The Education (National Curriculum) (Temporary Exceptions for Individual Pupils) (England) Regulations 2000

Form and contents of directions

5.  A direction shall be in writing, and shall include brief particulars of—

(a) those provisions of the National Curriculum which are to be modified or disapplied;

(b) the operative date of the direction and, if that date is less than one month after the date on which the direction is given, the reasons therefor;

(c) the operative period of the direction;

(d) the reasons for the direction, indicating whether it is general or special;

(e) the provision which it is intended should be made for the pupil’s education during the operative period of the direction insofar as it differs from that which would otherwise apply to him;

(f) either—

(i) in the case of a general direction, the manner in which the head teacher proposes to secure the full implementation in relation to the pupil, after the end of the operative period, of the provisions of the National Curriculum; or

(ii) in the case of a special direction, his opinion that the pupil has or probably has special educational needs by virtue of which the responsible authority would be required to determine the special educational provision that should be made for the pupil, and of his reasons therefor; and

(g) the right of the parent of the pupil to appeal to the governing body against the direction under section 367 of the 1996 Act.