Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996;
“the 2006 Regulations” mean the Education (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2006(1);
“child looked after by a local authority” has the meaning given by section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989(2);
“exclusion start date” means the date set by the head teacher for the exclusion to take effect;
“learning aim” means a course of study leading to a qualification accredited by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority under section 24 of the Education Act 1997(3) and which has been allocated a qualification accreditation number;
“level 3” means level 3 as set out in the National Qualifications Framework of 1st September 2004(4) and determined by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority;
“non-maintained special school” means a special school which is not maintained by a local education authority and which is approved for the time being by the Secretary of State under section 342 of the 1996 Act;
“part-time” means that the pupil is attending fewer than ten school sessions in any week during which the school meets;
“permanently excluded” in relation to a pupil means permanently excluded on disciplinary grounds from the school to which a request is made under regulation 3 or 5;
“qualification accreditation number” means the number assigned to a pupil’s learning aim by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority;
“register” means the register of pupils kept under section 434 of the 1996 Act, and refers to the admission register or attendance register kept in accordance with the 2006 Regulations as the case may require;
“special educational needs provision type” means the special educational needs provision type forming part of the graduated approach adopted pursuant to “The Special Educational Needs Code of Practice”(5) issued on 3rd December 2001 under section 313 of the 1996 Act;
“special school” has the meaning given by section 337 of the 1996 Act(6);
“unauthorised absence” means an occasion on which a pupil is recorded as absent without authority pursuant to the 2006 Regulations, and “authorised absence” shall be construed accordingly; and
“unique pupil number” means a combination of numbers which together with a letter or letters are allocated to a pupil and are particular to him, by use of a formula determined by the Department for Education and Skills.
1997 c. 44; section 24 was last amended by S.I. 2005/3239.
“The Statutory Regulation of external qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (2004)”; the National Qualifications Framework is accessible on the Authority’s website at www.qca.org.uk.
ISBN 1 84185 5294.
Section 337 was substituted by the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (1998 c. 31), section 140(1) and Schedule 30, paragraphs 57 and 80.