About this departmental advice
This is departmental advice about The Education (Pupil Information) (England) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 1437). These set out the statutory arrangements whereby maintained schools are required to:
- keep pupils’ curricular and educational records;
- provide access to these records to parents;
- report at least annually on their pupils’ progress and educational achievements;
- provide a report to school leavers; and
- ensure that the pupils’ educational records and common transfer file (CTF) is transferred securely (e.g. using the department’s school 2 school system (DfE’s S2S)) as pupils change schools.
Expiry/review date
There are no plans for this guidance to be reviewed.
Who is this advice for?
Headteachers, governors and school business managers.
Key points
This advice provides information on what schools are require to do under the pupil information regulations.
