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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-independent-school-standards-england-amendment-regulations-2008/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/3253",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Independent School Standards) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Education (Independent School Standards) (England) Regulations 2003 (“the principal Regulations”). The principal Regulations contain the standards which independent schools are required to meet.\nThe changes made by these Regulations—\n(a) substitute regulation 3 of the principal Regulations to update the references to paragraph 6 of the Schedule, which is substituted by these Regulations. Regulation 3 of the principal Regulations is amended to require Academies to draw up and implement effectively a written policy to promote good behaviour amongst pupils and set out the sanctions to be adopted in the event of pupil misbehaviour (regulation 3);\n(b) introduce a new definition of “make available” in relation to a document or other information (regulation 4). Where the principal Regulations require a school to make available information or a document the requirement is satisfied by placing a copy on the school’s website (if a website exists), placing a copy in the school for examination and informing parents of the availability of the information or document and informing parents that the information or document is available in a particular form;\n(c) remove the reference to pupils below compulsory school age in paragraph 1 of the Schedule (regulation 5(a)). Separate provision is made for early years provision in the Childcare Act 2006;\n(d) alter the requirement on teachers with regard to their role in pupils behaving responsibility (regulation 5(b));\n(e) update references to guidance and regulations in paragraph 3 of the Schedule to the principal Regulations (regulation 6);\n(f) make changes to the way in which information referred to in paragraph 6 of the Schedule of the principal Regulations is to be provided to parents of pupils and prospective pupils. It does this by substituting a new paragraph 6, in which some of the previous requirements to provide information are omitted. In relation to the information contained in sub-paragraph (3) as substituted, schools are required to make available that information to parents in the ways described in regulation 4 of the principal Regulations. Schools are required to publish a copy of the child protection policy on the school’s website or, where no website exists, to send a copy to parents on request (regulation 7);\n(g) require schools to implement effectively their complaints procedure, to make it available to parents and to send copies, electronically or otherwise, of any findings and recommendations to parents (and where relevant the person complained about) and allow for the inspection of those findings and recommendations by the proprietor and the head teacher (regulation 8).\nA copy of the DCSF Guidance “Safe to Learn: Embedding anti-bullying work in schools” can be found at this weblink:\nhttp://www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/behaviour/tacklingbullying/safetolearn/\nA copy of the DfES Guidance “Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education” can be found at this weblink:\nhttp://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/resources-and-practice/IG00175/\nA full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the business and voluntary sector is available from Margaret Pattinson, Department for Children, Schools and Families, Mowden Hall, Staindrop Road, Darlington, DL3 9BG and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside this instrument on the OPSI website.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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