The Education (School Performance Information) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 1994

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Contents

Part I · General

1Citation, commencement and application#

(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Education (School Performance Information) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 30th September 1994.

(2)These Regulations apply in relation to schools and local education authorities in Wales.

2Revocation#

The Education (School Performance Information) (Wales) Regulations 1993, the Education (School Performance Information) (Wales) Regulations 1994 and the Education (School Performance Information) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 are revoked.

3Interpretation#

(1)In these Regulations, except where the context otherwise requires—• “the 1988 Act” means the Education Reform Act 1988;• “authority”, in relation to a school maintained by a local education authority, means that authority and, in relation to a grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school, a non-maintained special school or an independent school, means the authority in whose area the school is situated;• “CoE” means Certificate of Education;• “the Document” means the most recent booklet published by, or under arrangements made by, the Secretary of State under section 16(6) of the Education (Schools) Act 1992 containing information provided to him in accordance with these Regulations relating to the area of the authority by which the school is maintained (in the case of an LEA maintained school) or in which the school is situated (in the case of any other maintained school);• “GCE ‘A’ level examinations” and “GCE ‘AS’ examinations” mean General Certificate of Education advanced level and advanced supplementary examinations respectively;• “GCSE” means General Certificate of Secondary Education;• “independent school” means any school at which full time education is provided for five or more pupils over the age of 11 (whether or not such education is also provided for pupils under that age) not being a school maintained by a local education authority, a grant-maintained school or a special school not maintained by a local education authority;• “LEA maintained school” means—(a) any county or voluntary school; and(b) any special school maintained by an authority which is not established in a hospital;but excludes any nursery school;• “lesson time” means time during which pupils are normally required to attend lessons or engage in private study supervised by a teacher during school hours;• “maintained school” means—(a) any county or voluntary school;(b) any special school maintained by an authority which is not established in a hospital; and(c) any grant-maintained school or grant-maintained special school which is not established in a hospital;but excludes any nursery school; and a “maintained primary school” means a maintained school which is a primary school and a “maintained secondary school” a maintained school which is a secondary school;• “non-maintained special school” means a special school which is neither an LEA maintained school nor a grant-maintained special school (and is not established in a hospital);• “previous school year” means the school year immediately preceding the reporting school year;• “public examination” means a public examination which is for the time being prescribed by regulations under section 106 of the 1988 Act;• “reporting school year” means the school year immediately preceding the school year in which information provided to the Secretary of State under these Regulations is to be published by him;• “Schools' Census enumeration date” means the date on which the Secretary of State requires information relating to the school pursuant to section 92 of the Education Act 1944;• “special class or unit” means a class or unit (as the case may be) so designated by the authority (in the case of an LEA maintained school), governing body (in the case of a grant-maintained special school) or proprietor (in the case of a non-maintained special school or an independent school), in which all or the majority of pupils have special educational needs;• “special school” has the meaning assigned to it by section 182(1) of the Education Act 1993;• “unauthorised absence” means an occasion on which a pupil is recorded as absent without authority pursuant to the Pupils' Registration Regulations 1956 and “authorised absence” shall be construed accordingly;

(2)In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations, any reference to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph of that regulation bearing that number, any reference in a paragraph to a sub-paragraph is a reference to a sub-paragraph of that paragraph and any reference to a Schedule is to a Schedule to these Regulations.

(3)In these Regulations references to pupils of a particular age are, in relation to information to be provided in respect of the reporting school year or the previous school year, references to pupils who were of that age on the 31st August immediately preceding the commencement of the reporting school year or the previous school year (as the case may be) and who were pupils registered at the school on the Schools' Census enumeration date in the reporting school year or the previous school year (as the case may be).

(4)In these Regulations references to public examinations for which pupils at the school were entered include examinations for which they were entered otherwise than in pursuance of section 117 of the 1988 Act.

(5)In these Regulations references to key stages are references to the periods set out in section 3(3) of the 1988 Act.

