Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 2105

      The Education (School Performance Targets) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2002


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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2002 No. 2105

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The Education (School Performance Targets) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2002

  Made 8th August 2002 
  Laid before Parliament 9th August 2002 
  Coming into force 1st September 2002 

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 19 and 54(3) of the Education Act 1997[1], the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
     1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Performance Targets) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st September 2002.

    
2. In these Regulations, "the principal Regulations" means the Education (School Performance Targets) (England) Regulations 1998[2].

Amendment
     3. The principal Regulations shall be amended as follows.

    
4. In regulation 2 (Interpretation) - 

    (a) in the definition of "NC tests" the words "mathematics or science" shall be omitted and the words "mathematics, science or information and communication technology" substituted;

    (b) after the definition of "second key stage pupils" there shall be inserted the following - 

      " "teacher assessment" means assessment by a teacher, made in accordance with the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 3 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 1999;"; and

    (c) in the definition of "vocational qualification" there shall be omitted - 

      (i) the comma after the words "RSA Examinations", and

      (ii) the words "and approved by the Secretary of State under section 400 of the 1996 Act or section 37 of the 1997 Act".

     5.  - (1) In paragraph (2) of regulation 3A (Targets for pupils in the third key stage), after the words "administered" there shall be inserted "or, where sub-paragraph (d)(ii) of paragraph (3) below applies, in teacher assessments to be made,".

    (2) In paragraph (3) of regulation 3A - 

     6. In sub-paragraph (5)(aa) of regulation 6 (Publication of performance information) - 


David Miliband
Minister of State, Department for Education and Skills

8th August 2002



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


These Regulations amend the Education (School Performance Targets) (England) Regulations 1998 so as to require a target to be set additionally in information and communication technology for pupils in the final year of the third key stage and for the targets and corresponding attainment results to be published.


Notes:

[1] 1997 c. 44; section 19 was amended by the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31), section 140(1) and Schedule 30, paragraph 213. By virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) the powers conferred by these sections are exercisable by the Secretary of State only in relation to England.back

[2] S.I. 1998/1532; amended by S.I. 1999/2267, S.I. 2001/827, S.I. 2001/2994 and S.I. 2002/840.back



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