M5These parts of the Guidance have statutory force by virtue of having been issued under section 7 of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (1970 c. 42) (Paragraph 2.1(i) of Local Authority Circular (2000)13 refers).

Meaning of educational recordE+W

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4), in these Regulations “educational record” means any record of information which—

(a)is processed by or on behalf of the governing body of, or a teacher at, any school specified in paragraph (2);

(b)relates to any person who is or has been a pupil at any such school; and

(c)originated from or was supplied by or on behalf of any of the persons specified in paragraph (3),

other than information which is processed by a teacher solely for the teacher's own use.

(2) The schools referred to in paragraph (1)(a) are—

(a)any school maintained by a local education authority; and

(b)any special school which is not so maintained.

(3) The persons referred to in paragraph (1)(c) are—

(a)any employee of the local education authority which maintains the school or former school attended by the pupil to whom the record relates;

(b)in the case of—

(i)a voluntary aided, foundation or foundation special school; or

(ii)a special school which is not maintained by a local education authority,

any teacher or other employee at the school or at the pupil's former school (including any educational psychologist engaged by the governing body under a contract for services);

(c)the pupil to whom the record relates; and

(d)a parent of that pupil.

(4) In addition to the information referred to in paragraph (1), an educational record includes—

(a)any [F24EHC plan]; and

(b)any personal education plan,

relating to the pupil concerned.

(5) For the purposes of this regulation, “processed” shall be construed in accordance with the definition of “processing” in [F25section 3(4) of the Data Protection Act 2018].

Textual Amendments

Duty to keep curricular recordsE+W

4.  The governing body of every school maintained by a local education authority (other than a nursery school), and of every special school not so maintained, shall keep a curricular record, updated at least once every school year, in respect of every registered pupil at the school.

Disclosure of curricular and educational recordsE+W

5.—(1) This regulation applies to the governing body of any school maintained by a local education authority (other than a nursery school) and any special school not so maintained.

(2) Subject to paragraph (4), the governing body shall make a pupil's educational record available for inspection by the parent, free of charge, within fifteen school days of receipt of the parent's written request for access to that record.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the governing body shall provide a copy of a pupil's educational record to the parent, on payment of such fee (not exceeding the cost of supply), if any, as the governing body may prescribe, within fifteen school days of receipt of the parent's written request for a copy of that record.

(4) When complying with a request under paragraph (2) or paragraph (3), a governing body shall not make available for inspection or provide a copy of any information—

(a)which they could not lawfully disclose to the pupil himself under [F26the GDPR]; or

(b)in relation to which the pupil himself would have no right of access under [F27the GDPR].

(5) Subject to paragraph (6), where the pupil is under consideration for admission to another school (including an independent school) or to a [F2816 to 19 Academy,] further education institution or higher education institution, the governing body shall transfer the pupil's curricular record to the responsible person, free of charge, within fifteen school days of receipt of the responsible person's written request for that record.

(6) The record supplied under paragraph (5) shall not include the results of any assessment of the pupil's achievements.

[F29(7) In this regulation, “the GDPR” means Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation), read with Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Data Protection Act 2018.]

Textual Amendments

Head teacher's annual report to parents and adult pupilsE+W

6.—(1) This regulation applies to the head teacher of any school maintained by a local education authority.

(2) Subject to [F30paragraphs (3), (3A) and (6)], prior to the end of the summer term of every school year, the head teacher shall—

(a)prepare a head teacher's report in respect of every registered pupil at the school, containing the information referred to in paragraph (4);

(b)provide a copy of each such report to the person specified in paragraph (7)(a) or (b), as the case may be, free of charge; and

(c)make arrangements to enable the recipient of the report to discuss its content with the pupil's teacher, if he so wishes.

(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply in relation to any pupil who is to be provided with a school leaver's report pursuant to regulation 8.

[F31(3A) Where the school is a pupil referral unit the head teacher shall only prepare the report referred to in paragraph (2) in respect of a registered pupil in the school year in which the pupil ceases to be of compulsory school age.]

(4) Subject to [F32paragraphs (4A) and (5)], the head teacher's report shall include the information specified in Schedule 1.

[F33(4A) Where the school is a pupil referral unit the head teacher’s report shall only include the information specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1.]

(5) Where the head teacher has asked the external marking agency to review the result of any NC test taken by the pupil but still awaits the outcome of that review, he shall include the original result of the test in his report but indicate that it is provisional.

(6) The head teacher may provide the information referred to in paragraph (4) in the form of more than one report, provided that, subject to regulation 7, all such information is provided before the end of the summer term.

(7) The persons referred to in paragraph (2)(b) are—

(a)in the case of any pupil who is aged 18 or over at the time the head teacher's report is due to be provided and who is not proposing to leave school by the end of the school year to which the report relates, the pupil himself and, if the head teacher considers there to be special circumstances which make it appropriate, the parent of that pupil;

(b)in any other case, the parent of the pupil to whom the report relates.

