The Education (Grammar School Ballots) Regulations 1998

Information to be given to parents

20.—(1) Where any registered parent of a registered pupil at a school to which this regulation applies, other than a registered parent referred to in paragraph (3), so requests in writing, and the request is made in connection with the raising of a petition or in connection with the dissemination of material in connection with a proposed ballot, the governing body or proprietor of the school shall, subject to paragraph (4)—

(a) make available to the parent for inspection at the school (at reasonable times and free of charge) the electoral list for the school; and

(b) supply the parent with a copy of the list.

(2) This regulation applies to a school which—

(a) at the date of the request referred to in paragraph (1) above is a relevant school, (whether or not, in the case of a school which is a feeder school for a group of grammar schools, the governing body has been given the notification required by regulation 18(3)); or

(b) at that date appears to the governing body to be or to be likely to be a relevant school by reason of being a feeder school for a grammar school in a group of grammar schools or a stand alone grammar school.

(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply where the request is made by—

(a) a registered parent who on the date of the request is not an eligible parent by virtue of falling within regulation 4(3);

(b) a registered parent whose only child at the school falls to be disregarded under regulation 4(4) or (6) for the purpose of determining whether a parent is an eligible parent; or

(c) a registered parent of a child at an independent school situated in a relevant area who on the date of the request is not resident in the relevant area in question.

(4) A governing body or proprietor shall not disclose to a parent under paragraph (1) the name and address of any person who has requested the governing body in writing not to disclose that information under that paragraph and accordingly the name and address of that person shall be excluded from the list there mentioned.

(5) Subject to regulation 22(5), if the designated body have given the notification required by regulation 10(1) that a valid petition has been received, paragraph (1) shall not apply to schools which are, or are likely to be, relevant schools in relation to the area, group of grammar schools or stand alone grammar school to which the petition relates, where the request is made later than 4 weeks after the date of that notification, unless the subsequent ballot is in favour of retaining selective admission arrangements and (where that is the case) until the end of the moratorium period for that area, group of grammar schools or stand alone grammar school.

(6) A governing body or proprietor of a school who under paragraph (1)(b) supply copies of the list mentioned in that paragraph may charge such fee as they think fit (not exceeding the cost of supply) in respect of each copy supplied.