The Education (Individual Pupils’ Achievements) (Information) (Wales) Regulations 1997

School leaver’s report

5.—(1) The head teacher of every maintained school shall make available to any pupil who has ceased to be of compulsory school age and is proposing to leave or has left the school the information referred to in paragraph (2) in accordance with paragraphs (3) to (5).

(2) The information consists of—

(a) the pupil’s name;

(b) the pupil’s school;

(c) the results of any public examination taken by the pupil and any qualification and credits towards a qualification awarded to him; and

(d) brief particulars of the pupil’s progress and achievements in subjects (other than those in which the pupil has taken any public examination) and in any activities forming part of the school curriculum, in the school year during or at the end of which the pupil left the school.

(3) The information referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) of paragraph (2) shall be included under the heading “Achievements in Education” in the form specified in Schedule 4, or a form to the like effect, and the information referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) and (c) of paragraph (2) shall be so included under the heading “Qualifications and Credits”.

(4) The part of the form in which the information referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) of paragraph (2) is made available shall provide for signature by the pupil, and that part of the form and the part of the form in which the information referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) and (c) of paragraph (2) is made available shall both provide for signature by a teacher who is familiar with the pupil and his achievements.

(5) Such information shall be made available to the pupil not later than 30th September next following the end of the school year during or at the end of which the pupil left the school.