(6)For the purposes of these Regulations, references to examinations for which pupils aged 16, 17 or 18 were entered in relation to the reporting school year or the previous school year are references to examinations intended to be sat in the reporting school year or the previous school year respectively the results of which are given in the August at the end of the reporting school year or the previous school year (as the case may be).

(7)Where under these Regulations information is required to be provided in respect of pupils aged 15 in relation to a specified school year (being the reporting school year or the previous school year), the information to be provided is—

(a)in the case of a requirement to provide information relating to pupils entering for examinations, information relating to pupils entering for examinations intended to be sat; or

(b)in the case of information relating to pupils achievements, information relating to results given,

(8)For the purposes of these Regulations, a pupil shall be treated as having been entered for an examination whether or not the pupil sat the examination.

(9)In calculating the number of GCE ‘A’ levels a pupil is entered for, one GCE ‘AS’ examination shall be treated as the equivalent of half of a GCE ‘A’ level.

(10)Particulars to which these Regulations apply may be made available in the form of data from which the particulars are capable of being extracted by computer.

in the school year so specified and in any earlier school year which commenced after 1990.

4Determination of examination results#

(1)The provisions of this regulation have effect for the purpose of determining the examination results referred to in Schedule 1.

(2)In the case of the results of examinations for pupils aged 15, 16, 17 or 18 the subjects shall be placed in alphabetical order.

(3)If a pupil has been entered for two or more examinations in the same subject to be sat in the school year or (where regulation 3(7) applies) other period for which information about examinations required to be provided under these Regulations is required to cover, only the entry and result in respect of the examination in which the higher or highest grade was achieved shall be taken into account.

(4)In the case of an examination leading to the award of the GCSE in two subjects, a pupil shall be included only once in the number of pupils entered for the examination and taken into account only once in calculating the relevant percentage but each grade awarded shall be treated as having been awarded in a separate subject.

(5)For GCE ‘A’ level or GCE ‘AS’ examinations the following grades equate to the following points, namely:• GCE ‘A’ level: grade A = 10 points; grade B = 8 points; grade C =6 points; grade D = 4 points; and grade E = 2 points.• GCE ‘AS’: grade A = 5 points; grade B = 4 points; grade C = 3 points; grade D = 2 points; and grade E = 1 point.

(6)In relation to GCSE examinations, references to grade A include the starred grade A.

5Qualification of duties#

The duties imposed on head teachers, governing bodies, authorities and proprietors by virtue of these Regulations in respect of the provision of information apply only to the extent that the information is available to the head teacher, governing body, authority or proprietor (as the case may be) in time for it to be reasonably practicable for the information to be provided before the latest occasion on which the information is required to be provided.

Part II · Provision of information by head teacher

6Provision of information by head teacher to governing body#

The head teacher of every maintained secondary school shall each year make available to the governing body information about the matters relating to the school mentioned in the Schedules to these Regulations for the purpose of enabling them to comply with their obligations under these Regulations.

Part III · Provision of information to the secretary of state

7Provision of information relating to schools to the Secretary of State#

The governing body of every maintained secondary school, the governing body of every non-maintained special school and the proprietor of every independent school with pupils aged 15, 16, 17 or 18 shall, within two weeks of receiving a written request from the Secretary of State, provide him with the information relating to public examinations for which pupils aged 15, 16, 17 or 18 registered at the school were entered and vocational qualifications achieved by such pupils together with the other information which is referred to—

(a)in the case of information being provided in respect of pupils aged 15, in Parts I, III and IV of Schedule 1 and paragraph 2 of Schedule 2; and

(b)in the case of information being provided in respect of pupils aged 16, 17 or 18, in Parts II and V of Schedule 1 and in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2.

8Provision of information relating to schools to the Secretary of State#

The governing body of every maintained secondary school, the governing body of every non-maintained special school and the proprietor of every independent school shall, within two weeks of receiving a written request from the Secretary of State, provide him with such information relating to the school as is referred to in Schedules 3, 4 and 5.

