The Pupil Information (Wales) Regulations 2011

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations replace with changes provisions formerly contained in the Education (Pupil Information) (Wales) Regulations 2004 (“the 2004 Regulations”), as amended. These Regulations provide for the keeping by the head teacher of records about the curricular records (as defined in regulation 3) of a pupil at a school maintained by a local authority and a special school not so maintained (regulation 4). The provisions in the 2004 Regulations in relation to a head teacher’s report to parents and adult pupils are now contained in the Head teacher’s Report to Parents and Adult Pupils (Wales) Regulations 2011.

They also make provision for the disclosure and transfer by the head teacher of educational records (as defined in regulation 3) to parents and schools to which pupils are under consideration for transfer (regulation 5). Regulation 6 and Schedule 2 set out the contents of the report that the head teacher of the old school is required to send the head teacher of the new school once the pupil has transferred to the new school.

Where necessary, any document or information required to be made available under the Regulations must be translated into English or Welsh or another language or produced in Braille or audio tape (regulation 7).