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Amendment of Regulations

5.  In regulation 4 (Targets for pupils in the third key stage), for paragraph (3) substitute—

(3) The targets referred to in paragraph (2) are—

(a)the percentage of the relevant group of third key stage pupils to achieve level 5 or above in NC tests in both English and mathematics;

(b)the percentage of the relevant group of third key stage pupils to achieve level 5 or above in NC tests in science;

(c)in NC tests in English, the percentage of the relevant group of third key stage pupils to achieve a level that is at least 2 levels higher than the level achieved at the end of the second key stage; and

(d)in NC tests in mathematics, the percentage of the relevant group of third key stage pupils to achieve a level that is at least 2 levels higher than the level achieved at the end of the second key stage..