Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996;

• “GCE “A” Level examination” and “GCE “AS” examination” mean General Certificate of Education advanced level examination and General Certificate of Education advanced supplementary examination respectively;

• “GCSE” means General Certificate of Secondary Education;

• “GNVQ” means General National Vocational Qualification;

• “GNVQ precursor” means any of—

  1. (a)

     the National Certificate or National Diploma of the EDEXCEL Foundation;

  2. (b)

     the Diploma of Vocational Education of the City and Guilds of London Institute at national level;

  3. (c)

     the First Certificate or First Diploma of the EDEXCEL Foundation; or

  4. (d)

     the Diploma of Vocational Education of the City and Guilds of London Institute at intermediate level;

  being qualifications approved by the Secretary of State under section 400 of the 1996 Act;

• “NVQ” means National Vocational Qualification;

• “permanently excluded” means a pupil who has been permanently excluded from a school on disciplinary grounds;

• “permanent exclusion date” means the date on which the name of a permanently excluded pupil is deleted from the Register;

• “post advanced level course” means a course of study being undertaken by a pupil who has completed a course leading to any of—

  1. (i)

     a GCE “A” level examination,

  2. (ii)

     a GCE “AS” examination,

  3. (iii)

     a GNVQ at level 3,

  4. (iv)

     a GNVQ precursor at level 3, or

  5. (v)

     a NVQ at level 3 and is no longer studying any of those courses;

• “Register” means the register of pupils kept under section 434 of the 1996 Act and in accordance with the Education (Pupil Registration) Regulations 1995^f1; and

• “unique pupil number” means a combination of numbers which together with a letter or letters are allocated to a pupil and are particular to him, by use of a formula determined by the Department for Education and Employment.