Explanatory note

(This Note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations prescribe certain standards and general requirements to which every education authority shall conform in discharging their functions under Section 1 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1962. They require an education authority to open schools for a minimum number of school days except where prevented by circumstances outwith their control; to close a school temporarily or to take other measures when advised by a designated medical officer of a health board; to determine the maximum number of pupils to be accommodated in each room used for instruction; to keep registers recording admission, withdrawal and attendance of pupils; to maintain for each pupil a pupil’s progress record containing prescribed information; and to permit an Inspector to visit a school at any time and to inspect any documents kept in the school. The Regulations also deal with admission to and exclusion from public schools and the formation of good habits in pupils; empower an education authority to authorise classes to be held outwith school premises; and contain provisions applicable to special schools.

The Regulations supersede the Regulations relating to the general conduct of schools which are contained in part of the Schools (Scotland) Code 1956 and those Regulations are revoked. They also make certain consequential amendments to the Schools (Scotland) Code 1956, the Residential Special Schools and Orphanages (Scotland) Grant Regulations 1948, the Grant-Aided Secondary Schools (Scotland) Grant Regulations 1959, and the Teachers (Colleges of Education) (Scotland) Regulations 1967.