Regulation 10 Amendments to the Principal Regulations

in the heading to the Schedule, for the words “Examination and Vocational Qualification Results” substitute the words “Fourth Key Stage Results and Results of Pupils aged 16, 17 and 18”;

for the heading to Part 1 of the Schedule, substitute the following heading—

“Pupils in the fourth key stage;”;

for paragraph 1 substitute the following paragraph—

“1.

(1)

The number of registered pupils who are at or near the end of the final year of the fourth key stage.

(2)

The number of registered pupils aged 15 who are not at or near the end of the final year of the fourth key stage.”;

omit paragraph 2;

omit “and” at the end of paragraph 3 (2)(a);

in paragraph 3(2), for paragraph (b) substitute the following paragraph—

“(b)

the external qualification taken and the grade or, where applicable, the level achieved;”

at the end of paragraph 3(2)(b), for the full-stop substitute a semi-colon and insert the following paragraphs—

“(c)

the school year in which he was entered for the external qualification and the name of the awarding body for that qualification;

(d)

except where the pupil is registered at an independent school other than an Academy or CTC, the level on the National Curriculum level scale achieved by the pupil in the third key stage as determined by the results of NC tests in any of the school years preceding the reporting school year; and

(e)

except where the pupil is registered at an independent school other than an Academy or CTC, the level on the National Curriculum level scale achieved by the pupil in the second key stage as determined by the results of NC tests in any of the school years preceding the reporting school year.”;

omit paragraphs 4 and 5;

after paragraph 7 in Part 2 of the Schedule, insert the following paragraph—

“8.

(1)

The number of registered pupils aged 16, 17 or 18 who, during the reporting school year or any of the school years preceding that year, were entered for an external qualification approved under section 98 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 for use by pupils who are over compulsory school age but have not attained the age of 19.

(2)

In the case of each such pupil referred to in sub-paragraph (1), the following information—

(a)

the pupil’s gender, date of birth and surname followed by first name or, if more than one, each first name;

(b)

the external qualification taken and the grade or, where applicable, the level achieved;

(c)

the school year in which he was entered for the external qualification and the awarding body for that qualification.”; and

omit paragraphs 9 and 10.