EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES PART I GENERAL Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 1st October 1994. 2 Any reference in these Regulations to the principal Regulations is a reference to the Education (School Information) (England) Regulations 1994 . Amendment of the principal Regulations 2 In regulation 4 of the principal Regulations after “the governing body or the authority” there shall be inserted “in time for it to be reasonably practicable to provide or publish the information”. 3 In regulation 7 of the principal Regulations— a for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted— — 1 This regulation shall apply in relation to the publication by an authority of— a information in respect of the matters specified in Schedule 1; b particulars of the arrangements mentioned in section 8(1), (3) and (4) of the 1980 Act ; and c particulars of the arrangements relating to voluntary aided or special agreement schools mentioned in section 8(2) and (3) of the 1980 Act where those particulars are being published by the authority on behalf of the governing body of the school pursuant to subsection (6) of that section. . b in paragraph (7)(a) after “at the” there shall be inserted “offices of the”; and c after paragraph (9) there shall be inserted— 10 The particulars referred to in paragraph (1)(c) shall be supplied to the authority by the governing body and shall be published without material alteration. . 4 In regulation 8 of the principal Regulations for “regulations 9 and 10” there shall be substituted “regulation 9”. 5 In paragraph (1) of regulation 10 of the principal Regulations after “Schedule 2” there shall be substituted “for assessment undertaken, examinations held, qualifications achieved in, or attendance during the reporting school year, is not available in time for it to be reasonably practicable to publish the information in accordance with regulation 11.”. 6 After regulation 11 of the principal Regulations there shall be inserted— Publication of admissions arrangements 11A 1 This regulation applies in relation to the publication by the governing body of an aided or special agreement school of particulars of the arrangements mentioned in section 8(2) and (3) of the 1980 Act (except where those particulars are being published by the authority on the governing body’s behalf pursuant to section 8(6) of the 1980 Act). 2 Such particulars shall be published by copies being made available at the school for distribution without charge to parents on request and for reference by parents and other persons. 3 Such particulars shall be published during the publication school year and, except in the case of a primary school (other than a middle school deemed to be a primary school) or of a special school, it shall be published not later than six weeks before whichever is the earlier of the following dates— a the date by which an application for admission to that school in respect of the admission school year should be made in accordance with the arrangements for admission to that school; b the date up to which parents may express a preference for a school in respect of the admission school year. 4 Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this regulation, such particulars of the arrangements mentioned in subsection (2)(b) of section 8 of the 1980 Act (appeals against admissions decisions) shall also be published by being set out in any document containing a notification to parents of a decision referred to in subsection (2) of section 7 of that Act refusing their child admission to a school for which such parents have expressed a preference in accordance with arrangements made under subsection (1) of section 6 of that Act. . Gillian Shephard Secretary of State for Education 11th September 1994