The Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Explanatory note

Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.

These Regulations amend the Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (England) Regulations 2013 (“ the 2013 Regulations ”).

Pursuant to regulations 3 to 5 of the 2013 Regulations, local authorities and governing bodies and proprietors of certain schools in England (maintained schools, pupil referral units, non-maintained special schools, Academy schools, and alternative provision Academies) are required to provide to the Secretary of State or other prescribed persons, within fourteen days of being requested, the information about individual pupils or former pupils referred to in Schedule 1 to the 2013 Regulations.

Regulation 3 of these Regulations inserts a new paragraph 13B into Schedule 1 to the 2013 Regulations to require the provision of information about pupils who live in kinship care arrangements.

Regulation 4 of these Regulations substitutes paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 to the 2013 Regulations, which requires the provision of information about pupils who are eligible for free school meals. In addition to requiring schools to confirm whether a pupil is eligible for free school meals under section 512(3) and 512ZB of the Education Act 1996, the substituted paragraph 14 requires schools to confirm whether a pupil is eligible for free school meals under other arrangements, the date of the eligibility check, and under which statutory provision or other arrangements the pupil is eligible.

Regulation 5 of these Regulations inserts a new Part 1ZA (consisting of paragraphs 18ZA to 18ZH) into Schedule 1 to the 2013 Regulations, which requires the provision of information about pupils receiving free breakfast club provision.

Regulation 6 of these Regulations amends Schedule 1 to the 2013 Regulations to require the provision of information about managed moves. A managed move occurs when a pupil’s parent agrees with the pupil’s school that the pupil should leave the school and attend another educational institution instead, and the school helps to arrange the move. In some cases the agreement happens before the move is arranged, while in others the pupil has already started attending the other institution and then the school and parent subsequently agree that the pupil should leave the school and only attend the other institution.

The new information about managed moves includes the date of the move, the name of the educational institution the pupil has moved to, and the circumstances of the move, as well as certain information about the pupil’s characteristics.

Regulation 7 of these Regulations amends Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the 2013 Regulations, which requires the provision of information about pupils who have been excluded (either permanently or temporarily). Prior to the amendments made by regulation 7, Part 2 of Schedule 1 did not apply where a pupil had been excluded and subsequently reinstated by a school. The amendments made by regulation 7 require the provision of additional information about pupils who have been excluded, including those who have subsequently been reinstated. They also require some information already listed in Part 2 to be provided in relation to pupils who have been reinstated.

The new information about exclusions includes the circumstances of an exclusion being cancelled (if it was) and the outcome of any process for the school or an independent review panel to consider whether the pupil should be reinstated. Some of this information is only required for certain types of schools which are subject to the School Discipline (Pupil Exclusions and Reviews) (England) Regulations 2012.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

An Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside this instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk .