The Education (Individual Pupil Information) (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

• Citation: S.I. 2006/1505
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and application

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Individual Pupil Information) (Prescribed Persons) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 10th July 2006.

(2) These Regulations apply to individual pupil information relating to pupils at schools in England only.

Section 2 Amendments

The Education (Individual Pupil Information) (Prescribed Persons) Regulations 1999 shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4.

Section 3 Amendments

In regulation 2 (Interpretation)—

(a) delete the definitions of the following terms—

(i) “ GCE ‘A’ level examinations” and “GCE ‘AS’ examinations”;

(ii) “ GCSE ”; and

(iii) “ GNVQ ”; and

(b) after the definition of “key stage” delete the word “and”; and

(c) after the definition of “the relevant pupil” substitute the full-stop with a semi-colon, and add—

“the relevant school” means the school at which the relevant pupil is or was registered; and

“work-based learning provider” means any employer who provides learning in the workplace to pupils or students as part of a course on which they are enrolled at any school or further education institution.

Section 4 Amendments

In regulation 3 (Prescribed persons)—

(a) in paragraphs (1)(b), (2)(b) and (2A)(b) for the words “the category” substitute the words “any of the categories”;

(b) for paragraph (3) substitute the following paragraph—

(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—

(a) individual pupils specified in the Schedule to the Education (Information about Individual Pupils) (England) Regulations 2001 ;

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

(c) the educational achievements of pupils in any external qualification approved for use by pupils under section 98 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 , for the purposes of section 96 of that Act;

(c) for paragraph (4) substitute the following paragraph—

(4) The persons referred to in paragraphs (1)(a), (2)(a) and (2A)(a) are—

(a) the Adult Learning Inspectorate;

(b) the Joint Council for General Qualifications;

(c) the Higher Education Funding Council for England;

(d) the Learning and Skills Council for England;

(e) the National Assessment Agency;

(f) the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority;

(g) the relevant local authority;

(h) the relevant school;

(i) the Training and Development Agency;

(j) the States of Guernsey Education Department;

(k) the States of Jersey Education Department;

(l) the Isle of Man Department of Education;

(m) the National Assembly for Wales;

(n) the Welsh Joint Education Committee.

(d) for paragraph (5) substitute the following paragraph—

(5) The categories referred to in paragraphs (1)(b), (2)(b) and (2A)(b) are—

(a) further education institutions;

(b) persons providing services to young people as part of the Connexions Service;

(b) Primary Care Trusts;

(c) work-based learning providers;

(d) persons conducting research into the educational achievements of pupils and who require individual pupil information for that purpose.