Education (Pupil Registration) Regulations 1995
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1995/2089 |
1995 No. 2089
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Education (Pupil Registration) Regulations 1995
Made 7th August 1995
Laid before Parliament 9th August 1995
Coming into force 1st September 1995
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 80 of the Education Act 19441, section 4(6) of the Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 19482and section 218(1)(g) of the Education Reform Act 19883, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Pupil Registration) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 1st September 1995.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“maintained school” means a school maintained by a local education authority, a grant-maintained school and a grant-maintained special school;
“proprietor” in the case of a maintained school means the governing body of the school and otherwise has the meaning assigned to it by section 114 of the Education Act 1944.
Revocation
3. The Pupils' Registration Regulations 19564shall be revoked.
Amendment of the Education (Schools and Further Education) Regulations 1981
4. Regulations 11 and 12 of the Education (Schools and Further Education) Regulations 19815shall be omitted.
Registers to be kept
5. The proprietor of every school shall cause to be kept—
(a) an admission register; and
(b) except in the case of a school of which all the pupils are boarders, an attendance register.
Contents of Admission Register
6.—(1) The admission register for every school shall contain an index in alphabetical order of all the pupils at the school and shall also contain the following particulars in respect of every such pupil—
(a)
(a) name in full;
(b)
(b) sex;
(c)
(c) the name and address of every person known to the proprietor of the school to be a parent of the pupil and, against the entry on the register of the particulars of any parent with whom the pupil normally resides, an indication of that fact and a note of at least one telephone number at which the parent can be contacted in an emergency;
(d)
(d) day, month and year of birth;
(e)
(e) day, month and year of admission or re-admission to the school; and
(f)
(f) name and address of the school last attended, if any.
(2) In the case of every school which includes boarding pupils a statement as to whether each pupil of compulsory school age is a boarder or a day pupil shall be added to the particulars specified in paragraph (1), and that statement shall be amended accordingly where a registered pupil at the school becomes or ceases to be a boarder at the school.
Contents of Attendance Register
7.—(1) There shall be recorded in the attendance register at the commencement of each morning and afternoon session the following particulars—
(a)
(a) the presence or absence of every pupil whose name is entered in and not deleted from the admission register; and
(b)
(b) in the case of any such pupil of compulsory school age who is absent, a statement whether or not his absence is authorised in accordance with paragraph (3):
but this paragraph does not apply in respect of a pupil who is a boarder.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation only a pupil is of compulsory school age unless—
(a)
(a) he has not attained the age of five years before the commencement of the term of which the session forms part; or
(b)
(b) he has attained the age of sixteen years before 1st September in the school year of which the session forms part.
(3) In the case of a pupil who is not a boarder, his absence shall be treated as authorised for the purposes of this regulation if—
(a)
(a) he has been granted leave of absence in accordance with regulation 8;
(b)
(b) he is unable to attend—
(i) by reason of sickness or any unavoidable cause;
(ii) on a day exclusively set apart for religious observance by the religious body to which his parent belongs; or
(iii) because the school is not within walking distance of the pupil’s home, and no suitable arrangements have been made by the local education authority either for his transport to and from the school, or for boarding accommodation for him at or near the school or for enabling him to become a registered pupil at a school nearer to his home; or
(c)
(c) in the case of a pupil who is registered as a pupil at more than one school in accordance with regulation 10, because he is attending another school at which he is a registered pupil.
(4) Where the reason for a pupil’s absence cannot be established at the commencement of a session, that absence shall be recorded as unauthorised and any subsequent correction to the register recording that absence as authorised shall be made in accordance with regulation 14 and as soon as practicable after the reason for the absence is established by the person with responsibility for completing the register.
(5) The name of a pupil may only be deleted from the attendance register when that pupil’s name has been deleted from the admission register for that school in accordance with regulation 9.
(6) For the purposes of this regulation “walking distance” has the meaning given to that expression in section 199(5) of the Education Act 19936.
Leave of absence
8.—(1) Leave of absence may only be granted by a person authorised in that behalf by the proprietor of the school.
(2) Leave of absence shall not be granted to enable a pupil to undertake employment (whether paid or unpaid) during school hours except—
(a)
(a) employment in pursuance of arrangements made or approved under the Education (Work Experience) Act 19737;
(b)
(b) employment for the purpose of taking part in a performance within the meaning of section 37 of the Children and Young Persons Act 19638under the authority of a licence granted by the local authority under that section; or
(c)
(c) employment abroad for a purpose mentioned in section 25 of the Children and Young Persons Act 19339where a licence has been granted under that section by a police magistrate as defined in paragraph (9) of that section.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), on application made by a parent with whom the pupil normally resides, a pupil may be granted leave of absence from the school to enable him to go away on holiday.
(4) Save in exceptional circumstances, a pupil shall not in pursuance of paragraph (3) be granted more than ten school days leave of absence in any school year.
Deletions from Admission Register
9.—(1) The following are prescribed as the grounds on which the name of a pupil of compulsory school age shall be deleted from the admission register—
(a)
(a) where the pupil is registered at the school in accordance with the requirements of a school attendance order, that another school is substituted by the local education authority for that named in the order or the order is revoked by the local education authority on the ground that arrangements have been made for the child to receive efficient full-time education suitable to his age, ability and aptitude otherwise than at school;
(b)
(b) except as provided in regulation 10, in a case not falling within sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph, that he has been registered as a pupil of another school;
(c)
(c) in a case not falling within sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph, that he has ceased to attend the school and the proprietor has received written notification from the parent that the pupil is receiving education otherwise than at school;
(d)
(d) except in the case of a boarder, that he has ceased to attend the school and no longer ordinarily resides at a place which is a reasonable distance from the school at which he is registered;
(e)
(e) in the case of a pupil granted leave of absence exceeding ten school...
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