Part IV · Publication of information

9Information to be provided by governing body to parents#

(1)The governing body of every maintained secondary school shall provide the information referred to in paragraph (2) in the manner and to the persons specified in paragraph (3).

(2)That information is the latest information provided to the Secretary of State under these Regulations, or (in the case of average figures) calculated by him from such information, and published by him, or under arrangements made by him, under section 16(6) of the Education (Schools) Act 1992 consisting of—

(a)the information specified in the Schedules;

(b)the averages for pupils at secondary schools in the area of the authority and in Wales of—

(i)their results in public examinations; and

(ii)their rates of respectively unauthorised absence and absence (both authorised and unauthorised).

(3)The information shall be provided by copies being made available at the school for reference by parents and other persons on request.

10Provision of local performance information relating to certain pupils by governing bodies and local education authorities#

(1)The governing body of every maintained secondary school with pupils in the final year of the fourth key stage, the governing body of every maintained primary school with pupils in the final year of the second key stage and the authority shall provide the Document in the manner and to the persons specified in paragraph (2).

(2)The Document shall be provided—

(a)in the case of a maintained secondary school, by copies of the Document being made available by the governing body of the school at the school for reference by parents and other persons on request, and by copies being distributed (without charge) by the governing body to parents of pupils in the final year of the fourth key stage;

(b)in the case of a maintained primary school, by copies of the Document being made available by the governing body of the school at the school for reference by parents and other persons on request, and by copies being distributed (without charge) by the governing body to parents of pupils in the final year of the second key stage;

(c)by copies of the Document being made available by the authority at libraries in their area for reference by members of the public.

11Avoidance of duplication of information in certain circumstances#

Nothing in these Regulations shall require a head teacher, governing body or proprietor to make the same published particulars available to any person on more than one occasion, or to make available to any person particulars which have already been made available to that person.

Schedule 1 · Information to be provided to the secretary of state examination results

Part I · Gcse and coe summaries

(1)For the reporting school year, the number of male pupils aged 15, the number of female pupils aged 15 and the number of all pupils aged 15.

(2)Separately for the reporting school year and the previous school year, the percentage of male pupils aged 15, the percentage of female pupils aged 15 and the percentage of all pupils aged 15 who—

(a)were entered for an examination for the GCSE in one or more subjects;

(b)achieved any grade from A to C in a GCSE examination in one or more subjects;

(c)achieved any grade from A to G in a GCSE examination in one or more subjects;

(d)achieved no grade in any GCSE examination;

(e)did not achieve any grade from A to G in a GCSE examination but who were entered for an examination for the CoE in one or more subjects;

(f)did not achieve any grade from A to G in a GCSE examination but who achieved any pass grade in one or more CoE examinations;

(g)did not achieve either any grade from A to G in a GCSE examination or any pass grade in a CoE examination;

(h)were entered for an examination for the GCSE in five or more subjects;

(i)achieved any grade from A to C in GCSE examinations in five or more subjects;

(j)achieved any grade from A to G in GCSE examinations in five or more subjects;

(k)achieved any grade from A to C in GCSE examinations in four or more subjects;

(l)were entered for one or more GCSE or CoE examinations;

(m)achieved either one or more grades from A to G in a GCSE examination or one or more pass grades in a CoE examination or both.

Part II · A and as level summaries

(3)For the reporting school year, the number of male pupils aged 16, 17 or 18, the number of female pupils aged 16, 17 or 18 and the number of all pupils aged 16, 17 or 18.

(4)Separately for the reporting school year and the previous school year, the number of male pupils aged 16, 17 or 18, the number of female pupils aged 16, 17 or 18 and the number of all pupils aged 16, 17 or 18 who were entered for less than two GCE ‘A’ level examinations or the GCE ‘AS’ examination equivalent.

