# Education (Information About Individual Pupils) (England) Regulations 2001, 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—
(a) the National Certificate or National Diploma of the EDEXCEL Foundation;
(b) the Diploma of Vocational Education of the City and Guilds of London Institute at national level;
(c) the First Certificate or First Diploma of the EDEXCEL Foundation; or
(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—
(i) a GCE ‘A’ level examination,
(ii) a General Certificate of Education advanced supplementary examination,
(iii) a GNVQ at level 3,
(iv) a GNVQ precursor at level 3,
(v) a NVQ at level 3,
(vi) a VCE, or
(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;
“special school” has the meaning given by section 337 of the 1996 Act;
“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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/4020/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-information-about-individual-pupils-england-regulations-2001/regulation-2
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