Education (School Information and Prospectuses) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Information on charging and remissions policies, fees, etc.

9.—(1) A Board of Governors shall make available information consisting of –

(a)the times at which the school day begins and ends;

(b)the dates of the school terms and half-term holidays for the current school year;

(c)particulars of the charging and remission policies determined by the Board of Governors under Article 131 of the 1989 Order;

(d)in the case of a voluntary grammar school, particulars of any capital charge made by the Board of Governors in the current school year; and

(e)in the case of a voluntary grammar school constituted under Schedule 7 to the 1986 Order, particulars of any tuition fee charged by the Board of Governors in the current school year.

(2) Copies of the information mentioned in paragraph (1) shall be provided at the school for reference by any person at all reasonable times on a school day and for distribution without charge to parents on request.

(3) Where any significant change is made to the information mentioned in paragraph (1), the Board of Governors shall, not less than three months before the change is to take effect, take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that the parents of all pupils at the school concerned are informed of the change and of when it is to take effect.