§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of parents have received in the past 12 months(a) a written report on their child's progress in school, (b) a publication with comparable information about all schools in their locality including examination results, truancy rates and destination of school leavers and (c) a reminder of their right of appeal and how to use it in cases where the local education authority or school governors refuse them a place for their child in the school of their choice.
§ Mr. ForthThe parents charter, published in September 1991, promised that steps would be taken to ensure that all 441W parents would receive or have access to the information mentioned. All these promises have been or are in the process of being implemented. New reporting regulations, introduced in May, require annual written reports to be sent to all parents on their child's educational progress. Comparative tables of public examination results will be produced this autumn; in 1993 these will also cover national curriculum assessment results, truancy rates and school leavers' destinations. Since February of this year, all LEAs and governing bodies of LEA-maintained schools have been required by law to remind parents of their right of appeal when informing them of a decision not to allocate a place for their child at their preferred school. The model articles of government for grant-maintained schools were amended in January this year to include this requirement.