The Education (School Performance Information) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2005

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (School Performance Information) (England) Regulations 2001.

The principal amendments will—

(a) require Academies to provide the Secretary of State with information about second key stage assessment results (regulation 4);

(b) require maintained schools, non-maintained special schools and independent schools to provide the Secretary of State with information about the results of pupils at or near the end of the fourth key stage and of pupils aged 15 but not at or near the end of the fourth key stage (regulation 5);

(c) require maintained schools to provide information about permanently excluded pupils to the Secretary of State instead of to their local education authorities (regulation 7);

(d) require maintained primary and middle deemed secondary schools and Academies to provide the Secretary of State with information about the results of pupils in the second key stages who have taken one or two NC tests early (regulation 8);

(e) require maintained secondary schools, Academies and CTCs to provide the Secretary of State with information about the results of pupils in the third key stage who have taken one or two NC tests early (regulation 9); and

(f) require maintained schools, non-maintained special schools and independent schools to provide the Secretary of State with information about the results of pupils aged 16, 17 and 18 in external qualifications approved under section 98 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 for use by those over compulsory schools age but have not attained the age of 19 (regulation 10 ).

Details of the external qualifications approved for use by pupils over compulsory school age under section 98 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 can be accessed online at www.openquals.org.uk.