Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 2944

The Education (School Performance Targets) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2001

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" "the 2000 Act" means the Learning and Skills Act 2000;"[3]

(b) after the definition of "designated school" there shall be inserted

" "English" means any external qualification approved by the Secretary of State under section 96 of the 2000 Act with the subject title English but not being English Literature;"

(c) after the definition of "level 4" there shall be inserted

" "Mathematics" means any external qualification approved by the Secretary of State under section 96 of the 2000 Act with the subject title Mathematics;".

     4. In regulation 4 for paragraph (3)(b) there shall be substituted the following - 

" (b) the percentage of the relevant group of pupils aged 15 to achieve, by the end of the following school year, grades A* to G in five or more subjects including English and Mathematics in GCSE examinations; and".

     5. In regulation 6 for paragraph (5)(b)(ii) there shall be substituted the following - 

" (ii) the percentage of pupils aged 15 who achieved grades A* to G in five or more subjects including English and Mathematics in GCSE examinations by the end of that year; and".

Stephen Timms
Minister of State, Department for Education and Skills

21st August 2001

[2] S.I. 1998/1532 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.back

[3] 2000 c. 21.back