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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-and-placing-information-scotland-amendment-etc-regulations-1993/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1604",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (School and Placing Information) (Scotland) Amendment, Etc., Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-and-placing-information-scotland-amendment-etc-regulations-1993",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the provisions of the Education (School and Placing Information) (Scotland) Regulations 1982 (“the principal Regulations”) which relate to the supply and availability of information as to schools. They also make a consequential amendment to the Schools General (Scotland) Regulations 1975.\nRegulation 2 extends the provision of the principal Regulations for making school information available at the school for inspection by parents to include inspection by pupils over school age.\nRegulation 3 provides that where school information is required to be supplied or made available under the Regulations it will be provided in the form of a school handbook, instead of the variety of forms previously competent.\nRegulation 4 provides for the updating of school information and notification to parents of its availability by 8th December in each year.\nRegulation 5 amends the procedure for supply of information, extends it to notification of availability of information, and inserts other supplementary provisions.\nRegulation 6 amends the Schedule to the principal Regulations to provide for additional school information to be made available. Certain statistical information will have to be given for the particular school together with average figures for all schools, excluding special schools, in the education authority’s area and all such schools in Scotland. This information relates–\n(a) for all schools other than nursery schools or special schools with residential pupils, to authorised and unauthorised absences;\n(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;\n(c) for all 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;\n(d) for schools making provision for pupils in stages S4, S5 or S6, and for special schools, to pupils leaving school on ceasing school education and their destinations;\n(e) for all schools other than nursery schools or special schools with residential pupils, to budgeted costs per pupil.\nIn addition, all schools, including special schools, will have to give information as to provision made for pupils with special educational needs, and information as to pupils with a Record of Needs, and all schools but nursery schools will have to give information as to school policy in relation to development of pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural values. Special schools will not be required to publish average figures.\nRegulation 7 amends the Schools General (Scotland) Regulations 1975 to provide for attendance registers to distinguish authorised and unauthorised absences.\nRegulation 8 allows schools not to publish certain figures or percentages (relating to pupils) which fall to be calculated by reference to one or more but less than five pupils.",
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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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