The Education (School Performance Targets) (Wales) Regulations 1998

Publication of information

7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) the governing body of every school to which regulation 3, 4 or 5 applies shall publish with the school’s annual report for every school year after the 1997–98 school year the information about–

(a) pupils' attainment results, and

(b) performance targets,

specified in Schedule 2.

(2) In relation to any school to which regulation 3, 4 or 5 applies in any school year, paragraph (1) shall not require the publication of any information–

(a) about the performance targets referred to in those regulations in relation to–

(i) the relevant group of second key stage pupils (as defined in regulation 3(5)),

(ii) the relevant group of third key stage pupils (as defined in regulation 4(5)), and

(iii) the relevant group of pupils aged 15 years (as defined in regulation 5(7)),

where that group, at the time when the governing body’s duty to set such targets for that year arose, consisted of ten or fewer persons; and

(b) about pupils' attainment results in relation to any group of pupils–

(i) at or near the end of the final year of the second key stage,

(ii) at or near the end of the final year of the third key stage, or

(iii) aged 16 years,

where that group consisted of ten or fewer persons.

(3) In these Regulations “pupils' attainment results” means–

(a) in relation to pupils at or near the end of the final year of the second key stage in any school year at a school to which regulation 3 applies–

(i) for each of the core subjects, the percentage who achieved level 4 or above in NC tests administered to second key stage pupils, and

(ii) the difference between the percentage of girls and the percentage of boys respectively who achieved the Core Subject Indicator in NC tests administered to second key stage pupils; and

(b) in relation to pupils at or near the end of the final year of the third key stage in any school year at a school to which regulation 4 applies–

(i) for each of the core subjects, the percentage who achieved level 5 or above in NC tests administered to third key stage pupils, and

(ii) the difference between the percentage of girls and the percentage of boys respectively who achieved the Core Subject Indicator in NC tests administered to third key stage pupils; and

(c) in relation to pupils aged 16 years in any school year at a school to which regulation 5 applies–

(i) the percentage who, by the end of that year, achieved any grade from A* to C in GCSE examination in English or Welsh (other than Welsh second language) and in both a GCSE examination in mathematics and a GCSE examination in science,

(ii) the difference between the percentage of girls and the percentage of boys respectively who, by the end of that year, achieved any grade from A* to C in a GCSE examination in English or Welsh (other than Welsh second language) and in both a GCSE examination in mathematics and a GCSE examination in science,

(iii) the percentage who, by the end of that year, achieved any grade from A* to C in five or more subjects in GCSE examinations,

(iv) the percentage who, by the end of that year, achieved any grade from A* to G in five or more subjects in GCSE examinations, and

(v) the percentage who, by the end of that year, will have left the school without achieving either any grade from A* to G in GCSE examinations or passing any CoEA examinations.

(4) In paragraph (3)(c)–

(a) references to pupils achieving particular grades in GCSE examinations shall be construed for the purposes of those provisions so as to include references to pupils achieving corresponding awards in an equivalent number of vocational qualifications or GCSE short course examinations; and

(b) references to pupils who have left the school do not include pupils who have transferred to another educational institution on a full-time basis.

(5) Paragraph (6) of regulation 5 applies for the purposes of this regulation as it applies for the purposes of regulation 5.

(6) For the purposes of this regulation–

(a) “pupils” in relation to a school and a school year, means persons who were registered pupils at that school on the Schools' Census enumeration date in that year; and

(b) “pupils aged 16” in relation to a school year means pupils who have or will have attained the age of 16 years during that school year.