(8) The period to which a head teacher's report relates shall begin with the later of—

(a)the pupil's date of admission to the school; or

(b)the day after the date on which the last report was made pursuant to this regulation (or, as the case may be, made available pursuant to regulation 6 of the regulations revoked by these Regulations).

Textual Amendments

Late receipt of informationE+W

7.—(1) Where any of the particulars necessary to provide the information referred to in regulation 6 and specified in paragraph (2) are not received by the head teacher until after the end of the summer term, he shall send such information within fifteen school days of receiving it.

(2) The information referred to in paragraph (1) is—

(a)the results of any public examinations taken;

(b)details of any vocational qualifications or credits toward any such qualifications gained;

(c)the results of any NC tests taken by the pupil; and

(d)the results of any reviews by the external marking agency of any NC tests taken by the pupil.

Head teacher's report to school leaversE+W

8.—(1) The head teacher of every maintained school shall prepare a school leaver's report in respect of any pupil who has ceased to be of compulsory school age and is proposing to or has left the school, containing brief particulars of the pupil's progress and achievements in subjects and activities forming part of the school curriculum (other than in relation to any public examination or vocational qualification) in the school year during or at the end of which the pupil proposes to or has left school.

(2) The head teacher shall provide a copy of the school leaver's report to the pupil concerned by no later than 30th September following the end of the school year during or at the end of which the pupil left the school.

Transfer of information when a pupil changes schoolE+W

9.—[F34(1) In this regulation—

(a)“common transfer file” means a record of the information set out in Schedule 2, and

(b)“governing body” means, in relation to a pupil referral unit, the management committee.]

(2) Where this regulation requires information to be transferred in machine readable form, that requirement may be met by transferring the information—

(a)subject to paragraph (11), by an e-mail attachment;

(b)through an intranet provided for that purpose by or on behalf of a local authority, and for the purposes of this regulation an intranet means a closed network that can only be accessed—

(i)by the local education authority,

(ii)by or on behalf of a governing body of a school within the area of that authority; or

(iii)by a teacher at a school within the area of that authority; or

(c)through an internet website or other facility provided for that purpose by or on behalf of [F35the [F36Department for Education]].

(3) Subject to paragraphs (6), (7) and (8), when a pupil ceases to be registered at a [F37school maintained by a local education authority] (the “old school”) and becomes a registered pupil at another school (the “new school”), the governing body of the old school or, where this has been agreed between that governing body and the local education authority, that authority shall transfer the pupil's common transfer file and educational record to the responsible person of the new school no later than fifteen school days after the day on which the pupil ceases to be registered at the old school.

[F38(3A) Paragraph (3B) applies where a pupil becomes registered at a school maintained by a local education authority (“the second school”) and remains registered at another such school (“the first school”).

(3B) Subject to paragraph (8), the governing body of the first school or, where this has been agreed between that governing body and the local education authority which maintains the first school, that authority shall send a copy of the pupil’s common transfer file and educational record to the responsible person of the second school no later than fifteen school days after the date on which the head teacher of the first school learned of the second registration.]

(4) The common transfer file shall be transferred in machine readable form, except where either the old school or the new school [F39or, as the case may be, the first school or the second school] does not have the necessary facilities to send or receive such information in that form.

(5) The educational record may be transferred in machine readable form or in paper form or in a combination of both forms.

(6) Paragraph (3) shall not apply where it is not reasonably practicable for the governing body of the old school to ascertain the pupil's new school.

(7) The reference to “new school” in paragraph (3) shall include any school in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland with effect from 3 October 2005.

(8) Where a pupil has been registered at a [F40school maintained by a local education authority] for less than four weeks, it shall be sufficient compliance for the purposes of [F41paragraph (3) or (3B)] if the governing body of that school or, where applicable, the local education authority transfers such information and record as they have received under this regulation from the school at which the pupil was previously registered in the form in which it was received by them.

(9) For the purposes of paragraph (8), the reference in paragraph (3) to “fifteen school days” shall be a reference to the number of days after the day on which the pupil ceases to be registered at the school in question or to the number of days after the information and record have been received by the governing body of that school, whichever is the later.

(10) If the governing body of a pupil's old school [F42or first school] receives a request from the responsible person of the school at which the pupil is currently a registered pupil, either for the pupil's common transfer file or for any educational record relating to that pupil in the old school's [F43or first school’s] possession, they shall provide it within fifteen school days of receiving the request.

(11) Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(a), information may only be sent by an e-mail attachment up to and including 30 September 2005.

Textual Amendments

10.  The following Regulations are hereby revoked—

(a)The Education (Pupil Information) (England) Regulations 2000 M7;

(b)The Education (Pupil Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 M8;

(c)The Education (Pupil Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 M9; and

(d)The Education (Pupil Information (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 M10.

