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Regulation 8 Amendment of the Education (Local Education Authority Performance Targets) (England) Regulations 2005

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After paragraph 7 of the Schedule insert the following—

“Specific targets for other ethnic groups

8.
(1)

Where, in the last school year before the target setting date, for any of the ethnic groups specified in paragraph (2), either—

(a)

the percentage of second key stage pupils who have achieved the relevant level or above is 10 or more percentage points below the percentage of all second key stage pupils who have achieved the relevant level or above in the local education authority’s maintained schools, or

(b)

the percentage of fourth key stage pupils who have achieved the relevant threshold is 10 or more percentage points below the percentage of all fourth key stage pupils who have achieved the relevant threshold in the local education authority’s maintained schools,

the target set out in paragraph 9 for that ethnic group.

(2)

The ethnic groups referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are—

  • White: British

  • White: Irish

  • Mixed: White and Asian

  • Any other Mixed background

  • Asian: Indian

  • Asian: Bangladeshi

  • Any other Asian background

  • Chinese

Any other ethnic group.

(3)

In sub-paragraph (1)(a) the relevant level is level 4 in NC tests in both English and Mathematics.

(4)

In sub-paragraph (1)(b) the relevant threshold is the level 2 threshold in approved qualifications including grades A*-C in English and Mathematics GCSE qualifications.

(5)

In this paragraph “the target setting date” means the date by which, in accordance with regulation 3(2), the local education authority are required to set the target referred to in paragraph (1).

9.

Where paragraph 8 applies, for each of the targets in paragraphs 1 and 3 above, a target in respect of any of the ethnic groups for which there are 30 or more pupils within the relevant group (as defined in each paragraph) in the local education authority’s maintained schools.

10.

The following are the ethnic groups within which pupils can fall for the purposes of this Schedule—

  • White: British

  • White: Irish

  • Any other White background

  • Mixed: White and Black Caribbean

  • Mixed: White and Black African

  • Mixed: White and Asian

  • Any other Mixed background

  • Asian: Indian

  • Asian: Pakistani

  • Asian: Bangladeshi

  • Any other Asian background

  • Black: Caribbean

  • Black: African

  • Any other Black background

  • Chinese

  • Any other ethnic group.”.