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Regulation 6 Publication of performance information

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(1)

Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), the governing body of every school to which regulation 3 or 4 applies shall publish in the school’s annual report for every school year after the 1997–98 school year the information about—

(a)

performance targets, and

(b)

pupils' attainment results,

specified in Schedule 2.

(2)

In relation to a school to which regulation 3 applies, paragraph (1) shall not require—

(a)

the publication of information about performance targets in relation to any school year where, at the time when the governing body’s duty to set such targets for that year arose, the relevant group of second key stage pupils (as defined in regulation 3) consisted of ten or fewer persons; or

(b)

the publication of any information about pupils' attainment results in relation to any school year where the total number of persons who, in that year, were—

(i)

registered pupils, and

(ii)

at or near the end of final year of the second key stage,

did not exceed ten.

(3)

In relation to a school to which regulation 4 applies, paragraph (1) shall not require—

(a)

the publication of information about performance targets in relation to any school year where, at the time when the governing body’s duty to set such targets for that year arose, the relevant group of pupils aged 15 (as defined in regulation 4) consisted of ten or fewer persons; or

(b)

the publication of any information about pupils' attainment results in relation to any school year in which the total number of pupils aged 15 did not exceed ten.

(4)

In relation to a designated school, paragraph (1) shall have effect as if for “the 1997–98 school year” there were substituted “the 1998–99 school year”.

(5)

In these Regulations “pupils' attainment results”, in relation to any school year, means—

(a)

in relation to a school to which regulation 3 applies—

(i)

the percentage of registered pupils at or near the end of the final year of the second key stage who achieved level 4 or above in NC tests in English; and

(ii)

the percentage of registered pupils at or near the end of the final year of the second key stage who achieved level 4 or above in NC tests in mathematics; and

(b)

in relation to a school to which regulation 4 applies—

(i)

the percentage of pupils aged 15 who achieved grades A* to C in five or more subjects in GCSE examinations by the end of that year;

(ii)

the percentage of pupils aged 15 who achieved grades A* to G in one or more subjects in GCSE examinations by the end of that year; and

(iii)

the average point score for the school achieved by pupils aged 15 in GCSE examinations or vocational qualifications by the end of that year.

(6)

In paragraph (5)(b)(i) and (ii), references to pupils achieving particular grades in GCSE examinations shall be construed for the purposes of those provisions so as to include references to pupils achieving corresponding awards in an equivalent number of vocational qualifications.

(7)

Paragraph (5) of regulation 4 applies for the purposes of this regulation as it applies for the purposes of regulation 4.

(8)

In paragraphs (3)(b) and (5)(b), “pupils aged 15” in relation to a school and any school year, means persons who—

(a)

are registered pupils on the third Thursday in January, and

(b)

attained the age of 15 during the period of twelve months ending on the 31st August immediately preceding that day.