Marginal Citations

Jacqui Smith

Minister of State

Department for Education and Skills

Regulation 6(4)

SCHEDULE 1E+WInformation to be included in the head teacher's annual report

1.  Except where otherwise specified, the following information must be included in the annual report of every pupil—E+W

(a)brief particulars of achievements in all subjects and activities forming part of the school curriculum;

(b)comments on general progress;

(c)arrangements for discussing the report with the pupil's teacher;

[F44(d)attendance record, except where–

(i)the attendance record relates to the school year 2019/20;

(ii)the pupil is in the reception year; or

(iii)the pupil is in year 12 or 13 and is no longer of compulsory school age;]

(e)the results of any public examinations taken, by subject and grade;

(f)details of any vocational qualifications or credits towards any such qualifications gained; and

(g)[F45unless that year is the school year 2019/20,] the results of any NC tests taken during that year, by [F46score].

Textual Amendments

2.— [F47(1)]  [F48Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3)] the following information must be included in the report of every pupil at the end of each of the key stages specified [F49unless that report is prepared in the school year 2019/20] —

(a)[F50at the end of the first and second key stages]—

(i)a brief commentary;

(ii)the results of the teacher assessment of his NC [F51standards] of attainment, excluding English at the first key stage and citizenship;

(iii)particulars of any NC attainment targets or subjects from which the pupil is exempt;

(iv)comparative information about the NC [F52standards of attainment and scores] of pupils of the same age in the school; and

(v)comparative information about the NC [F53standards of attainment and scores] in the core subjects of pupils of the same age nationally;

(b)at the end of the first key stage—

(i)a statement that the teacher assessment of his NC [F54standards] of attainment takes into account the results of any NC tasks and NC tests taken in accordance with the statutory arrangements; and

(ii)if applicable, a statement explaining why any NC tasks or NC tests have not been taken or why the teacher assessment has been disapplied;

(c)at the end of the first and second key stages, the results of the teacher assessment of his NC attainment targets in English; and

(d)[F55at the end of the second key stage]—

(i)the results of the NC tests taken, by [F56score]; and

(ii)a statement that the NC [F57standards] of attainment have been arrived at in accordance with the statutory arrangements.

[F58(2) If a pupil with special educational needs is working at a standard set out in the P Scale Document in a core subject (“the relevant subject”) at the first or second key stage the following information must [F59unless that report is prepared in the school year 2019/20] be included in the report at the end of that key stage—

(a)if the relevant subject is English, the assessment of the pupil’s P Scale of attainment in English or, if the pupil is working at P Scale 4 F60... of the P Scales of attainment, the assessment of the pupil’s performance against each of the P Scale attainment targets specified in the P Scale Document in relation to English under the headings “Speaking”, “Listening”, “Reading” and Writing”;

(b)if the relevant subject is Mathematics, the assessment of the pupil’s P Scale of attainment in Mathematics or, if the pupil is working at P Scale 4 F61... of the P Scales of attainment, the assessment of the pupil’s performance against each of the P Scale attainment targets specified in the P Scale Document in relation to Mathematics under the headings “Using and applying mathematics”, “Number” and “Shape, space and measures”;

F62(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

F63(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F47Sch. 1 para 2(1): Sch. 1 para. 2 renumbered as Sch. 1 para. 2(1) (1.9.2008) by The Education (Pupil Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1747), regs. 1(1), 6(a)

F56Word in Sch. 1 para. 2(1)(d) substituted (1.9.2015) by The Education (Information) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/902), regs. 1, 4(b)(iii)(aa)

F57Word in Sch. 1 para. 2(1)(d) substituted (1.9.2015) by The Education (Information) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/902), regs. 1, 4(b)(iii)(bb)

3.  In this Schedule—E+W

“attendance record” means a summary of the pupil's attendance during the period to which the information relates, showing the total number of possible attendances and the total number of unauthorised absences expressed as a percentage of the possible attendances;

“brief commentary” means a brief account of what the teacher assessments (and, in relation to the [F64second key stage], the pupil's NC tests results) show about the pupil's progress individually, and in relation to other pupils in the same year, which draws attention to any particular strengths and weaknesses of the pupil;

“comparative information”, in relation to pupils of the same age nationally, means the information provided by [F65the [F66Department for Education]] about the NC [F67standards of attainment and scores] in the core subjects of all registered pupils at schools in England in the final year of the relevant key stage for the preceding school year [F68unless the preceding school year is the school year 2019/20, in which case for the school year 2018/19.]

