The Coventry City Council and the North West Federation of Schools (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) Order 2005

Whereas, the Coventry City Council acting in its capacity as a local education authority (“the authority”) and the governing bodies of the schools comprising the North West Federation of Schools (“the governing bodies”) wish to provide to pupils registered at those schools a course which leads to the International General Certificate of Secondary Education in English awarded by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate;

Whereas the authority and the governing bodies have each, in accordance with section 4(2) of the Education Act 20021 (“the Act”), consulted such persons as appear to them to be appropriate;

Whereas it is the opinion of the Secretary of State, having regard to the matters set out in section 1(2) of the Act, that the implementation by the authority and the governing bodies of the provisions of this Order may contribute to the raising of educational standards achieved by children in England;