Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 1502

The Education (School Information)(England) Regulations 1993

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1993 No. 1502

EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Education (School Information)(England) Regulations 1993

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 55(5) of the Education Act 1944^[1], sections 8(5), (5A), (5B), (6), (7) and 35(4) of the Education Act 1980^[2], sections 22 and 232(5) and (6) of the Education Reform Act 1988^[3] and sections 16 and 19(3) of the Education (Schools) Act 1992^[4], and after consulting with those persons with whom consultation appeared to him to be desirable, the Secretary of State for Education hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and application
    1.—(1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Information) (England) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 9th July 1993.

    (2)  These Regulations apply in relation to schools in England.

Revocation
    2.    The Education (School Information) Regulations 1981^[5] and the Education (School Information) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 1992^[6] are hereby revoked.

Interpretation
    3.—(1)  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

"the 1980 Act" means the Education Act 1980;


"the 1988 Act" means the Education Reform Act 1988;


"admission school year" means a school year at the beginning of which pupils are to be admitted to any school;


"assess" means assess pursuant to orders made under section 4 of the 1988 Act^[7], and "assessment" shall be construed accordingly;


"attainment targets" have the meaning given by section 2 of the 1988 Act;


"authority" means a local education authority and, in relation to an authority, "the offices" means the education offices;


"GCE ‘A’ level examinations" and "GCE ‘AS’ examinations" mean General Certificate of Education advanced level and advanced supplementary examinations respectively;


"GCSE" means General Certificate of Secondary Education;


"level", in relation to assessment, means a level from 1 to 10;


"local average figures" mean the average figures for all schools maintained by the relevant authority, (other than special schools established in hospitals) and all grant-maintained schools, city technology colleges and city colleges for the technology of the arts in the area of the relevant authority;


"national average figures" mean the average figures for all schools in England and, in relation to pupils aged 16, 17 or 18, also include the figures for all institutions within the further education sector;


"prescribed public examinations" mean public examinations which are for the time being prescribed by regulations made under section 106 of the 1988 Act;


"previous school year" means the school year immediately preceding the reporting school year;


"publication school year" means the school year immediately preceding the admission school year;


"primary education" does not include such education provided at a middle school;


"relevant authority", in relation to a maintained school, means the authority by which the school is maintained;


"reporting school year" means the school year immediately preceding the publication school year;


"school" means a school maintained by an authority other than a nursery school or a special school established in a hospital;


"special educational needs" and "special educational provision" have the same meanings as in the Education Act 1981^[8];


"unit", in relation to a vocational qualification, means a module or part of a course leading to that qualification which, when successfully completed, can be counted together with other modules or parts towards obtaining that qualification.

    (2)  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations, any reference to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph of that regulation bearing that number, any reference in a paragraph to a sub-paragraph is a reference to a sub-paragraph of that paragraph and any reference to a Schedule is to a Schedule to these Regulations.

    (3)  In these Regulations any reference to a date up to which parents may express a preference for a school is a reference to the date by which, in accordance with arrangements made by the relevant local education authority under section 6(1) of the Education Act 1980, a parent wishing education to be provided for his child in the exercise of the authority's functions should express such a preference.

    (4)  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to publication by the governors of a school includes a reference to publication on behalf of the governors by the relevant authority by virtue of section 8(6) of the 1980 Act.

    (5)  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, references to the first key stage and the third key stage are references to the periods set out in paragraphs (a) and (c) of section 3(3) of the 1988 Act.

    (6)  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, references to pupils of a particular age are to pupils who attained that age during the period of twelve months ending on the 31st August immediately preceding the commencement of the reporting school year and who were registered pupils at the school on the third Thursday in January in the reporting school year.

    (7)  In these Regulations—
 (a) where a percentage which is required to be calculated by virtue of these Regulations is not a whole number it shall be rounded to the nearest whole number, the fraction of one half being rounded upwards to the next whole number;
 (b) where an average point score which is required to be calculated by virtue of these Regulations is not a whole number, it shall be calculated to one decimal place.

    (8)  In these Regulations, references to examinations for which pupils at the school were entered include examinations for which they were entered otherwise than in pursuance of section 117 of the 1988 Act.

    (9)  For the purposes of these Regulations, any examination for the GCSE for which a pupil aged 15 was entered during the previous school year or any earlier school year shall be treated as such an examination for which the pupil was entered during the reporting school year.

Qualification of duties
    4.    The duties imposed on governors and local education authorities by virtue of these Regulations in respect of provision or publication of information apply only to the extent that that information is available to the governors or the authority before the latest occasion on which the information is required to be provided or published, as the case may be.

[1] 1944 c. 31; section 55 was amended by section 93 of, and paragraph 5 of Part I of Schedule 8 to, the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13). back

[2] 1980 c. 20; section 8(5) and (6) were amended and section 8(5A) and (5B) inserted by paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 4 to the Education (Schools) Act 1992 (c. 38). back

[3] 1988 c. 40. For matters to be prescribed, see section 235(7) of this Act and section 114(1) of the Education Act 1944 (c. 31), and for the transfer of functions to the Secretary of State see S.I. 1964/490. back

[4] 1992 c. 38. back

[5] S.I. 1981/630. back

[6] S.I. 1992/70. back

[7] The orders currently in force are the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for English, mathematics, science, technology, history and geography) (Key Stage 1) Order 1992, S.I. 1992/1857 and the Education (National Curriculum) (Assessment Arrangements for English, mathematics, science and technology) (Key Stage 3) Order 1992, S.I. 1992/1858. back

[8] 1981 c. 60. back

Explanatory Note