Regulation 13 Amendment

In Part III of Schedule 3 (Additional information to be sent where proposals are to establish a new school), at the end, there shall be inserted—

“18A

Where the proposed school will provide sixth form education—

(a)

details of the courses to be offered (if the proposals are approved) leading to GCE A and AS level examinations and advanced vocational qualifications and the forecast demand for each such course, including details of how the requirement for religious education of pupils at the school will be met;

(b)

details of—

(i)

the other maintained schools, city technology colleges, city colleges for the technology of the arts, city academies and further education colleges which are, in the opinion of the relevant body or promoters, as the case may be, reasonably accessible to pupils who might otherwise be expected to attend the school the subject of the proposals,

(ii)

arrangements to inform pupils and parents about the opportunities for education suitable to the requirements of pupils over compulsory school age at the institutions referred to in sub-paragraph (i), and

(iii)

the proposed arrangements for co-operation and the exchange of information between the school the subject of the proposals and those other institutions;

(c)

details of the following examination results for the two school years before the current year in which the proposals are published at each of the institutions referred to in sub-paragraph (b) (i)—

(i)

GCSE examinations, limited to the results of GCSE examinations taken by pupils over compulsory school age,

(ii)

GCE A and AS examinations,

(iii)

NVQs GNVQs and other vocational qualifications for pupils over compulsory school age;

(d)

the number of places available for sixth form education at such of the institutions referred to in sub-paragraph (b) (i) as are mainstream schools; and

(e)

except where the proposed school is to be a 16—19 institution, details of—

(i)

the proposed number of pupils who will be provided with sixth form education if the proposals are approved, and

(ii)

the capacity of the proposed accommodation for pupils who will be provided with sixth form education if the proposals are approved.”.