EDUCATION, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and application 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Local Education Authority Performance Targets) (England) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 3rd October 2005. 2 These regulations apply in relation to England. Interpretation 2 1 In these Regulations— “the 2002 Act ” means the Education Act 2002 ; “approved qualification” means an external qualification at entry level, level 1 or level 2 or a GCE AS level , which is approved under section 98 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 and which is appropriate for pupils of compulsory school age; “entry level”, “level 1” and “level 2” mean entry level, level 1 and level 2 respectively as set out in the National Qualifications Framework and determined by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority ; “GCE AS level” means General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Level; “ GCSE ” means General Certificate of Secondary Education; “level 4” means level 4 of the National Curriculum level scale as determined by the results of NC tests; “level 5” means level 5 of the National Curriculum level scale as determined by the results of NC tests or, where paragraph 2(1)(d) of the Schedule applies, by teacher assessment; “maintained school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school or a community or foundation special school; “NC tests” means National Curriculum tests administered to second key stage pupils for the purpose of assessing the level of attainment which they have achieved in English or mathematics or to third key stage pupils for the purpose of assessing the level of attainment which they have achieved in English, mathematics, science or information and communication technology, being tests laid down in provisions made by the Secretary of State under the appropriate order made under section 87(3) of the 2002 Act in force when those tests are administered; “second key stage pupils” means pupils who are in the second key stage referred to in section 82(1)(b) of the 2002 Act; “teacher assessment” means assessment by a teacher, made in accordance with the Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 3 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 2003 ; and “third key stage pupils” means pupils who are in the third key stage referred to in section 82(1)(c) of the 2002 Act. 2 Any reference in these Regulations to a pupil being awarded an approved qualification by the end of any school year is a reference to that pupil achieving or being awarded that qualification in the school year in which he— i takes that examination, or ii (as the case may be) completes the course leading to the award of that qualification, irrespective of whether the decision to award the qualification is made in a later school year. Targets to be set by local education authorities 3 1 Every local education authority shall set the targets specified in the Schedule in respect of each school year. 2 Every local education authority shall submit their targets to the Secretary of State by 31st January 2006 for the school year starting in 2006 and thereafter annually by 31st January of the calendar year in which the school year starts or by such later date as the Schedule otherwise provides. Modification of submitted targets 4 1 The Secretary of State may, if not satisfied with a target submitted by a local education authority, notify the authority within two months of the date of receipt that the authority are required to modify that target. 2 On receipt of such notification the authority shall modify that target and submit the modified target to the Secretary of State by such date as the Secretary of State may specify. 3 An authority may not modify a submitted target without the agreement of the Secretary of State. School targets 5 A local education authority shall send to the Secretary of State with their targets for each school year a list of the targets set by every maintained school in their area under the Education (School Performance Targets) (England) Regulations 2004 . Jacqui Smith Minister of State Department for Education and Skills 1st September 2005