(5)Separately for the reporting school year and the previous school year, the percentage of male pupils, the percentage of female pupils and the percentage of all pupils referred to in paragraph 4 above whose achievements fall into each of the following ranges of points (as determined by paragraph (5) of regulation 4) namely; 0 to 4 points, 5 to 9 points and 10 to 15 points.

(6)Separately for the reporting school year and the previous school year, the average number of points, as referred to in paragraph 5, achieved by male pupils, female pupils and all pupils referred to in paragraph 4 above.

(7)Separately for the reporting school year and the previous school year, the number of male pupils, the number of female pupils and the number of all pupils referred to in paragraph 3 above who were entered for two or more GCE ‘A’ level examinations or the GCE ‘AS’ examination equivalent.

(8)Separately for the reporting school year and the previous school year, the percentage of male pupils, the percentage of female pupils and the percentage of all pupils referred to in paragraph 7 above whose achievements fall into each of the following ranges of points (as determined by paragraph (5) of regulation 4) namely; 0 points, 1 to 4 points, 5 to 9 points, 10 to 14 points, 15 to 19 points, 20 to 24 points, 25 to 29 points and 30 points or over.

(9)The average number of points (as referred to in paragraph 8) achieved by male pupils, female pupils and all pupils referred to in paragraph 7 above.

(10)In relation to each subject in respect of which pupils referred to in paragraph 3 were entered for an A level or AS examination, and separately in relation to the reporting school year and the previous school year, the average number of points (as determined by paragraph (5) of regulation 4) achieved by respectively male pupils, female pupils and all pupils as determined by calculating the total number of points achieved in the subject by the pupils concerned and dividing that figure by the total number of such pupils entered for the subject (an entry for an AS examination being treated as half of an entry for this purpose).

Part III · Summaries of results in selected subject areas

(11)For the reporting school year, the percentage of male pupils aged 15, the percentage of female pupils aged 15 and the percentage of all pupils aged 15 who—

(a)were entered for a GCSE English examination;

(b)achieved any grade from A to C in a GCSE English examination;

(c)achieved any grade from D to G in a GCSE English examination;

(d)did not achieve any grade from A to G in a GCSE English examination;

(e)were entered for a GCSE Welsh examination;

(f)achieved any grade from A to C in a GCSE Welsh examination;

(g)achieved any grade from D to G in a GCSE Welsh examination;

(h)did not achieve any grade from A to G in a GCSE Welsh examination;

(i)were entered for a GCSE Mathematics examination;

(j)achieved any grade from A to C in a GCSE Mathematics examination;

(k)achieved any grade from D to G in a GCSE Mathematics examination;

(l)did not achieve any grade from A to G in a GCSE Mathematics examination;

(m)were entered for a GCSE Science examination;

(n)achieved any grade from A to C in a GCSE Science examination;

(o)achieved any grade from D to G in a GCSE Science examination;

(p)did not achieve any grade from A to G in a GCSE Science examination.

Part IV · Subject lisitings for gcse and coe examinations

(12)For the reporting school year, in relation to each GCSE subject examination entered by all pupils aged 15 and separately in relation to each such subject examination entered by male pupils aged 15 and female pupils aged 15—

(a)the percentage who were entered;

(b)the percentage of those who entered who achieved any grade from A to C;

(c)the percentage of those who entered who achieved any grade from D to G;

(d)the percentage of those who entered who did not achieve any grade from A to G.

(13)For the reporting school year, in relation to each CoE subject examination entererd by all pupils aged 15, and separately in relation to each such subject examination entered by male pupils aged 15 and female pupils aged 15—

(a)the percentage who were entered;

(b)the percentage of those who entered who achieved a pass with merit;

(c)the percentage of those who entered who achieved a pass grade;

(d)the percentage of those who entered who did not achieve a pass grade.

Part V · Subject listings for gce a level and gce as examinations

(14)For the reporting school year, the total number of male pupils aged 16, 17 or 18, the total number of female pupils aged 16, 17 or 18 and the total number of all pupils aged 16, 17 or 18 entered for one or more GCE ‘A’ level or GCE ‘AS’ examinations.

