2015 No. 1566

Education, England

The Education (School Performance Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 408, 537, 537A and 569(4) of the Education Act 19961.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Performance Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st September 2015.

Amendments to the Education (School Performance Information) (England) Regulations 2007

2

The Education (School Performance Information) (England) Regulations 20072 are amended in accordance with regulation 3.

3

In Schedule 4—

a

in Part 1, for paragraph 2(e)(vi) substitute—

vi

whether the student has special educational needs and, where applicable—

aa

the type of special educational needs that student has;

bb

the primary and secondary need of those types if there is more than one type;

cc

if the student has a statement of special educational needs3 or an Education, Health and Care plan4; and

dd

if special educational provision is being made through SEN support5

b

In Part 2, for paragraph 1 substitute—

1

1

The number of registered pupils aged 16, 17 or 18 who, during the reporting school year or any of the school years preceding that year, were entered for a relevant entry level or level 1, 2, 3 qualification6 approved under section 98 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 for the purposes of section 96 of that Act.

2

In the case of each registered pupil aged 16, 17 or 18, the following information—

a

the pupil’s gender, date of birth and surname followed by first name or, if more than one, each first name;

b

the relevant entry level or level 1, 2, 3 qualification taken and the grade or, where applicable, the level achieved;

c

the school year in which the pupil was entered for the relevant entry level or level 1, 2, 3 qualification and the awarding body for that qualification;

d

each approved relevant qualification taken by the pupil in the fourth key stage7 and the grade or, where applicable, the level achieved by the pupil; and

e

each course study taken by the pupil leading to a qualification to which Part 7 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 applies which is awarded or authenticated by a body which is recognised by the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation under section 132 of that Act in respect of the qualification, including—

i

the qualification identification number;

ii

the date on which each course of study started;

iii

the planned and actual end date of each course of study;

iv

information on which course of study is identified as the core course of study;

v

information on whether each course of study is or was eligible for funding by the Secretary of State;

vi

the name of the educational institution, work-based learning provider or learning provider recording the course of study; and

vii

the outcome of the course of study.

Nick GibbMinister of StateDepartment for Education
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (School Performance Information) (England) Regulations 2007.

The effect of the amendments is to: (i) update the special educational needs information which schools must provide to the Secretary of State in respect of pupils in the fourth key stage; and (ii) require schools to provide the Secretary of State with additional information on qualifications below level 3 and courses of study, in relation to pupils aged 16, 17 or 18.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.