{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-pupil-information-england-regulations-2000/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-pupil-information-england-regulations-2000/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/297",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Pupil Information) (England) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-pupil-information-england-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Meaning of educational record",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations “educational record” means any record of information which—\n(a) is processed by or on behalf of the governing body of, or a teacher at, any school specified in paragraph (2);\n(b) relates to any person who is or has been a pupil at the school; and\n(c) originated from or was supplied by or on behalf of any of the persons specified in paragraph (3),\nother than information which is processed by a teacher solely for the teacher’s own use.\n(2) The schools referred to in paragraph (1)(a) are—\n(a) a school maintained by a local education authority; and\n(b) a special school which is not so maintained.\n(3) The persons referred to in paragraph (1)(c) are—\n(a) an employee of the local education authority which maintains the school;\n(b) in the case of—\n(i) a voluntary aided, foundation or foundation special school; or\n(ii) a special school which is not maintained by a local education authority,\na teacher or other employee at the school (including an educational psychologist engaged by the governing body under a contract for services);\n(c) the pupil to whom the record relates; and\n(d) a parent of that pupil.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "This definition of “educational record” is the same as the definition contained in Schedule 11 to the Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/297/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:13.633009+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}