# The Education (School and Local Education Authority Performance Targets) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008, Regulation 8: Amendment of the Education (Local Education Authority Performance Targets) (England) Regulations 2005


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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3086/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-and-local-education-authority-performance-targets-england-amendment-regulations-2008/regulation-8
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