Citation, commencement and application

1.–(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and come into force on 1st January 2009.

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

Amendment of the Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (England) Regulations 2006

2.–(1) The Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (England) Regulations 2006(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)–

(a) at the end of the definition of "unauthorised absence", omit "and"; and

(b) after the definition of "unauthorised absence", insert–

""unique learner number", in relation to a registered pupil at a school, means the specific combination of numbers allocated to the pupil by the Learning and Skills Council for England as that pupil´s unique learner number; and".

(3) In Part 1 of Schedule 1 (all pupils on the school register)–

(a) at the end of sub-paragraph 2(j) omit "and";

(b) at the end of sub-paragraph 2(k) insert "and"; and

(c) after sub-paragraph 2(k), insert–

"(l) unique learner number, where known.".

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations amend the Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (England) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2601), as amended. The effect of the amendment is that schools maintained by a local education authority are required to provide additional information to that authority, and non-maintained special schools, city technology colleges, city colleges for the technology of the arts and Academies are required to provide additional information to the Secretary of State. The additional information required to be provided is the pupil´s unique learner number, where known by the school.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.