The Minister for School Standards (Nick Gibb): On Friday 5
February, I laid before Parliament the Education (Coronavirus,
Remote Education Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations
2021, which require schools to publish information on their website
about the remote education they are providing to their pupils. If
schools do not have a website, the regulations set out alternative
requirements for ensuring that this information is accessible. The
regulations come into force on 12 February...Request free trial
The Minister for School Standards ():
On Friday 5 February, I laid before Parliament the Education
(Coronavirus, Remote Education Information) (England) (Amendment)
Regulations 2021, which require schools to publish information on
their website about the remote education they are providing to
their pupils. If schools do not have a website, the regulations set
out alternative requirements for ensuring that this information is
accessible.
The regulations come into force on 12 February 2021, which is
seven days after being laid, rather than the 21 days required by
convention. This is to ensure parents have the earliest access to
the information they need about schools’ remote education. The
Department for Education has published a suggested template that
schools may use to present this information.
The requirement for schools to publish this information on
their website will not be more onerous than what has already been
asked of schools in the guidance, “Actions for schools during the
coronavirus outbreak”. This guidance was updated on 3 December 2020
to include an expectation that schools would publish this same
information by 25 January 2021.
On 4 January 2021, the Prime Minister announced that all
schools would immediately move to remote education provision for
all but vulnerable children and the children of critical workers.
The Prime Minister’s statement on 27 January confirmed that full
return to on-site education will not occur until 8 March at the
earliest.
Remote education has become the principal means of delivering
the school curriculum. Requiring schools to set out the details of
their remote education curriculum will provide parents with key
information about schools’ plans for ensuring pupils continue their
education at home.
