Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (England) Regulations 2000

Regulation 4

THE SCHEDULE PROVISION OF INFORMATION ABOUT INDIVIDUAL PUPILS

PART I All Pupils

1.  In respect of each pupil on the school’s Register on the date specified in the request for information the following information.

2.  The pupil's—

(a) gender;

(b) date of birth;

(c) current unique pupil number, and, where the school has held a previous unique pupil number for that pupil, the previous number;

(d) surname, and where the pupil has a former surname which is known to the governing body, that former surname;

(e) first name, or if more than one, each first name;

(f) ethnic group;

(g) date of admission to the school; and

(h) first language.

(2) The postcode of the home where the pupil normally resides.

3.  Whether the pupil is a day or boarding pupil at the school.

4.  Whether, pursuant to section 512(3) and (3A)(1) of the 1996 Act, the pupil has applied and found to be eligible for free school meals.

5.  Where the pupil has special educational needs, which stage of the five stage scale referred to in “The Code of Practice on the Identification and Assessment of Special Educational Needs”(2) issued, and from time to time revised, under section 313 of the 1996 Act applies to him.

6.  In the case of a school which provides primary education—

(a) whether the pupil is receiving nursery education in a nursery class at the school; and

(b) where the pupil is under compulsory school age, whether he is part-time, and, for the purposes of this paragraph, “part-time” means that the pupil is attending fewer than ten school sessions in any week during which the school meets.

7.  In the case of a school which provides secondary education and where the pupil is aged 16 or over on 31st August preceding the date on which the request for information is made—

(a) the number, if any, of GCSE subjects the pupil is studying;

(b) the number, if any, of GCE “A” level examination subjects (excluding the subject entitled “general studies”) the pupil is studying;

(c) the number, if any, of GCE “AS” examination subjects the pupil is studying;

(d) whether the pupil is studying a post advanced level course;

(e) the level of any GNVQ for which the pupil is studying;

(f) the level of any GNVQ precursor for which the pupil is studying;

(g) the level of any NVQ for which the pupil is studying; and

(h) whether the pupil is studying a course other than any of the kind referred to above.

8.  In the case of a special school that is not a special school established in a hospital whether the pupil boards at the school for seven or less nights per week.

9.  In the case of a special school, including a special school established in a hospital—

(a) whether the pupil is a registered pupil at one school or more than one school; and

(b) where the pupil is registered as a pupil at more than one school, the school that the pupil attends for the majority of his time.

PART II Excluded Pupils

1.  In respect of each pupil permanently excluded from the school and whose permanent exclusion date was in the year ending on 31st August preceding the date on which the request for information is made.

2.  The pupil's—

(a) gender;

(b) date of birth;

(c) surname;

(d) first name or, if more than one, each first name;

(e) ethnic group;

(f) permanent exclusion date; and

(g) unique pupil number.

3.  Where the pupil has special educational needs at the time of his permanent exclusion from the school, the stage of the five stage scale referred to in “The Code of Practice on the Identification and Assessment of Special Educational Needs” issued, and from time to time revised, under section 313 of the 1996 Act which applied to him at the time of his exclusion.

(1)

Sub-section (3A) was inserted by section 115(4) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (1998 c. 31) with effect from 6th December 1999.

(2)

ISBN 0 85522 444 4. The Code of Practice, originally issued under section 157 of the Education Act 1993 (c. 35), continues to have effect by virtue of the 1996 Act, Schedule 39, paragraph 1.