# The Education (School Performance Targets) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2006, Regulation 4: Amendment of Regulations


In regulation 5 (targets for pupils aged 15)—
(a) after paragraph (3)(a) insert—
“(aa) the percentage of the relevant group of pupils aged 15 to achieve, by the end of the following school year, the level 2 threshold in approved qualifications including grades A* to C in English and Mathematics GCSE qualifications;”;
(b) after paragraph (6) insert—
“(7) For the purposes of this Regulation─
(a) “English” means any GCSE qualification approved by the Secretary of State under section 98 of the 2000 Act for the purposes of section 96 of that Act with the subject title English, but does not include—
(i) a qualification only in English Literature;
(ii) a qualification resulting from any GCSE short course;
(iii) a qualification resulting from any combination of short courses, unless separately approved as a single or double GCSE in English.
(b) “Mathematics” means any GCSE qualification approved by the Secretary of State under section 98 of the 2002 Act for the purposes of section 96 of that Act with the subject title Mathematics, but does not include—
(i) a qualification only in Statistics;
(ii) a qualification resulting from any GCSE short course;
(iii) a qualification resulting from any combination of short courses, unless separately accredited as a single or double GCSE in Mathematics.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3151/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-performance-targets-england-amendment-regulations-2006/regulation-4
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