Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which are made under section 19 of the Education Act 1997, require the governing body of every maintained school which provides education suitable for the requirements of pupils in the second key stage, or pupils aged 15, to set annual targets in respect of the performance of pupils in certain tests and public examinations (or vocational qualifications), and to publish in the school’s annual report the details of those targets and the performance of pupils in such tests and examinations. The Regulations come into force on 1st September 1998.
Targets will have to be set in the 1998–99 and subsequent school years in respect of the performance of—
second key stage pupils in National Curriculum tests (in English and mathematics) (regulation 3), and
pupils aged 15 in GCSE examinations and corresponding vocational qualifications (regulation 4 and Schedule 1).
Once performance targets have been set, they may not subsequently be altered (regulation 5).
Information concerning performance targets and pupils' attainment results will have to be published every year in the governing body’s annual report to parents—unless that information relates to a school year in which there were 10 or fewer at the school as regards whom targets were required to be set, or (as the case may be) in the age group for which the relevant tests or examinations are designed (regulation 6 and Schedule 2).