The Education (School Performance Information) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997

Amendment

3.—(1) Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (additional provision of information to the Secretary of State: second key stage results) shall be amended as follows.

(2) There shall be substituted for paragraphs 1 to 6 the following paragraphs—

“1.   The number of registered pupils at or near the end of the final year of the second key stage.

2.   The number or percentage of such pupils who, in respect of each core subject, achieved level 4 or above of the National Curriculum level scale as determined by the results of NC tests and by teacher assessment.

3.   The number or percentage of such pupils who, in respect of each core subject, failed to achieve a level on the National Curriculum level scale because they were exempted from an NC test under section 364 or 365 of the 1996 Act or were absent on the day the NC test was administered.

4.   The number or percentage of such pupils who, in respect of each core subject, failed to achieve a level on the National Curriculum level scale because they were exempted from teacher assessment under section 364 or 365 of the 1996 Act or there is no teacher assessment result available because of their absence.

5.— (1) In respect of each pupil at or near the end of the final year of the second key stage, the pupil’s gender and any one of the following—

(i) his surname and initial or initials;

(ii) his surname and first name or names; and

(iii) a number or letter (or numbers or letters) or any combination of these, enabling the identity of the individual pupil to be ascertained by use of the appropriate key(1).

(2) In respect of each such pupil, the following information, as appropriate, in respect of each core subject—

(i) the level of the National Curriculum level scale achieved by the pupil as determined by the results of NC tests and by teacher assessment;

(ii) whether the pupil was assessed by a teacher as working towards level 1;

(iii) whether an NC test result is not available for the pupil because, in the opinion of the headteacher, he was working below level 3 of the National Curriculum level scale and an NC test was not administered to the pupil;

(iv) whether the pupil failed to achieve a level on the National Curriculum level scale in an NC test for a reason other than absence from the test;

(v) whether the pupil was exempted from an NC test or teacher assessment under section 364 or 365 of the 1996 Act;

(vi) whether an NC test result is not available because the pupil was absent on the day the NC test was administered; or

(vii) whether a teacher assessment result is not available because of the pupil’s absence.”.

(1)

This is the manner of identification of individual pupils prescribed in the Education (Individual Performance Information) (Identification of Individual Pupils) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1489).