- CoEA
means Certificate of Educational Achievement;
- examination
includes any method of assessment;
- GCSE
means General Certificate of Secondary Education;
- GNVQ
means General National Vocational Qualification;
- higher examinations
means GCE ‘A’ level and ‘AS’ examinations and examinations leading to the award of an Advanced GNVQ;
- 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;
- lower examinations
means GCSE and GCSE short course examinations, examinations leading to the award of a NVQ at level 1 or 2, and examinations leading to the award of a Part 1 or full GNVQ at Foundation or Intermediate level;
- maintained school
means— (a) any LEA maintained school;
- non-maintained special school
means a special school which is neither a LEA maintained school nor a grant-maintained special school (and is not established in a hospital);
- NVQ
means National Vocational Qualification;
- previous year
means— (a) in relation to any provision of these Regulations, other than paragraph (3) below, in its application in relation to information relating to GNVQs and NVQs, the period of 12 months ending on 31st July in the school year which immediately precedes the school year immediately preceding the publication school year, or (b) in relation to any such provision in its application to information other than information relating to GNVQs and NVQs, and in relation to paragraph (3) below, the school year which immediately precedes the school year immediately preceding the publication school year;
- public examination
means a public examination which is for the time being prescribed by regulations under section 453(1) of the Act;
- publication school year
means the school year in which information provided to the Secretary of State under these Regulations, or under the regulations revoked by these regulations, is to be published by him;
- relevant three year period
means the period of three years ending at the expiration of the reporting year and the period of three years ending at the expiration of the previous year;
- reporting year
means— (a) in relation to any provision of these Regulations, other than paragraph (3) below, in its application in relation to information relating to GNVQs and NVQs, the period of 12 months ending on 31st July in the school year immediately preceding the publication school year;
- school year
means a period of 12 months ending on 31st August;
- special class or unit
means a class or unit (as the case may be) so designated by the authority (in the case of a LEA maintained school), governing body (in the case of a grant-maintained or 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 337(1) of the Act;
- the Act
means the Education Act 1996;
- the Document
means the most recent booklet published by, or under arrangements made by, the Secretary of State under section 537(6) of the Act containing information provided to him in accordance with these Regulations or the Regulations revoked by regulations 2, or compiled from such information, which covers both the area of the authority by which the school is maintained (in the case of a LEA maintained school) or in which the school is situated (in the case of any other maintained school), and Wales as a whole;
- the Summary Document
means the most recent booklet so published by the Secretary of State containing a summary of the information contained in the Document;
- unauthorised absence
means an occasion on which a pupil is recorded as absent without authority pursuant to the Education (Pupil Registration) Regulations 1995 and “authorised absence” shall be construed accordingly;
- Welsh-speaking school
has the meaning assigned to it by section 354(8) of the Act.