The Education (School Performance Information) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (School Performance Information) (England) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2577). They replace the existing required information in relation to the additional information about second key stage assessment results which must be provided to the Secretary of State by governing bodies of certain schools following a written request from him (regulation 7 of, and Schedule 2 to, S.I. 1996/2577) (regulation 3(2)).

The required information now relates to the provision of information about the number of pupils at or near the end of the final year of the second key stage and the number of, or percentage figures for, such pupils who, as the case may be, achieved level 4 or above of the National Curriculum level scale, failed to achieve a level or were exempted from NC tests or teacher assessment. There is no longer a requirement as to the provision of information relating to “NC tasks” at the second key stage.

The requirements also relate to the provision of “individual performance information”. This means information within the meaning of section 537A(2) of the Education Act 1996, which section was created and inserted into the Education Act 1996, by section 20 of the Education Act 1997. Section 537A(2) defines “individual performance information” to mean:

“information about the performance of individual pupils (identified in the prescribed manner)—

(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”.