Amendment of the School Information (England) Regulations 20083

1

The School Information (England) Regulations 20083 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

a

in the definition of “maintained school”—

i

after paragraph (a) omit “and”;

ii

in paragraph (b), for “Parts 3 and 4” substitute “Part 3 and regulation 10”;

iii

after paragraph (b) insert—

, and

c

for the purposes of regulation 10A, a community, foundation or voluntary school, a community or foundation special school4, or a pupil referral unit;

b

for the definition of “non-maintained special school” substitute—

  • “non-maintained special school” means—

    1. a

      for the purposes of regulation 10A, a school that is approved under section 342 of EA 1996, and

    2. b

      otherwise, a school that is approved under section 342 of EA 1996 and which is not established in a hospital;

3

After regulation 10 (information to be published on a website)5, insert—

Additional information to be published: remote education10A

1

This regulation applies to the following schools—

a

a maintained school,

b

a non-maintained special school.

2

The governing body of a school to which this regulation applies must arrange for the information specified in paragraph (3) to be published in accordance with this regulation.

3

The information is details about the arrangements for meeting the requirement to provide remote education in paragraph 2 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 Provision of Remote Education (England) Temporary Continuity Direction given on 30th September 2020 by the Secretary of State for Education6.

4

Where a website is maintained for the school by or on behalf of the governing body, the information must be published on that website.

5

Where there is no website maintained for the school, the information must be published on a website, the address and details of which are made known to parents7.

6

The governing body must provide a paper copy of the information published on the website without charge to parents on request.

7

The governing body must arrange for the information published on the website to be updated as soon as is reasonably practicable following a change to that information.