What are the implications for the use of UPNs by other local agencies and for research purposes?
There have been a number of requests from local agencies, such as Social Services, for permission to use UPNs to enable data matching. However, the UPN is individual learner information and as such may only be passed to other persons in accordance with the Regulations governing this: the Education (Individual Pupil Information) (Prescribed Persons) Regulations 1999 as amended by the Education (Individual Pupil Information) (Prescribed Persons) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2004. This latter amendment provides, in the case of looked-after children, for UPNs to be transferred to LA Social Service departments. There are certain prescribed bodies to whom the UPN may (but does not necessarily have to) be provided and they include the relevant LA, Ofsted, the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) and the Teacher Training Agency (TTA). There are also circumstances in which the UPN may be provided to persons carrying out research into the educational achievements of learners and wh
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