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	The School Information (England) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/3093) require local authorities and maintained schools to publish specified information on schools in school and local authority composite prospectuses.&amp;nbsp;The regulations also specify additional key admissions-related information that local authorities have to make available every year through their composite prospectuses to guide parents through local admissions processes and to inform comparisons between schools.&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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	The School Information (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (SI&amp;nbsp; 2012/1124) remove the requirement upon governing bodies of maintained schools to publish the annual prospectus and instead introduces a new obligation requiring schools to publish specified information on a website.&amp;nbsp;These changes will come into effect in September 2012.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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	Maintained schools may stop writing and publishing a prospectus for 2012&amp;nbsp; but retain the freedom to choose whether they wish to continue marketing themselves in this way.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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	Academies and Free Schools are required to publish information through their funding agreements.&amp;nbsp;The new model funding agreement will require academies and Free Schools to publish the same information as maintained schools.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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	Local authorities will continue to have a duty to ensure that parents receive the support they need to work through the admissions process.&amp;nbsp;These proposed changes to the School Information Regulations will not change the duty for local authorities to produce a composite prospectus every year, or for schools to supply required information in a way that is easy to understand.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&#xD;
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	More information&lt;/h1&gt;&#xD;
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		&lt;a href="/schools/toolsandinitiatives/cuttingburdens/b0075738/reducing-bureaucracy/requirements/changestoschoolinformationregulations"&gt;DfE Reducing Bureaucracy website:&amp;nbsp; Changes to school information regulations&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
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		Reducing Bureaucracy Myths and Facts for schools - update April 2012&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
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		&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3093/contents/made "&gt;The School Information (England) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/3093)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
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		&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1124/made"&gt;The School Information (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012 /1124) &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
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	Pupil Premium and Accountability&lt;/h1&gt;&#xD;
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		&lt;a href="/schools/pupilsupport/premium/b0076063/pp"&gt;Pupil Premium&amp;hellip;What you need to know&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
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		&lt;a href="/schools/pupilsupport/premium/ppfaqs/a0076069/pupil-premium-and-accountability-faqs"&gt;Pupil Premium and accountability FAQs - Will schools be made accountable for how they use the Pupil Premium?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xD;
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