Textual Amendments

F67Words in Sch. 1 para. 3 substituted (1.9.2015) by The Education (Information) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/902), regs. 1, 4(b)(v)

Regulation 9(1)

SCHEDULE 2E+WInformation forming part of the common transfer file

1.  The pupil's—E+W

(a)unique pupil number;

[F69(aa)unique learner number, where known;]

(b)surname and where known, former surname;

(c)forename(s);

(d)date of birth;

(e)gender;

(f)ethnic group; F70...

(g)first language;

[F71(h)nationality;

(i)country of birth;

(j)proficiency in speaking, reading and writing in English.]

Textual Amendments

2.  Where the pupil has special educational needs, the type of special educational provision that is being made for him ([F72“SEN support” or EHC plan]).E+W

Textual Amendments

3.  The following information in relation to the school year in which the pupil transferred—E+W

(a)the total number of sessions in the school year;

(b)the total number of sessions in that school year attended by the pupil; and

(c)the total number of the pupil's unauthorised absences in that school year.

4.  The Departmental number and name of the old school [F73or first school].E+W

Textual Amendments

5.  The Departmental number and name of the new school [F74or second school].E+W

Textual Amendments

6.—(1) The pupil's cumulative [F75achievements in education which, subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), are] as follows—E+W

(a)the results of the teacher assessment of the pupil's NC [F76standards] of attainment at the end of any key stage completed, excluding any such assessment in English at the end of the first key stage;

(b)the results of the teacher assessment of his NC attainment targets;

(c)where the pupil has not completed any key stage or is between key stages when he transfers school, the most recent assessment by the teacher of his NC [F77standards] of attainment, where any such assessments have been made;

(d)subject to sub-paragraph (2), the results of the NC tasks and NC tests taken by the pupil F78..., by F79... score;

(e)the age-standardised scores, derived from tables produced by the [F80Secretary of State], where these have been applied;

(f)the NC test tiers, where appropriate;

F81(g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F81(h). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F82(2) Paragraph 6(1)(d) shall not apply to the results of the NC tasks and NC tests taken by pupils at the end of the first key stage —

(a)where those pupils were not required to undertake those tasks and tests by virtue of their involvement in the Key Stage 1 assessment trial 2003/4 referred to in the 2004 document; or

(b)where those pupils were at the end of the first key stage in the school year 2004/5 and thereafter.]

[F83(3) If an assessment of a pupil’s P Scale of attainment has been carried out in relation to a core subject at the first or second key stage, the pupil’s cumulative achievements in education in relation to that subject for the key stage are as follows—

(a)if the subject is English, the assessment of the pupil’s P Scale of attainment in English or, if the pupil is working at P Scale 4 F84... of the P Scales of attainment, the assessment of the pupil’s performance against each of the P Scale attainment targets specified in the P Scale Document in relation to English under the headings “Speaking”, “Listening”, “Reading” and “Writing”;

(b)if the subject is Mathematics, the assessment of the pupil’s P Scale of attainment in Mathematics or, if the pupil is working at P Scale 4 F85... of the P Scales of attainment, the assessment of the pupil’s performance against each of the P Scale attainment targets specified in the P Scale Document in relation to Mathematics under the headings “Using and applying mathematics”, “Number” and “Shape, space and measures;

F86(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F87(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke and re-enact with modifications the Education (Pupil Information) (England) Regulations 2000.

They make provision for the keeping of records about the academic achievements, the skills and abilities and the progress of pupils at schools maintained by local education authorities (other than nursery schools) and special schools not so maintained (regulation 4).

They make provision for the disclosure of educational records by the governing bodies of schools maintained by local education authorities (other than nursery schools) and special schools not so maintained (regulation 5).

They require the provision of information by governing bodies and head teachers of community, foundation or voluntary schools and community or foundation special schools other than such schools established in hospitals (“maintained schools”), primarily about the educational achievements of their pupils (regulations 6, 7 and 8).

They make provision for the transfer of information (“the common transfer file”) when a pupil moves from a maintained school to another school (whether or not a maintained school) (regulation 9).

The principal substantive changes in these Regulations are—

(a)

the definition of “educational record” is revised to include the pupil's personal education plan and any statement of special educational needs prepared by a local education authority which does not maintain the school attended or previously attended by the pupil (regulation 3);

(b)

certain duties previously imposed on head teachers are transferred to governing bodies (regulations 4, 5 and 9);

(c)

the disclosure of information contained in educational records, which could not be disclosed to the pupil himself under the Data Protection Act 1998 or in relation to which the pupil would have no right of access by virtue of any order made under section 38(1) of the Act, is prohibited (regulation 5(4));

(d)

the results of NC tasks and NC tests taken by pupils at the end of the first key stage in the school year 2004/2005 and thereafter are no longer required to be reported to parents in pupil reports or transferred to other schools in the common transfer file (regulations 6 and 9);

(e)

where pupils transfer to new schools in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, the old schools will be required to transfer their records to those schools (regulation 9).

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