cation comes from another source, such as relatives or the police. Once the school receives the information, it is particularly important to delete the pupil’s name as quickly as possible to prevent inadvertent and unnecessary contact with the family about the child. 12. Ground L - The pupil will be over compulsory school age and will not continue into the sixth form Relevant regulation 9(1)(l) Where a pupil will be over compulsory school age by the school next meets, and: • the school does not have reasonable grounds to believe the pupil will attend the school again, or • the pupil does not meet the academic entry requirements to be transferred to the school’s sixth form. Compulsory school age A pupil ceases to be of compulsory school age on the last Friday in June of the school year in which they reach the age of 16. 13. Ground M - The pupil is a boarder at a school maintained by a local authority or academy and their boarding fees have not been paid Relevant regulation 9(1)(m) Where a pupil is a boarder at the school and: • the school is maintained by a local authority or is an academy, • charges for the pupil’s board and lodgings are payable by the pupil’s parent, and those charges remain unpaid by the pupil’s parent at the end of the school term to 29 which they relate. 14. Ground N - The pupil has ceased to be a pupil at an independent school or non- maintained special school Relevant regulation 9(1)(n) Where a pupil has ceased to be a pupil at the school and the school is not maintained by a local authority or an academy (including a city technology college or a city college for the technology of the arts). 15. Ground O - The pupil has been permanently excluded from the school Relevant regulation 9(1)(o) Where a pupil has been permanently excluded from the school