Last reviewed on 21 April 2021
School types: All · School phases: All
Ref: 42398

You must keep an admission register.

Your admission register must include, for each pupil:

  • Full name
  • Sex
  • Parents' name and address
  • Emergency contact details of the parent with whom the pupil normally lives
  • Day, month and year of birth
  • Day, month and year of admission (or re-admission) to the school
  • Name and address of the last school attended, if any
  • Where applicable, whether the child is a boarder or a day pupil


If a parent tells the school that the pupil will live with a parent at another address in the future (either as well as, or instead of, the pupil's current address), the register must include:

If a parent tells the school that the pupil is