This Order enables the Coventry City Council and the schools comprising the “North West Federation of Schools” to provide a course which leads to the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (“IGCSE”) in English to pupils at those schools.

The Order is made under section 2 of the Education Act 2002, and in Article 2 exempts the Coventry City Council and the governing bodies of the relevant schools from the requirement in section 96 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 that the IGCSE in English be approved under section 98 of that Act. Article 3 provides that the Order has effect for a period of 3 years.