Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

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

• “GCE ‘A’ level examination” means the General Certificate of Education advanced level examination or the General Certificate of Education advanced subsidiary examination;

• “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;

• “non-maintained special school” means a special school which is not maintained by a local education authority;

• “NVQ” means National Vocational Qualification;

• “permanently excluded” in relation to a pupil 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 General Certificate of Education advanced supplementary examination,

  3. (iii)

     a GNVQ at level 3,

  4. (iv)

     a GNVQ precursor at level 3,

  5. (v)

     a NVQ at level 3,

  6. (vi)

     a VCE, or

  7. (vii)

     an International Baccalaureate Diploma,

  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;

• “special school” has the meaning given by section 337 of the 1996 Act^f2;

• “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 Skills; and

• “VCE” means the Vocational Certificate of Education.