Paragraph 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 level 3 qualification approved for use by pupils who are over compulsory school age but have not attained the age of 19 under section 98 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 for the purposes of section 96 of that Act.
In the case of each such pupil referred to in sub-paragraph (1), the following information—
the pupil’s gender, date of birth and surname followed by first name or, if more than one, each first name;
the external level 3 qualification taken and the grade or, where applicable, the level achieved; and
the school year in which he was entered for the external level 3 qualification and the awarding body for that qualification.