(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which replace provisions formerly contained in the Education (School Records) Regulations 1989, provide for the keeping by the head teacher of records about the academic achievements and the skills and abilities and progress (curricular records) of a pupil at a school maintained by a local education authority (except a nursery school) and a special school not so maintained (regulation 4).
They also make provision for the disclosure and transfer by the head teacher of educational records (as defined in regulation 3) to parents and schools to which pupils are transferring (regulation 5).
Where requisite, the original educational records must be provided together with a translation into English or Welsh or another language (regulation 6).
The 1989 Regulations are revoked (regulation