The Education Development Plans (England) Regulations 1999

PART II MATTERS WITH WHICH THE STATEMENT OF PROPOSALS MUST DEAL

Targets for pupils in the second key stage

6.—(1) The statement of proposals contained in the first plan must specify the targets referred to in paragraph (2) in connection with the performance of the relevant group of second key stage pupils in NC tests to be administered at or near the end of each of the school years beginning in 1999, 2000 and 2001 respectively.

(2) The targets referred to in paragraph (1) are–

(a) the percentage of the relevant group of second key stage pupils to achieve level 4 or above in such tests in English; and

(b) the percentage of the relevant group of second key stage pupils to achieve level 4 or above in such tests in mathematics.

(3) In this regulation, “the relevant group of second key stage pupils”, in relation to each of the school years beginning in 1999, 2000 and 2001 respectively, means all persons whom the local education authority estimate will, in the school year in question–

(a) be registered pupils at a school maintained by the authority, and

(b) be in the final year of the second key stage.

Further targets for pupils

7.—(1) The statement of proposals contained in the first plan must specify the targets referred to in paragraph (2) in connection with the performance of the relevant group of pupils in GCSE examinations or in obtaining vocational qualifications.

(2) The targets referred to in paragraph (1) are–

(a) the percentage of the relevant group of pupils to achieve, by the end of each of the school years beginning in 1999, 2000 and 2001 respectively, grades A* to C in five or more subjects in GCSE examinations;

(b) the percentage of the relevant group of pupils to achieve, by the end of each of the school years beginning in 1999, 2000 and 2001 respectively, grades A* to G in one or more subjects in GCSE examinations; and

(c) the average point score to be achieved by the relevant group of pupils by the end of each of the school years beginning in 1999, 2000 and 2001 respectively, in GCSE and vocational qualifications.

(3) The references to pupils achieving particular grades in GCSE examinations in paragraph (2)(a) and (b) shall be construed for the purpose of those provisions so as to include references to pupils achieving corresponding awards in an equivalent number of vocational qualifications.

(4) Schedule 1 to these Regulations shall have effect for determining for the purposes of this regulation–

(a) questions as to–

(i) which vocational qualification award corresponds to which GCSE examination grade, and

(ii) the equivalency between GCSE examination results and vocational qualifications; and

(b) the calculations of the average point score in relation to pupils' achievements in GCSE examinations and vocational qualifications.

(5) In this regulation, “the relevant group of pupils”, in relation to each of the school years beginning in 1999, 2000 and 2001 respectively, means all persons whom the local education authority estimate–

(a) will on the third Thursday in January of the school year in question be registered pupils at a school maintained by the authority, and

(b) will attain the age of 16 during that school year.

Targets for permanent exclusions

8.—(1) The statement of proposals contained in the first plan shall specify the targets in paragraph (2).

(2) The targets referred to in paragraph (1) are the maximum number of pupils which the authority estimate will be permanently excluded from schools maintained by the authority, other than any school situated in a hospital–

(a) for each of the school years beginning in 1999, 2000 and 2001 respectively, and

(b) the annual average for those three school years, calculated by adding together the three targets referred to in paragraph (2)(a) and dividing the resultant figure by three.

(3) In this regulation, “excluded” shall be interpreted in accordance with section 64(4) of the 1998 Act(1).

Targets for unauthorised absences

9.—(1) The statement of proposals contained in the first plan shall specify the targets referred to in paragraph (2).

(2) The targets referred to in paragraph (1) are the unauthorised absence rate in each of the school years beginning in 1999, 2000 and 2001 respectively, in–

(a) schools maintained by the authority which are primary schools, other than special schools and any school situated in a hospital, and

(b) schools maintained by the authority which are secondary schools, other than special schools and any school situated in a hospital.

Information used by a local education authority in the setting of targets

10.—(1) The statement of proposals contained in the first plan shall contain a statement–

(a) summarising the information used by the local education authority in setting the targets referred to in regulations 6 to 9, and

(b) describing the way in which the local education authority engages with schools maintained by the authority to assist the governing bodies of such schools to set the targets they are required to set by virtue of the 1998 Regulations, including a description of the information given by the authority to such schools to assist such schools to set those targets.

Priorities for school improvement

11.—(1) The statement of proposals contained in the first plan shall set out the priorities identified by the local education authority in each of the financial years beginning in 1999, 2000 and 2001 for raising the standards of education provided for children in the authority’s area and for improving the performance of schools maintained by the authority.

(2) In setting out those priorities in the statement of proposals, the authority shall specify in the statement of proposals on what basis each of the priorities was identified and how each priority will contribute to achieving the targets referred to in regulations 6 to 9.

(3) The statement of proposals contained in the first plan shall–

(a) list the activities the authority propose to undertake in the financial year beginning in 1999 to address each of the priorities identified in the statement of proposals in accordance with paragraph (1), and

(b) indicate the activities the authority propose to undertake to address those priorities in the financial years beginning in 2000 and 2001.

(4) If a local education authority’s priorities set out in the first plan, in accordance with paragraph (1), do not include the provision of support for schools causing concern, the first plan shall contain a statement setting out how the authority intend to support such schools in the period beginning on 1st April 1999 and ending immediately before 1st April 2002.

(5) In this regulation, “schools causing concern” means any school to which section 15 of the 1998 Act applies by virtue of subsection (1), (4) or (6) of that section.

(1)

As at the date these Regulations are made, sections 64 to 68 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, which make provision in relation to exclusions from schools, are not in force.