# The Education (School Performance Targets) (England) Regulations 2004, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“the 1997 Act” means the Education Act 1997;
“the 2000 Act” means the Learning and Skills Act 2000;
“the 2002 Act” means the Education Act 2002;
“approved qualification” means an external qualification at entry level, level 1 or level 2 or a GCE AS level, which is approved under section 98 of the 2000 Act for the purposes of section 96 of the 2000 Act and which is appropriate for pupils of compulsory school age;
“designated school” means a school to which—
(a) regulation 3 or regulation 4 applies; and
(b) there are normally admitted pupils who are in the final year of the second key stage or the final year of the third key stage;
“GCE AS level” means General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Level;
“entry level” means entry level as set out in the National Qualifications Framework and determined by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority;
“level 1” means level 1 as set out in the National Qualifications Framework and determined by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority;
“level 2” means level 2 as set out in the National Qualifications Framework and determined by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority;
“level 4” means level 4 of the National Curriculum level scale as determined by the results of NC tests;
“level 5” means level 5 of the National Curriculum level scale as determined by the results of NC tests or, where regulation 4(3)(d) or regulation 9(7)(b)(iv) applies, by teacher assessment;
“NC tests” means National Curriculum tests administered to second key stage pupils for the purpose of assessing the level of attainment which they have achieved in English or mathematics or to third key stage pupils for the purpose of assessing the level of attainment which they have achieved in English, mathematics, science or information and communication technology, being tests laid down in provisions made by the Secretary of State under the appropriate order made under section 87(3) of the 2002 Act in force when those tests are administered;
“performance targets”, in relation to a school, means the targets which a governing body is required to set by virtue of regulation 3, 4, 5 or 6, or any combination thereof;
“pupils' attainment results” has the meaning specified in regulation 9(7) or, as the case may be, 9(8);
“relevant school year” means the school year in which the targets are set;
“reporting school year” means the school year to which the school’s annual report relates;
“school” means a maintained school within the meaning of section 19(3) of the 1997 Act;
“school’s annual report”, in relation to a school, means the report which the governing body is required to prepare for every school year under section 30 of the 2002 Act;
“second key stage pupils” means pupils who are in the second key stage referred to in section 82(1)(b) of the 2002 Act;
“teacher assessment” means assessment by a teacher, made in accordance with the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 3 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 2003;
“third key stage pupils” means pupils who are in the third key stage referred to in section 82(1)(c) of the 2002 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2858/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-performance-targets-england-regulations-2004/regulation-2
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