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The Education (School Performance Targets) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2001

S.I. 2001/2944 · Made 21 August 2001

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EDUCATION, ENGLAND

Made 21st August 2001

Laid before Parliament 22nd August 2001

Coming into force 14th September 2001

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 19 and 54(3) of the Education Act 1997f1, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1997 c. 44; section 19 was amended by the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31), Schedule 30, paragraph 213. By virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) the powers conferred by these sections are exercisable by the Secretary of State only in relation to England.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of Education (School Performance Targets) (England) Regulations 1998
  3. 3Amendment of Education (School Performance Targets) (England) Regulations 1998
  4. 4Amendment of Education (School Performance Targets) (England) Regulations 1998
  5. 5Amendment of Education (School Performance Targets) (England) Regulations 1998
  6. Signature
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Performance Targets) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 14th September 2001.

2Amendment of Education (School Performance Targets) (England) Regulations 1998

The Education (School Performance Targets) (England) Regulations 1998f1 shall be amended as follows.

3Amendment of Education (School Performance Targets) (England) Regulations 1998

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a)

after the definition of “the 1997 Act” there shall be inserted

  • ““the 2000 Act” means the Learning and Skills Act 2000;”f1

(b)

after the definition of “designated school” there shall be inserted

  • ““English” means any external qualification approved by the Secretary of State under section 96 of the 2000 Act with the subject title English but not being English Literature;”

(c)

after the definition of “level 4” there shall be inserted

  • ““Mathematics” means any external qualification approved by the Secretary of State under section 96 of the 2000 Act with the subject title Mathematics;”.

4Amendment of Education (School Performance Targets) (England) Regulations 1998

In regulation 4 for paragraph (3)(b) there shall be substituted the following—

“(b)

the percentage of the relevant group of pupils aged 15 to achieve, by the end of the following school year, grades A* to G in five or more subjects including English and Mathematics in GCSE examinations; and”.

5Amendment of Education (School Performance Targets) (England) Regulations 1998

In regulation 6 for paragraph (5)(b)(ii) there shall be substituted the following—

“(ii)

the percentage of pupils aged 15 who achieved grades A* to G in five or more subjects including English and Mathematics in GCSE examinations by the end of that year; and”.

Signature

Stephen Timms

Minister of State,

Department for Education and Skills

21st August 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (School Performance Targets) (England) Regulations 1998 so as to require targets to be set for pupils aged 15 for them to achieve five or more GCSE (or equivalent) grades including English and Mathematics. This replaces the previous requirement to set targets for one or more GCSE (or equivalent) grades.