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This guidance is for:

• school governing bodies
• school leaders
• school staff
• local authorities
• diocesan boards

It applies to:

• maintained schools including sixth form and nursery year groups
• academies and free schools including sixth form and nursery year groups
• maintained nursery schools

It explains:

• who has parental responsibility
• what to do when there are disputes between a number of adults each claiming to have parental responsibility for a child
• who can have access to a childs educational records