Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations provide for education authorities and the managers of independent schools and grant-aided schools to provide the Secretary of State with information about their schools.

Regulation 2 specifies the information to be provided, set out in the Schedule to the Regulations. The information relates–

(a)

for schools, other than nursery schools or special schools with residential pupils, which are under the management of an education authority or grant-aided, to authorised and unauthorised absences;

(b)

for schools making provision for pupils in stages S4, S5 or S6, and for special schools, to results obtained in certain external examinations or awards;

(c)

for schools, other than special schools, making provision for pupils continuing with school education after stage S4, to the percentage of such pupils in stage S5;

(d)

for schools making provision for pupils in stage S4, S5 or S6, and for special schools, to pupils leaving school on ceasing school education and their destinations;

(e)

for schools other than nursery schools, independent schools or special schools with residential pupils, to budgeted costs per pupil;

(f)

for schools other than nursery schools, to pupils with a Record of Needs, and to whether the school is a special school or has a special class or unit.

Regulation 3 provides for the timing and manner of provision of the information.