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3. The number of registered pupils, at or near the end of the final year of the third key stage, in history, geography, design and technology, information technology, a modern foreign language and each core subject, who—
(a)were assessed by a teacher as having reached each level of the National Curriculum level scale;
(b)were assessed by a teacher as working towards level 1;
(c)were exempted from teacher assessment under section 364 or 365 of the 1996 Act or, in the case of a CTC, by agreement with the Secretary of State; or
(d)were not assessed by a teacher because of their absence.