Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 903

The Education (Individual Pupil Information) (Prescribed Persons) Regulations 1999

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"the relevant local education authority", in relation to the provision of any individual pupil information, means the local education authority which maintains the school[4] at which the pupil, the subject of that information, is or was registered or, in the case of a school which is not so maintained, the local education authority for the area in which the school is situated, at which the pupil, the subject of that information, is or was registered.

Prescribed persons
     3.  - (1) For the purposes of section 537A(4) of the Act, the Secretary of State hereby prescribes as a person to whom he may provide individual pupil information - 

(a) any person referred to in paragraph (4) below; and

(b) any person falling within the category referred to in paragraph (5) below.

    (2) For the purposes of section 537A(5)(b) of the Act, the Secretary of State hereby prescribes as a person to whom an information collator may provide individual pupil information - 

(a) any person referred to in paragraph (4) below; and

(b) any person falling within the category referred to in paragraph (5) below.

    (3) The individual pupil information which an information collator may so provide, at such times as the Secretary of State may determine, in accordance with section 537A(5)(b) of the Act, is any such information relating to the educational achievements of pupils in - 

(i) any National Curriculum assessment of pupils at or near the end of the final year of the first, second or third key stage;

(ii) any GCSE subjects;

(iii) any GCE 'A' level examinations;

(iv) any GCE 'AS' examinations;

(v) any GNVQ subjects; and

(vi) any course of study provided to pupils of compulsory school age in any school maintained by a local education authority which leads to a qualification which is approved by the Secretary of State under section 400 of the Act (other than a qualification of the kind referred to in sub-paragraph (ii) or (v) above).

    (4) The persons referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) and (2)(a) above are - 

(a) The States of Jersey Education Department;

(b) the Funding Agency for Schools[5];

(c) the Joint Council for General Qualifications[6];

(d) the Office for Standards in Education[7];

(e) the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority[8];

(f) the relevant local education authority;

(g) the Teacher Training Agency[9]; and

(h) the Welsh Joint Education Committee[10].

    (5) The category referred to in paragraphs (1)(b) and (2)(b) above is that of persons conducting research into the educational achievements of pupils and who require individual pupil information for that purpose.


Charles Clarke
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment

18th March 1999

[2] S.I. 1997/2440.back

[3] S.I. 1998/1834.back

[4] Grant-maintained and grant-maintained special schools are, as from 1st April 1999, maintained by local education authorities by virtue of regulation 2 of S.I. 1998/2670.back

[5] The Funding Agency for Schools was established under section 3 of the Education Act 1993, which Act was repealed by part 1 of Schedule 38 to the Education Act 1996. Schedule 20 to this Act provides for the continued existence of the Funding Agency for Schools.back

[6] The Joint Council for General Qualifications is a charitable body which acts as a representative of bodies awarding the General Certificate of Education in respect of "A" level examinations and "AS" examinations, the General Certificate of Secondary Education and the General National Vocational Qualification.back

[7] The Office for Standards in Education is the non-ministerial government department which serves Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England.back

[8] The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority was established under section 21(1) of the Education Act 1997 (c.44).back

[9] The Teacher Training Agency was established under section 1(1) of the Education Act 1994 (c.30).back

[10] The Welsh Joint Education Committee is a limited company which awards qualifications which are approved by the Secretary of State under section 400 of the Education Act 1996.back