SCHEDULE 2Prescribed persons and prescribed categories of person

PART 1Information provided by the Secretary of State or an information collator

CHAPTER 1Prescribed Persons

1.

(1)

the Joint Council for Qualifications;

(2)

the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills;

(3)

Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales16;

(4)

the F1Office for Students;

(5)

F2the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research;

(6)

a relevant local authority;

(7)

the governing body or proprietor of the relevant school;

(8)

where a school is designated under section 69(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 as having a religious character—

(a)

in the case of a school designated as Church of England or Roman Catholic, the appropriate diocesan authority;

(b)

in the case of a school designated as Jewish, the Jewish Studies Education Inspection Service;

(c)

in the case of a school designated as Methodist, the Education Secretary to the Methodist Church;

(d)

in the case of a school designated as Muslim, the Association of Muslim Schools;

(e)

in the case of a school designated as Sikh, the Network of Sikh Organisations; or

(f)

in the case of a school designated as Seventh Day Adventist, the Education Department of the British Union Conference of the Seventh Day Adventists;

(9)

the States of Guernsey Education Department;

(10)

the States of Jersey Education Department;

(11)

the Isle of Man Department of Education;

(12)

the Welsh Ministers;

(13)

the Student Loans Company Limited19;

(14)

the University and Colleges Admissions Service20;

(15)

the Higher Education Statistics Agency21;

(16)

any body which is recognised by the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation under section 132 of the 2009 Act in respect of the award or authentication of a specified qualification or description of qualification to which Part 7 of that Act applies;

(17)

the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation;

(18)

the Further Education Commissioner; F3...

(19)

the Sixth-Form Commissioner F4; and

(20)

Qualifications Wales.

CHAPTER 2Prescribed categories of person

2.

(1)

institutions within the further education sector or 16 to 19 Academies;

(2)

work-based learning providers;

(3)

learning providers; and

(4)

persons who, for the purpose of promoting the education or well-being of students in England are—

(a)

conducting research or analysis,

(b)

producing statistics, or

(c)

providing information, advice or guidance,

and who require student information for that purpose.