Part IV Baseline assessments and pupils’ performance

Chapter II Pupils’ performance

19 School performance targets.

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F2The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make such provision as F3the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate for requiring the governing bodies of maintained schools F4in Wales to secure that annual targets are set in respect of the performance of pupils—

a

in public examinations or in assessments F5for the purposes of the National CurriculumF5required by virtue of regulations made under Part 4 of the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021, in the case of pupils of compulsory school age; or

b

in public examinations or in connection with the attainment of other external qualifications, in the case of pupils of any age over that age.

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Regulations under this section may require—

a

such targets, and

b

the past performance of pupils in the particular examinations or assessments, or in connection with the attainment of the particular qualifications, to which such targets relate,

to be published in such manner as is specified in the regulations.

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In this section “maintained school” means—

a

a community, foundation or voluntary school, or

b

a community or foundation special school (other than one established in a hospital).