Explanatory note

The Regulations amend the Education (School Performance Information) (England) Regulations 1999 (“the 1999 Regulations”), which relate to the collection and publication of information about the performance of schools. They also amend the Education (Individual Pupils' Achievements) (Information) Regulations 1997 (“the 1997 Regulations”), which relate to the head teacher’s report to parents and adult pupils on individual pupils' achievements, and apply in relation to pupils and former pupils at maintained schools in England only.

The changes to the 1999 Regulations are as follows.

The Regulations impose requirements on schools, under section 537A of the Education Act 1996 (provision of “individual pupil information”), relating to the provision of information about pupils who have been permanently excluded from the school (regulation 2(2), (3) and (7) and the Schedule).

Local education authorities are, under Part V of the 1999 Regulations, required to publish information about primary schools they maintain. By these Regulations, local education authorities are now required to publish the information on or before 8th December (rather than before 24th February as previously) in each year (regulation 2(5)).

The information which schools are to provide local education authorities on pupils' first key stage results is now also to include information relating to the attainment targets for the core subjects (regulation 2(6)).

The changes to the 1997 Regulations are to update references to the categories of maintained schools which apply by virtue of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (regulation 3).