attendance recordmeans the record of a pupil’s school attendance contained in the Attendance Register kept in accordance with section 80 of the Education Act 1944 and the Pupils' Registration Regulations 1956;
child abuseincludes physical (other than accidental) injury to, and physical and emotional neglect, ill-treatment or sexual abuse of, a child.
IBmeans International Baccalaureate Diploma;
key stagemeans any of the periods set out in paragraphs (a) to (d) respectively of section 3(3) of the Act, and a reference to the first, third or fourth key stage is a reference to the periods set out respectively in the said paragraphs (a), (c) and (d);
levelsmeans the levels of attainment set out in any document of a kind referred to in section 4(4) of the Act the provisions of which have effect, or (as the case may be) have effect as amended, by virtue of any Order made under section 4(2)(a) or (b) of the Act and, unless the context otherwise requires, means such levels determined in accordance with the statutory arrangements;
maintained schoolhas the meaning assigned to it by section 25(1) of the Act;
school daymeans a day on which the school meets;
teacher assessmentmeans assessment of a pupil’s level of attainment in an attainment target or core subject by the pupil’s teacher as specified in the statutory arrangements;
the Actmeans the Education Reform Act 1988;
the statutory arrangementsmeans assessment arrangements specified by orders made under section 4(2)(c) of the Act;
vocational qualificationincludes a credit towards such a qualification.