# The Information as to Provision of Education (England) Regulations 2016, Regulation 4: Reports to be provided to the Secretary of State by local authorities

Extent: E+W

(1) A local authority must provide the Secretary of State each year with a report containing the information specified in Schedule 2 in relation to the admission to—
(a) primary schools; and
(b) secondary schools,
of pupils living in the area of the local authority.
(2) The information in each report provided under paragraph (1) must be correct as at the national offer date for primary schools and secondary schools as the case may be.
(3) Each report provided under paragraph (1) must be provided no later than five working days after the relevant national offer date.
(4) A local authority may provide the Secretary of State each year with a report containing the information specified in Schedule 2 in relation to the admission to secondary schools of pupils living in the area of the local authority.
(5) The information in any report provided under paragraph (4) must be correct as at 1st September (or, in any year in which 1st September is not a working day, the next working day) in relation to the school year commencing in the August or September of that calendar year.
(6) Each report provided under paragraph (4) must be provided by no later than 8th September (or, in any year in which 8th September is not a working day, by no later than the next working day).
(7) In this regulation—
“national offer date” means the date prescribed for the purposes of section 88M(4)(b) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 ;
“working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday within the meaning of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 .
(8) For the purposes of this regulation and Schedule 2, “school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school, or an Academy.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/555/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/information-as-to-provision-of-education-england-regulations-2016/regulation-4
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