The Education (Coronavirus, Remote Education Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Amendment of the School Information (England) Regulations 2008

3.—(1) The School Information (England) Regulations 2008(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a) in the definition of “maintained school”—

(i) after paragraph (a) omit “and”;

(ii) in paragraph (b), for “Parts 3 and 4” substitute “Part 3 and regulation 10”;

(iii) after paragraph (b) insert—

“, and

(c) for the purposes of regulation 10A, a community, foundation or voluntary school, a community or foundation special school(2), or a pupil referral unit;”;

(b) for the definition of “non-maintained special school” substitute—

““non-maintained special school” means—

(a)

for the purposes of regulation 10A, a school that is approved under section 342 of EA 1996, and

(b)

otherwise, a school that is approved under section 342 of EA 1996 and which is not established in a hospital;”.

(3) After regulation 10 (information to be published on a website)(3), insert—

“Additional information to be published: remote education

10A.— (1) This regulation applies to the following schools—

(a) a maintained school,

(b) a non-maintained special school.

(2) The governing body of a school to which this regulation applies must arrange for the information specified in paragraph (3) to be published in accordance with this regulation.

(3) The information is details about the arrangements for meeting the requirement to provide remote education in paragraph 2 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 Provision of Remote Education (England) Temporary Continuity Direction given on 30th September 2020 by the Secretary of State for Education(4).

(4) Where a website is maintained for the school by or on behalf of the governing body, the information must be published on that website.

(5) Where there is no website maintained for the school, the information must be published on a website, the address and details of which are made known to parents(5).

(6) The governing body must provide a paper copy of the information published on the website without charge to parents on request.

(7) The governing body must arrange for the information published on the website to be updated as soon as is reasonably practicable following a change to that information.”.

(1)

S.I. 2008/3093, amended by S.I. 2012/1124; there are other amending instruments, but none is relevant.

(2)

for the meaning of ‘community school’, ‘foundation school’, ‘voluntary school’, ‘community special school’ and ‘foundation special school’, see section 142(8) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, according to which the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 is to be construed as one with the Education Act 1996, and section 20 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.

(3)

Regulation 10 was substituted by S.I. 2012/1124.

(4)

The direction was given in exercise of the powers conferred by the Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), section 38 and Schedule 17, paragraphs 1 and 4. It was published in the London Gazette on 1 October 2020. A digital copy of the direction is available at https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3642261. A print copy can be obtained on request by contacting the Gazette (email: [e-mail]; telephone: [phone]).

(5)

For the meaning of ‘parent’, see section 576 of the Education Act 1996.