Education (School Performance Targets) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003

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     4.  - (1) Amend regulation 5 (prohibition of revision of performance targets) as follows.

    (2) Re-number the existing text as paragraph (1) and insert at the beginning of the sentence:

" Subject to paragraph (2),".

    (3) After that paragraph insert the following new paragraph - 

    " (2) The governing body of a school to which regulation 3 applies may amend the targets it has set pursuant to regulation 3 for the school year 2003-04 when it sets targets pursuant to regulation 3 for the school year 2004-05.".

     5.  - (1) Amend regulation 6 (publication of performance information) as follows.

    (2) After paragraph (2B) insert - 

    " (2C) Paragraph (1) shall not require the governing body to publish information relating to any amendment made under regulation 5(2) to the performance targets set pursuant to regulation 3 for the school year 2003-04.".

    (3) In paragraph (5) omit sub-paragraph (b)(ii).

    (4) For paragraph (6) substitute - 

" In paragraph (5)(b)(i), the reference to pupils achieving particular grades in GCSE examinations shall be construed for the purposes of that provision so as to include a reference to pupils achieving corresponding awards in an equivalent number of vocational qualifications.".

Stephen Twigg
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Skills

30th July 2003

[2] S.I. 1998/1532, amended by S.I. 1999/2267, S.I. 2001/827, S.I. 2001/2944, S.I. 2002/840 and S.I. 2002/2105.back