13. The information specified in this Part is supplementary information—
(a)the delineated area (if any) relating to a school;
(b)the secondary school to which pupils will normally be transferred from a primary school;
(c)the primary schools from which pupils placed in a secondary school are normally drawn;
(d)the primary school at which pupils of a primary school which does not make provision for all stages of primary education, will normally receive the other stages of primary education;
(e)the secondary school at which pupils of a secondary school which does not make provision for all stages of secondary education, will normally receive the other stages of secondary education;
(f)the general effect of section 28A(1) and (2) of the 1980 Act and a parent’s right to make a placing request(1);
(g)the circumstances in which a placing request may be refused in terms of section 28A(3) of the 1980 Act;
(h)the general effect of sections 28A(4) and (5) and 28C to 28G of the 1980 Act(2);
(i)the general effect of sections 17 to 22 (Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland) of, and schedule 2 to the 2004 Act, (children and young persons with additional support needs placing requests relating to placing requests in relation to children having additional support needs);
(j)the name, address and email address of the person to whom a reference to an appeal committee should be sent;
(k)any guidelines formulated by an authority as respects placing in a particular school or nursery class in accordance with section 28B(1)(c) of the 1980 Act;
(l)the general policy or practice with regard to fixing the maximum number of pupils who the authority consider should be—
(i)in education in a school; and
(ii)educated in a particular stage of school education in a school;
(m)the maximum number (if any) of pupils whom the authority consider should be educated in a particular school or a particular stage of school education in a particular school, and the considerations taken into account in fixing that maximum number in relation to that school;
(n)the general policy or practice with regard to the curriculum and examinations in schools;
(o)the schools which provide teaching by means of the Gaelic language (as spoken in Scotland);
(p)the arrangements (if any) made by an authority for the education of pupils with special aptitudes, such as for example, in music, dance or sport;
(q)the authority’s general policy or practice with regard to provision in primary or secondary schools for pupils with additional support needs;
(r)the special schools, not under the management of an authority, to which it is the authority’s practice to send pupils, including in relation to each—
(i)the name;
(ii)the address;
(iii)the telephone number;
(iv)the email address;
(v)the website (if any);
(vi)the stages of education provided for in such schools;
(vii)the present roll;
(viii)the type of need catered for; and
(ix)the specialist services provided;
(s)the nursery schools and nursery classes including in relation to each the name, address, email address, website, telephone number and the approximate roll;
(t)the general policy or practice in relation to the provision of milk, meals and other refreshment to pupils including, in particular, the remission in whole or part of charges;
(u)the general policy or practice in relation to pupils wearing school uniform;
(v)the general policy or practice in relation to financial assistance towards clothing, footwear, sports or other special clothing required to enable pupils to take full advantage of educational facilities;
(w)the general policy or practice in relation to bursaries or maintenance allowances for pupils;
(x)the general policy or practice with regard to discipline for pupils and school rules, and arrangements for enforcing pupils’ school attendance.
Section 28A of the 1980 Act (duty to comply with parents requests as to schools) was inserted by section 1(1) of the 1981 Act.
Sections 28C to 28G of the 1980 Act (reference to appeal committee of refusal of a placing request; appeal committees; appeal committees – supplementary provisions; appeal to sheriff from appeal committee; application of sections 28A to 28F of, and Schedule A1 to the Act to young persons) were inserted by section 1(1) of the 1981 Act. Section 28C was amended by section 43(3) of the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000 asp 6. Section 28D was amended by paragraph 3(7)(b) of schedule 3 to the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 asp 4 (“the 2004 Act”). Section 28E was amended by paragraph 3(8) of schedule 3 to the 2004 Act. Section 28G was amended by section 1(3)(a) and (b) of the School Education (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2002 asp 2.