ool; and • the date when the pupil began or will begin attending the school. 19 Under section 175 of the Education Act 2002 20 Part 3 of the Schedule to the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014 21 Under regulation 8(3) of the School Attendance (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2024 22 Under regulation 8(4) and (5) of the School Attendance (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2024 10 Sharing information with the local authority All schools must make a return to the local authority when a pupil’s name is to be deleted from the admission register (a ‘deletion return’).23 This duty does not apply at standard transition points – where the pupil has completed the school’s final year – unless the local authority has asked for such information to be provided. The school must provide the local authority with the following information from the admission register: • the full name of the pupil; • address; • the full name and address of any parent the pupil normally lives with; • at least one telephone number by which any parent the pupil normally lives with can be contacted; • if applicable, the pupil’s future address, the full name and address of the parent who the pupil is going to live with, and the date the pupil will start living there; • if applicable, the name of pupil’s other school and when the pupil began or will begin to attend the school; and • the ground for deletion under which the pupil’s name has been deleted from the admission register. (see chapter 7 of ‘Working together to improve school attendance’ for guidance on grounds for deletion). All schools24 must make a return to the local authority within five days when a pupil’s name is added to the admission register (a ‘new pupil return’). Schools will need to provide the local au