{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1997/section-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1997/section-19.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/44",
  "legislation_title": "Education Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-act-1997",
  "path": "section/19",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "School performance targets.",
  "text": "(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make such provision as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate for requiring the governing bodies of maintained schools in Wales to secure that annual targets are set in respect of the performance of pupils—\n(a) in public examinations or in assessments required by virtue of regulations made under Part 4 of the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021, in the case of pupils of compulsory school age; or\n(b) in public examinations or in connection with the attainment of other external qualifications, in the case of pupils of any age over that age.\n(2) Regulations under this section may require—\n(a) such targets, and\n(b) the past performance of pupils in the particular examinations or assessments, or in connection with the attainment of the particular qualifications, to which such targets relate,\nto be published in such manner as is specified in the regulations.\n(3) In this section “maintained school” means—\n(a) a community, foundation or voluntary school, or\n(b) a community or foundation special school (other than one established in a hospital).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 19(1) substituted (1.10.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), ss. 66(2)(a), 115(7); S.I. 2015/1732, art. 2(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 19(1) substituted (1.10.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), ss. 66(2)(b), 115(7); S.I. 2015/1732, art. 2(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 19(1) inserted (1.10.2015) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), ss. 66(2)(c), 115(7); S.I. 2015/1732, art. 2(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 19(1)(a) substituted (1.9.2022 for specified purposes, 1.9.2023 for specified purposes, 1.9.2024 for specified purposes, 1.9.2025 for specified purposes, 1.9.2026 for specified purposes) by The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments) (Primary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/744), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 19(3) substituted (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1), Sch. 30 para.213 (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch.1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 19 ceases to have effect (E.) (1.10.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), ss. 66(1), 115(7); S.I. 2015/1732, art. 2(g)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/44/section/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:24:56.828684+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}