The Education (Individual Pupils' Achievements) (Information) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/2709
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Individual Pupils' Achievements) (Information) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 6th January 1998.

Section 2 Amendment of Regulations

The Education (Individual Pupils' Achievements) (Information) (Wales) Regulations 1997 shall be amended as follows.

Section 3 Amendment of Regulations

In regulation 2(1)—

(a) there shall be inserted after the definition of “attendance record” the following—

“education welfare officer” means any person who is employed by a local education authority, and whose duties include securing the regular attendance at school of pupils of compulsory school age;

(b) there shall be substituted for the definition of “external marking agency” the following—

“external marking agency” means a body nominated by Awdurdod Cymwysterau, Cwricwlwm ac Asesu Cymru or the Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales;

Section 4 Amendment of Regulations

In Schedule 1, Part 1, in paragraph 1(2) there shall be inserted after “such attainment targets” the following—

(including, in the case of the NC test in English, if the document in which that test is published requires the record of the pupil’s level in “Writing” to include a statement of his level in spelling, the pupil’s level in spelling)

and paragraph 1(4) shall be omitted.

Section 5 Amendment of Regulations

In Schedule 2—

(a) in paragraph 1(2) there shall be inserted at the end the following—

(including, in the case of the NC test in English, if the document in which that test is published requires the record of the pupil’s level in “Writing” to include a statement of his level in spelling, the percentages of such registered pupils who achieved each level in spelling)

(b) after paragraph 2(4) there shall be inserted—

(4A) The percentages of registered pupils in the final year of the second key stage who were not entered for each NC test referred to in sub-paragraph (2) because, under the statutory arrangements, that NC test was not required to be administered to those pupils.

(c) in paragraph 2(5) there shall be inserted at the end the words—

(excluding pupils falling within sub-paragraph (4) or (4A))

(d) after paragraph 3(4) there shall be inserted—

(4A) The percentages of registered pupils in the final year of the third key stage who were not entered for each NC test referred to in sub-paragraph (2) because, under the statutory arrangements, that NC test was not required to be administered to those pupils.

(e) in paragraph 3(5) there shall be inserted at the end the words—

(excluding pupils falling within sub-paragraph (4) or (4A))

Section 6 Amendment of Regulations

In Schedule 3, in paragraph 1(2) the words “and NC tasks (where applicable)” shall be omitted.