The Morpeth School, Oaklands School and Swanlea School Order 2011

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is made under section 2 of the Education Act 2002 and relates to the Morpeth School, Oaklands School and Swanlea School (“the Schools”).

Article 3(a) relaxes the requirement on each of the governing bodies of the Schools imposed by section 434(1) of the Education Act 1996 (“the 1996 Act”) so that it does not require them to keep a register of pupils (“admissions register”) who are over compulsory school age.

Article 3(b) relaxes the requirement in section 434(3) of the 1996 Act, which sets out that the name of a pupil must not be deleted from the admissions register otherwise than on a prescribed ground, so that it does not apply to pupils over compulsory school age, who may then be removed on other grounds.

Article 3(c) relaxes the requirement on the governing body of a school maintained by a local authority in regulation 3 of the Education (Information about Individual Pupils) (England) Regulations 2006. Regulation 3 provides that the governing body must provide specific information about registered pupils within fourteen days of the receipt of a request for that information by the local authority. The requirement is relaxed so that the information does not have to be provided about registered pupils who are over compulsory school age.

As a consequence of the relaxation made by article 3(a), article 4 modifies regulation 5 of the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006 so that the requirement on the governing bodies of the Schools to keep an admissions register only applies to pupils of compulsory school age.