Regulation 3 Performance targets for pupils in the second key stage

(1)

This regulation applies to every school where education is provided which is suitable to the requirements of pupils in the second key stage.

(2)

The governing body of a school to which this regulation applies shall, by no later than 31st December in every school year, set the targets specified in paragraph (3) for each of the achievements specified in paragraph (4) in connection with the performance in NC tests of pupils who will be in the final year of the second key stage when those tests are administered.

(3)

The targets referred to in paragraph (2) are–

(a)

provisional targets in NC tests to be administered at or near the end of the school year next but two;

(b)

reviewed targets in NC tests to be administered at or near the end of the school year next but one, being the provisional targets set in the previous school year but revised if the governing body deem it necessary to do so in the light of a review by them of the provisional targets; and

(c)

final targets in connection with the performance of the relevant group of second key stage pupils in NC tests to be administered at or near the end of the following school year.

(4)

The achievements referred to in paragraph (2) are–

(a)

for each of the core subjects, the percentage of pupils to achieve level 4 or above in NC tests administered to second key stage pupils; and

(b)

the difference between the percentage of girls and the percentage of boys respectively to achieve the Core Subject Indicator in NC tests administered to second key stage pupils.

(5)

In paragraph (3)(c) above “the relevant group of second key stage pupils”, in relation to a school and to any school year means all persons who the governing body anticipate will, in the following school year, be–

(a)

registered pupils at that school; and

(b)

in the final year of the second key stage.