Regulation 2 Amendment to the School Information (England) Regulations 2008

The School Information (England) Regulations 2008^f1 are amended as follows.

In Schedule 4 (specified information to be published on a school’s website), after paragraph 14 insert—

“15.

(1)

In this paragraph—

(a)

“careers guidance” has the meaning given in section 42A(7) of the Education Act 1997(“the 1997 Act”)^f2;

(b)

“careers programme” means the school’s strategy, plans and arrangements for delivering careers guidance; and

(c)

“relevant phase” has the meaning given in section 42A(6) of the 1997 Act^f3.

(2)

Information of the school’s careers programme that relates to the delivery of careers guidance provided to pupils in the relevant phase of their education in accordance with section 42A of the 1997 Act (provision of careers guidance in schools in England) and must include the following information for the academic year—

(a)

the name, email address and telephone number of the school’s careers leader, being the individual who leads and co-ordinates the careers programme;

(b)

a summary of the careers programme including details as to how pupils, parents, teachers and employers may access information regarding the careers programme;

(c)

how the school measures and assesses the impact of the careers programme on pupils;

(d)

the date of the school’s next review of the information published under this sub-paragraph.”.