- Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 1834
The Education (Individual Performance Information) (Identification of Individual Pupils) Regulations 1998
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| Made | 23rd July 1998 | ||
| Laid before Parliament | 28th July 1998 | ||
| Coming into force | 20th August 1998 |
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 537A(2) of the Education Act 1996[1], the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and revocation
1. - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Individual Performance Information) (Identification of Individual Pupils) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 20th August 1998.
(2) The Education (Individual Performance Information) (Identification of Individual Pupils) Regulations 1997[2] are hereby revoked.
Identification of individual pupils
2. For the purposes of subsection (2) of section 537A of the Education Act 1996 (which provides that in that section "individual performance information" means information about the performance in certain assessments, examinations and qualifications of individual pupils identified in the prescribed manner) the manner of identification of individual pupils is hereby prescribed as being by (a) gender, (b) date of birth and (c) surname followed by first name or, if more than one, each first name.
Estelle Morris
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment
20th July 1998
Peter Hain
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office
23rd July 1998
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations revoke and replace the Education (Individual Performance Information) (Identification of Individual Pupils) Regulations 1997. They prescribe the manner of identification of individual pupils for the purposes of the provision of individual performance information under section 537A of the Education Act 1996.
Section 537A(2) of the Education Act 1996 provides that -
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"individual performance information" means information about the performance of individual pupils (identified in the prescribed manner) -
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(a) in any assessment made for the purposes of the National Curriculum or in accordance with a baseline assessment scheme (within the meaning of Chapter 1 of part IV of the Education Act 1997);
(b) in any prescribed public examination;
(c) in connection with the attainment of any vocational qualification; or
(d) in any such other assessment or examination, or in connection with the attainment of any such other qualification, as may be prescribed".
Notes:
[1] 1996 c.56; section 537A was inserted by section 20 of the Education Act 1997 (c.44); for the meaning of "prescribed" and "regulations" see section 579(1).back
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