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Educational records: if a request for records is made by a divorced or absent parent, does the other parent need to be informed of the request?
Published on: 28 November 2013
Legislation
The legislation that governs the educational records for maintained schools is The Education (Pupil Information)(England) Regulations 2005, SI 2005/1437 (E(PI)(E)R 2005). Under Reg 5(2):
'...the governing body shall make a pupil’s educational record available for inspection by the parent, free of charge, within fifteen school days of receipt of the parent’s written request for access to that record”. So this gives every parent a right of access to the records'.
Academies are publicly funded independent schools so the E(PI)(E)R 2005 does not apply to them. They will be governed by the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Informing other parent of request:
There are many factors that are relevant in determining whether the other parent should be informed of the request. There is nothing in the regulations
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United Kingdom
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Absent parent definition
What does Absent parent mean?
A term used in relation to regarding statutory child support in relation to the parent with whom a child does not primarily live, now replaced with 'paying parent'.
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