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Requests for information received by primary and special schools prior to 1 March 2007 in relation to excluded pupils

6.—(1) This regulation applies where a pupil was permanently excluded from a primary school, or special school, and his name was deleted from the admission register(1) during the year ending on 31st August 2006.

(2) In respect of a request for information to which regulations 3 or 5 apply and received on or before 1st March 2007 by the school from which the pupil was permanently excluded, any reference in these Regulations and in the request to the “exclusion start date” is to be construed as a reference to the “permanent exclusion date”, and any reference in these Regulations and in the request to information relating to exclusions which are not permanent exclusions should be disregarded.

(3) Information requested under regulations 3 and 5 shall include the information referred to in paragraphs 2(g) and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

(4) In this regulation, “permanent exclusion date” means the date on which the name of a permanently excluded pupil is deleted from the register.

(1)

Pursuant to regulation 8(4)(d) or (e) of the 2006 Regulations, an excluded pupil’s name is not deleted from the register until the appeal process is completed, the time for appealing has expired or the relevant person has indicated that they will not appeal.