Explanatory note

These regulations, made under section 8 of the Education Act 1980and sections 22 and 232 of the Education Reform Act 1988, apply tosecondary schools maintained by local education authorities (“LEAs”) and to grant-maintained schools in England.

They impose duties on head teachers to provide by 31st October eachyear specified information to governing bodies and LEAs on the aggregatepublic examination results of pupils in year groups 11 and 13 in theschool (regulations 4—8 and 11).

The Education (School Information) Regulations 1981 are amended torequire the inclusion of this information in school prospectuses(regulation 3). If the information in the prospectus does not includethe results of the most recently held examinations, those results mustbe published as a supplement when they become available (regulations 3and 11). Similarly, where the governing body’s annual report to parentsdoes not contain the most recent results they must be published with thereport (regulation 10).

The results must be published along with comparable figures for theprevious year. Head teachers and governing bodies are also required toprovide the equivalent summary information for the area of the LEA whichmaintains the school or (in the case of a grant-maintained school) inwhich the school is located and for England (regulations 4–8and 11).