2019 No. 993 (W. 174)
The School Performance and Absence Targets (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
Made
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
Coming into force
Title and commencement1
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The title of these Regulations is the School Performance and Absence Targets (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019.
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These Regulations come into force on 1 September 2019.
Interpretation2
In these Regulations, “the 2011 Regulations” means the School Performance and Absence Targets (Wales) Regulations 20114.
Transitional3
In regulation 5(3) of the 2011 Regulations—
a
in sub-paragraph (a), the words “, being the reviewed targets set in the previous school year” are to be treated as if they were omitted for the school year5 2019 to 2020; and
b
in sub-paragraph (b), the words “, being the provisional targets set in the previous school year but revised if the governing body deem it necessary to do so” are to be treated as if they were omitted for the school year 2019 to 2020.
Amendment4
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The 2011 Regulations are amended as follows.
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In regulation 2—
a
in paragraph (1), omit the definitions of “GCSE”, “GCSE examination”, “level 1 threshold”, “level 2 threshold”, “NQF” and “NQF level”; and
b
omit paragraph (2).
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In regulation 5—
a
for paragraph (4) substitute—
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The six achievements set by the governing body based on its evaluation of the performance of pupils at the school in relation to the previous school year.
b
omit paragraph (5).
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In regulation 8, for paragraph (3) substitute—
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In this regulation, “pupils’ attainment results” means the percentage who achieve the six achievements set by the governing body in accordance with regulation 5(4).
(This note is not part of the Regulations)