Part II Rights and duties of Parents and functions of Education Authorities in relation to Individual Pupils
Children requiring special education
65D Regulations regarding Records.
1
The Secretary of State shall by regulations prescribe—
a
the form of a Record;
b
the nature of the information to be entered therein;
c
the procedure to be followed in relation to the keeping, discontinuance and destruction of a Record and its transfer on the recorded child or recorded young person moving from the area of one education authority to that of another;
d
the period for which a Record must be preserved after its discontinuance;
e
the persons to whom an education authority—
i
shall, at the request of such a person, disclose a Record; and
ii
may disclose a Record,
and the manner of such disclosure;
f
such other matters relating to Records as are in his opinion necessary or expedient,
and the Secretary of State may—
i
under paragraph (c) of this subsection, prescribe different procedures in different circumstances;
ii
under paragraph (d) of this subsection, prescribe different periods in different circumstances; and
iii
under paragraph (e) of this subsection, prescribe different persons and different manners of disclosure for different purposes.
2
Regulations under subsection (1) above shall provide that a Record shall include four parts containing respectively—
a
a summary of the child’s or young person’s impairments;
b
a statement of the special educational needs arising from those impairments;
c
a statement of the measures proposed by the education authority to be taken to meet those needs; and
d
where appropriate, the nomination of a school to be attended by him.