# The Education (Individual Pupils' Achievements) (Information) Regulations 1990, Regulation 2: Definitions


(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Education Reform Act 1988;
“key stage” means any of the periods set out in paragraphs (a) to (d) respectively of section 3(3) of the Act, and a reference to the fourth key stage is a reference to the period set out in section 3(3)(d) of the Act;
“levels of attainment” means the levels set out in any document of a kind referred to in section 4(4) of the Act the provisions of which have effect, or (as the case may be) have effect as amended, by virtue of any Order made under section 4(2)(a) or (b) of the Act;
“maintained school” has the meaning assigned to it by section 25(1) of the Act;
“profile component” means any grouping of attainment targets for the purposes of the statutory arrangements;
“school day” means a day on which the school meets; and
“the statutory arrangements” means assessment arrangements specified by orders made under section 4(2)(c) of the Act.
(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations and any reference in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph of that regulation bearing that number.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1381/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-individual-pupils-achievements-information-regulations-1990/regulation-2
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