(15)For the reporting school year, in relation to each GCE ‘A’ level and GCE ‘AS’ subject examination entered by pupils aged 16, 17 or 18 and separately in relation to each such examination entered by male pupils aged 16, 17 or 18 and female pupils aged 16, 17 or 18—

(a)the percentage of those referred to in paragraph 14 above who entered for the examination;

(b)the percentage of those entered for the examination who achieved any grade from A to C;

(c)the percentage of those entered for the examination who achieved any grade from D to E;

(d)the percentage of those entered for the examination who did not achieve any grade from A to E.

Schedule 2 · Information to be provided to the secretary of state: vocational qualifications results

(1)The number of male pupils aged 16, 17 or 18, the number of female pupils aged 16, 17 or 18 and the number of all pupils aged 16, 17 or 18 who achieved any vocational qualification awarded by the Business and Technology Education Council, the City and Guilds of London Institute or the Royal Society of Arts in the period commencing on the 1st August in the previous school year and ending on 31st July in the reporting school year.

(2)The percentage of male pupils aged 15, the percentage of female pupils aged 15 and the percentage of all pupils aged 15 who achieved any vocational qualification awarded by the Business and Technology Education Council, the City and Guilds of London Institute or the Royal Society of Arts in the period referred to in paragraph 1.

Schedule 3 · Information to be provided to the secretary of state — background information about the school

(1)The name of the school.

(2)The address of the school (including the postcode).

(3)The telephone number of the school.

(4)Whether the school is an LEA maintained school (other than a special school), a special school maintained by a local education authority, a grant-maintained school, a grant-maintained special school, an independent school or a non-maintained special school.

(5)The number of pupils at the school with statements of special educational needs maintained under section 168 of the Education Act 1993.

(6)The number of registered pupils at the school.

(7)Whether the school has one or more special class or unit.

(8)In the case of an independent school whether the school participates in the assisted places scheme.

(9)The age range of pupils at the school.

(10)The number of pupils aged 16 and over.

Schedule 4 · Information to be provided to the secretary of state — authorised and unauthorised absence

(1)The total number of pupils aged 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 registered at the school on the Schools Census enumeration date in the reporting school year.

(2)

(1)For the reporting period—

(a)the number of sessions missed by pupils due to authorised absence;

(b)the number of sessions missed by pupils due to unauthorised absence;

(c)the number of sessions missed by pupils due to absence (both authorised and unauthorised);

(d)the maximum number of sessions that a pupil could attend.

(2)In paragraph (1) the reporting period is the period commencing at the beginning of the reporting school year and ending on the date of the Late May Bank Holiday.

Schedule 5 · Information to be provided to the secretary of state — lesson time

(1)For the reporting school year, the number of hours of lesson time per week given to the majority of full-time pupils in the third and fourth key stages.

(2)Where a school’s timetable is organised otherwise than on a weekly basis, the amount of lesson time provided during a normal school week for the purposes of paragraph 1 shall be the weekly average over the timetable period.

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1Citation, commencement and application#

2Revocation#

3Interpretation#

4Determination of examination results#

5Qualification of duties#

6Provision of information by head teacher to governing body#

7Provision of information relating to schools to the Secretary of State#

8Provision of information relating to schools to the Secretary of State#

9Information to be provided by governing body to parents#

10Provision of local performance information relating to certain pupils by governing bodies and local education authorities#

11Avoidance of duplication of information in certain circumstances#

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Key facts

1Citation, commencement and application#

2Revocation#

3Interpretation#

4Determination of examination results#

5Qualification of duties#

6Provision of information by head teacher to governing body#

7Provision of information relating to schools to the Secretary of State#

8Provision of information relating to schools to the Secretary of State#

9Information to be provided by governing body to parents#

10Provision of local performance information relating to certain pupils by governing bodies and local education authorities#

11Avoidance of duplication of information in certain circumstances#