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