The Education Development Plans (Wales) Regulations 1999

PART IV SUPPLEMENTARY PLANS

Final, reviewed and provisional targets

24.—(1) The statement of proposals contained in a supplementary plan shall specify targets to be set by the authority, in connection with the matters referred to in paragraph (2), as follows–

(a) final targets for the first school year in the period of the plan;

(b) reviewed targets for the second school year in the period of the plan; and

(c) provisional targets for the third school year in the period of the plan.

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

(a) the achievements of second key stage pupils as set out in regulation 9,

(b) the achievements of third key stage pupils as set out in regulation 10,

(c) the achievements of pupils who will attain the age of 16 years as set out in regulation 11,

(d) the percentage of pupils not entered for examinations as set out in regulation 12,

(e) the number of permanent exclusions as set out in regulation 13,

(f) the fixed-term exclusions as set out in regulation 14, and

(g) the unauthorised absence rate as set out in regulation 15,

except that in each of the regulations referred to the words “regulation 24” shall be substituted for the words “regulation 8”.

Relationship between unauthorised absence targets set by authorities and schools

25.  Where neither the most recent full plan nor the most recent supplementary plan (if any) contains a description of the way in which the target for any year set by the authority in connection with the unauthorised absence rate, as defined in regulation 15(2), relates to any corresponding target for that year set by the governing bodies of schools maintained by the authority by virtue of regulations made under section 63 of the 1998 Act(1), then the annexes in a supplementary plan shall contain such a description.

Monitoring and evaluation

26.  The annexes in a supplementary plan shall include an assessment by the authority of–

(a) the extent to which actual figures for the most recent year available for those matters in respect of which the authority has set final targets, show that those final targets were met;

(b) the extent to which reviewed and provisional targets for specific years as set in the authority’s most recent education strategic plan (whether a full plan or a supplementary plan) have been modified in the plan in question when appearing as final and reviewed targets respectively for those years; and

(c) the steps it proposes to take in respect of any actual or expected shortcomings in meeting its targets.

(1)

No such regulations have yet been made in relation to Wales.