The Education (Aptitude for Particular Subjects) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2006

Statutory Instruments

2006 No. 3408

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The Education (Aptitude for Particular Subjects) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2006

Made

16th December 2006

Laid before Parliament

29th December 2006

Coming into force

27th February 2007

The Secretary of State for Education and Skills makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 102(1) and 138(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998(1):

Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as The Education (Aptitude for Particular Subjects) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2006 and come into force on 27th February 2007.

(2) These Regulations apply only in relation to England.

Amendment of The Education (Aptitude for Particular Subjects) Regulations 1999

2.—(1) The Education (Aptitude for Particular Subjects) Regulations 1999(2) are amended as follows.

(2) At the beginning of regulation 2 insert the words “Subject to regulation 3”.

(3) After regulation 2 insert—

“3.   The following subjects are prescribed in relation to admission arrangements for a maintained school in England for the school year 2008-09 and subsequent school years, only if the admission arrangements for that school made provision for the selection of pupils by reference to their aptitude in those subjects in relation to the school year 2007-2008—

(a) design and technology, or

(b) information technology.”

Jim Knight

Minister of State

Department for Education and Skills

16th December 2006

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which come into force on 27th February 2007, amend The Education (Aptitude for Particular Subjects) Regulations 1999 in relation to England. The 1999 Regulations set out the list of subjects prescribed for the purposes of section 102(1) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (permitted selection: aptitude for particular subjects).

These amending Regulations provide that two of those subjects shall not be prescribed in relation to admission to maintained schools in England with effect for the school year 2008-9 and subsequent years, unless they were included in a school’s admission arrangements in relation to the school year 2007-2008.

The Department considers that these Regulations will have no effect on the costs of businesses and accordingly a Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been prepared.

(1)

1998 c.31.

(2)

S.I. 1999/258.