EDUCATION, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and application 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Governors' Annual Reports) (England) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999. 2 These regulations apply only in relation to maintained schools in England. Interpretation 2 In these Regulations— “the 1996 Act ” means the Education Act 1996 ; “the 1998 Act ” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998; “the 1998 Regulations ” means the Education (School Information) (England) Regulations 1998 ; “annual parents' meeting” means the meeting of parents which the governing body are required to hold once in every school year under section 43 of the 1998 Act; “assessed” means assessed pursuant to orders made under section 356(2)(c) of the 1996 Act and “assessment” shall be construed accordingly; “budget share” means the amount allocated to the governing body of a maintained school pursuant to section 47 of the 1998 Act and any regulations in force from time to time under that section or (in relation to any period before 1st April 1999) pursuant to sections 103(2)(a), 106 and 107 of the 1996 Act ; “governors' report” means the report which the governing body are required to prepare once in every year under section 42 of the 1998 Act; “maintained school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school; “previous annual parents' meeting” means the last annual parents' meeting held by the governing body or (if no such meeting has previously been held under section 43 of the 1998 Act) the last annual parents' meeting held by them pursuant to the requirements included in the articles of government for the school by virtue of, as the case may be, section 162 of, paragraph 8 of Schedule 23 to, or paragraph 2 or 4 of Schedule 28 to, the 1996 Act . “previous governors' report” means the last governors' report prepared by the governing body or (if no such report has previously been prepared by them under section 42(1) of the 1998 Act) the last governors' report prepared by them pursuant to the requirements included in the articles of government for the school by virtue of, as the case may be, section 161 of, paragraph 7 of Schedule 23 to, or paragraph 2 or 4 of Schedule 28 to, the 1996 Act; “reporting school year” means the school year reported on in the governors' report; “special school” has the meaning assigned to it by section 337(1) of the 1996 Act ; and “attainment targets”, “core subjects”, “ GCE “A” level examinations”, “GCE “AS” examinations”, “level”, “national summary figures”, “NC tasks”, “NC tests”, “school prospectus” and “teacher assessment” have the meaning given to them by the 1998 Regulations. Matters to be dealt with in a governors' report 3 Every governors' report shall contain the information specified in the Schedule. Requirements with respect to governors' report 4 1 Subject to paragraph (2) below, it shall be for the governing body to determine the language or languages in which the governors' report is to be produced, and the form or forms in which it is to be produced. 2 The governing body shall comply with any direction given by the local education authority by which the school is maintained with respect to any additional language to be used or with respect to any additional form in which the report is to be produced. 5 The governing body shall take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that— a the parents of all registered pupils at the school and all persons employed at the school are given (free of charge) a copy of the governors' report; b copies of the report are available for inspection (at all reasonable times and free of charge) at the school; and c where (by virtue of section 43 of the 1998 Act) there is an obligation on the governing body to hold an annual parents' meeting, copies of the governors' report to be considered at that meeting are given to parents not less than two weeks before that meeting. Charles Clarke Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 27th July 1999