The Education (School Performance Information) (England) Regulations 2001

Publication of performance information about primary schools by local education authorities

16.—(1) Each authority shall publish the information about schools it maintains referred to in paragraphs (2) to (5) together with the supplementary information referred to in paragraph (6), in the form and manner referred to, respectively, in paragraphs (7) and (8).

(2) The information to be published is information for the reporting school year calculated by the Secretary of State and provided to the authority, consisting of, in respect of each maintained primary or middle deemed secondary school which has registered pupils at or near the end of the final year of the second key stage, the following—

(a) the number of registered pupils at or near the end of the final year of the second key stage; and

(b) in the case of each such school which has eleven or more registered pupils at or near the end of the final year of the second key stage—

(i) the percentage of such pupils who, in respect of each core subject, achieved level 4 or above of the National Curriculum level scale as determined by NC tests;

(ii) the percentage of such pupils who, in respect of each core subject, failed to achieve a level on the National Curriculum level scale because they were exempted from an NC test under section 364 or 365 of the 1996 Act or were absent on the day that the test was administered, and

(iii) the average point score calculated by the Secretary of State based on the levels achieved by such pupils in the NC tests.

(3) The information to be published is information for the reporting school year calculated by the Secretary of State and provided to the authority, consisting of, in respect of every maintained primary school, the following—

(a) the number of registered pupils except boarding pupils of compulsory school age; and

(b) the percentage of morning and afternoon sessions in a school day missed by such pupils because of authorised or unauthorised absences.

(4) The information to be published is the information for the reporting school year referred to in Schedule 6 and provided to the Secretary of State by the governing body of every maintained primary or middle deemed secondary school.

(5) The local education authority shall also publish information as to the number of registered pupils referred to in paragraphs 5, 6 and 8 of Schedule 6 expressed as percentages of the number of registered pupils or the number of registered pupils at or near the end of the final year of the second key stage, as the case may be, at every maintained primary or middle deemed secondary school, except a special school.

(6) The supplementary information to be published consists of the following—

(a) information for the reporting school year calculated by the Secretary of State giving the average percentage of pupils at or near the end of the final year of the second key stage in the reporting school year who, in respect of each core subject, achieved level 4 or above of the National Curriculum level scale as determined by the results of NC tests, at, respectively—

(i) all maintained schools providing primary education which are maintained by the authority; and

(ii) all schools providing primary education in England;

(b) an average point score calculated by the Secretary of State based on the levels achieved in the NC tests by pupils at or near the end of the final year of the second key stage in the reporting school year at, respectively—

(i) all maintained schools providing primary education which are maintained by the authority; and

(ii) all schools providing primary education in England;

(c) information for the reporting school year calculated by the Secretary of State giving the percentage of morning and afternoon sessions missed in a school day by registered pupils of compulsory school age except boarding pupils because of authorised or unauthorised absences at, respectively—

(i) all maintained schools providing primary education which are maintained by the authority; and

(ii) all schools providing primary education in England;

(d) whether, in respect of each maintained primary or middle deemed secondary school—

(i) the school is the holder of a Charter Mark(1);

(ii) the school test results or the number of pupil absences from the school were significantly affected because the school was in or near an area affected by foot and mouth disease;

(iii) no information, or only some information, under paragraph (2) is published pursuant to paragraph (1) for the school because the governing body failed to provide the information concerned to the Secretary of State;

(iv) no information or only some information under paragraph (2) is published pursuant to paragraph (1) for the school because the governing body were unable to provide the information to the Secretary of State for reasons beyond their control;

(v) no information or only some information under paragraph (2) is published pursuant to paragraph (1) for the school because the school had 10 or fewer registered pupils at or near the end of the final year of the second key stage in the reporting school year;

(vi) the governing body failed to confirm to the Secretary of State that they have checked the information referred to in paragraph (2); or

(vii) the governing body failed to confirm to the Secretary of State that they checked the information referred to in Schedules 4 and 6;

(e) information calculated by the Secretary of State for the reporting school year and each of the three reporting school years immediately preceding it, giving—

(i) the sum of the percentage figures referred to under paragraph (2)(b)(i) in respect of each such school, except a special school, to which the information under that paragraph relates;

(ii) the sum of the percentage figures referred to under paragraph (6)(a)(i); and

(iii) the sum of the percentage figures referred to under paragraph (6)(a)(ii).

(7) The information referred to in paragraphs (2) to (6) shall be published—

(a) in the case of all maintained primary or middle deemed secondary schools except special schools, in the form specified in Schedule 8, or a form to like effect, provided that the information referred to in paragraph (6)(a), (b), (c) and (e)(ii) and (iii) shall be included on every printed page so published; and

(b) in the case of special schools, separately from the information referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of this regulation and in the form specified in Schedule 8, or a form to like effect, provided that the information referred to in paragraph (6)(a), (b) and (c) shall be included on every printed page so published.

(8) (a) The information referred to in paragraphs (2) to (6) shall be published in the following manner.

(b) The information shall be published without charge within three weeks of the date of a written request from the Secretary of State by—

(i) providing three copies of a document and a computer disk containing the information to the Secretary of State;

(ii) providing a copy of the information to the governing body of every maintained school and the proprietor of every CTC in the area of the authority;

(iii) providing a copy of the information to any person providing nursery education, other than at a school, in the area of the authority; and

(iv) making available copies of the document containing the information at each public library in the area of the authority.

(1)

A Charter Mark is an award for excellence in public services.