The Education (Pupil Information) (England) Regulations 2005

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the 2002 Act” means the Education Act 2002(1);

“the associated documents” means the documents published by the Department for Education and Skills and the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, setting out any national curriculum levels of attainment, attainment targets and programmes of study in relation to each of the foundation subjects, which documents have effect by virtue of the orders made under section 87(3)(a) and (b) of the 2002 Act for the time being in force, for each of those subjects;

“core subjects” means English, mathematics and science;

“curricular record” means a formal record of a pupil’s academic achievements, his other skills and abilities and his progress in school;

“Departmental number” means a reference number unique to each establishment and allocated by use of a formula determined by the Department for Education and Skills;

“external marking agency” means a body nominated by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (or by any successor body to that Authority) and approved by the Secretary of State to mark NC tests;

“foundation subjects” means art and design, citizenship, design and technology, geography, history, information and communication technology, a modern foreign language, music, physical education and the core subjects;

“key stage” or references to a particular key stage shall be construed in accordance with section 82 of the 2002 Act;

“maintained school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school other than such a school which is established in a hospital;

“NC attainment targets” means the National Curriculum attainment targets described in the associated documents;

“NC levels of attainment” means the National Curriculum levels of attainment described in the associated documents;

“NC tasks” means the National Curriculum standard tasks administered to pupils pursuant to the statutory arrangements(2);

“NC tests” means the National Curriculum tests administered to pupils pursuant to the statutory arrangements(3);

“NC test tiers” means the National Curriculum test tiers described in the associated documents;

“personal education plan” means the plan referred to in section 5.16 to 5.26 of the guidance entitled “Guidance on the Education of Children and Young People in Public Care(4), which a local authority must ensure is provided for every child and young person in their care;

“responsible person” means—

(a)

the head teacher of an independent school;

(b)

the governing body of any other school; or

(c)

the person responsible for the conduct of any further education institution or higher education institution or other place of education or training to which a pupil transfers or may transfer;

“the statutory arrangements” means the assessment arrangements specified by orders made under section 87(3)(c) of the 2002 Act;

“teacher assessment” means assessment of a pupil’s NC level of attainment in a subject by the pupil’s teacher, as specified in the statutory arrangements(5);

“unauthorised absence” means any absence from the school for which leave has not been granted by a person authorised in that behalf by the governing body of the school;

“unique pupil number” means a combination of numbers which, together with a letter or letters, are allocated to a pupil by use of a formula determined by the Department for Education and Skills and are particular to that pupil.

(1)

2002 c. 32.

(2)

The statutory arrangements referred to are specified in the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 1 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2783).

(3)

The statutory arrangements referred to are specified in the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 2 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1038) and the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 3 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1039).

(4)

These parts of the Guidance have statutory force by virtue of having been issued under section 7 of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (1970 c. 42) (Paragraph 2.1(i) of Local Authority Circular (2000)13 refers).

(5)

The statutory arrangements referred to are specified in the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 1 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2783), the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 2 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1038) and the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 3 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1039).