Paragraph 2 Third key stage targets
The following targets—
the percentage of the relevant group of third key stage pupils to achieve level 5 or above in NC tests in English;
the percentage of the relevant group of third key stage pupils to achieve level 5 or above in NC tests in mathematics;
the percentage of the relevant group of third key stage pupils to achieve level 5 or above in NC tests in science; and
the percentage of the relevant group of third key stage pupils to achieve level 5 or above in teacher assessments of information and communication technology.
In this regulation, “the relevant group of third key stage pupils” means all persons who, in the school year, the authority anticipates will be—
registered pupils at a maintained school, and
in the final year of the third key stage.
Where 25% or more of the relevant group of third key stage pupils are admitted to a secondary school in the final year of the third key stage the authority may submit the targets required by this paragraph by the 31st October 2006 for the school year starting in 2006 and thereafter by 31st October of the calendar year in which the school year starts.